1948 San Francisco State Gators football team
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Fruit Bowl, L 0–30 vs. Southern
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| 1948 record | 3–5 (2–2 FWC) |
| Head coach | Dick Boyle (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Oregon + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Branch | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College during the 1948 college football season.
San Francisco State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Gators were led by head coach Dick Boyle. Boyle was in the third year of his second stint as head coach of the team. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the regular season with a record of three wins and four losses (3–4, 2–2 FWC).
At the end of the season, the Gators were invited to participate in the second annual Fruit Bowl. It was held on December 5, 1948, and was the first inter-racial bowl game played in the United States. San Francisco State lost to Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion Southern by a score of 0–30. That brought their final record to three wins and five losses (3–5, 2–2 FWC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 63–137.
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1949 NFL Draft.
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