1948 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1948 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1948 record	6–4–1 (4–4–1 SEC)
Head coach	Harold Drew (2nd year)
Captain	T. Ray Richeson
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
#13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 0 7 7 14 • Tulane 0 7 14 0 21 Date: September 25 Location: Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Game attendance: 65,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 0 7 14 Alabama 0 0 0 14 14 Date: October 2 Location: Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL Game attendance: 36,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Duquesne 0 0 6 0 6 • Alabama 7 20 7 14 48 Date: October 8 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 20,000 Sources:

Third Saturday in October

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 0 6 0 6 • Tennessee 7 0 0 14 21 Date: October 16 Location: Shields-Watkins Field Knoxville, TN Game attendance: 45,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 7 3 0 0 10 Mississippi State 0 0 0 7 7 Date: October 23 Location: Scott Field Starkville, MS Game attendance: 24,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • #18 Georgia 14 0 14 7 35 Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 30 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 45,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi Southern 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 7 7 7 6 27 Date: November 6 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 20,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 7 7 0 14 #11 Georgia Tech 0 0 6 6 12 Date: November 13 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 40,000 Source:

The 1948 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1948 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 54th overall and 15th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his second year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 4–4–1 in the SEC).

Alabama opened the season with a loss to Tulane, the first for Alabama to open a season since 1903. The next week the Crimson Tide had to score a touchdown with ten seconds left to salvage a tie with Vanderbilt in the first game ever played at Ladd Stadium. Alabama then defeated Duquesne at home, lost at Tennessee and won at Mississippi State before their 35–0 loss to eventual SEC Champion Georgia. The Crimson Tide then rebounded with victories over Mississippi Southern and Georgia Tech before they lost at LSU. Alabama then closed their season with a homecoming victory over Florida and a 55–0 win over Auburn in the renewal of their rivalry.

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