1948 Occidental Tigers football team
American college football season
| 1948 Occidental Tigers football | |
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SCC champion | |
Raisin Bowl, W 21–20 vs. Colorado A&M | |
| Conference | Southern California Conference |
| Record | 9–0 (4–0 SCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Patterson Field |
Seasons ← 1947 1949 → | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occidental $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pomona | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whittier | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caltech | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Occidental Tigers football team represented Occidental College in the Southern California Conference (SCC) during the 1948 college football season.[1] In their fourth season under head coach Roy Dennis, the Tigers compiled a perfect 9–0 record (4–0 against SCC opponents), won the SCC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 206 to 46.
The team concluded its season with a victory over Colorado A&M in the 1949 Raisin Bowl.[2] Los Angeles Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield served as an advisory backfield coach as the team prepared for its bowl game.[3]
Occidental was led on offense by halfback Johnny Trump and quarterback Joe Johnson.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 2 | at Cal Aggies* |
| W 28–0 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | at Santa Barbara State* |
| W 8–7 | [6] | |||
| October 16 | Cal Poly San Dimas* |
| W 40–0 | ||||
| October 23 | at Whittier |
| W 21–0 | 6,500 | [7] | ||
| October 29 | vs. Caltech |
| W 25–13 | 5,000 | [8] | ||
| November 6 | at Redlands |
| W 28–6 | 4,000 | [9] | ||
| November 13 | San Francisco State |
| W 21–0 | 4,000 | [10] | ||
| November 20 | Pomona |
| W 14–0 | 9,000 | [11] | ||
| January 1, 1949 | vs. Colorado A&M |
| W 21–20 | 10,000 | [2] | ||
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References
- ^ "Coach Roy Dennis Greets 53 Grid Candidates at Oxy". Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1948. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Omer Crane (January 2, 1949). "Oxy Upsets Colorado Aggies, 21-20". The Fresno Bee. pp. 1, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bob Waterfield Helps Occidental Get Ready". The Fresno Bee. December 22, 1948. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tiger Gridders Come Home to Battle Cal Poly". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 1948. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Spank Aggies". Los Angeles Times. October 3, 1948. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Blocked Punt Gives Oxy 8-7 Victory". San Bernardino Daily Sun. October 11, 1948. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oxy Stays Unbeaten as Poets Bow". Los Angeles Times. October 24, 1948. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jack Geyer (October 30, 1948). "Oxy Nudges Caltech By 25 to 13". Los Angeles Times. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Unbeaten Oxy Overpowers Redlands, 28-6". Los Angeles Times. November 7, 1948. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oxy Repels Alligator to Win, 21-0". Los Angeles Times. November 14, 1948. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jack Geyer (November 21, 1948). "Bengals Defeat Sagehens, 14-0". Los Angeles Times. pp. 23, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
