1948 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1948 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–7 (0–5 SoCon)
Head coach	J. Quinn Decker (3rd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium

1948 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
No. 3 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
No. 17 William & Mary	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
No. 20 Wake Forest	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Richmond	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
VPI	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1948 college football season. J. Quinn Decker served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at the new Johnson Hagood Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	at Presbyterian*	Old Bailey Stadium Clinton, South Carolina	L 0–7
October 9	at Newberry*	Setzler Field Newberry, South Carolina	W 14–0
October 16	Davidson	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	L 6–14
October 23	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, South Carolina (Rivalry)	L 0–9
October 30	at Erskine*	Due West, South Carolina	W 19–0
November 6	George Washington	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	L 0–14
November 13	at VMI	Alumni Field Lexington, Virginia (Rivalry)	L 6–34
November 20	at No. 20 Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia	L 0–54
December 4	No. 10 Clemson	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	L 0–20
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game