1948 Murray State Thoroughbreds football team
The 1948 Murray State Thoroughbreds football team represented Murray State University during the 1948 college football season.[1] In their first season under head coach Fred Faurot, the Thoroughbreds compiled a 9–1–1 record, won the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in their first year of its existence with a 3–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a total of 290 to 87. Murray State was invited to the 1949 Tangerine Bowl, where they tied undefeated Sul Ross.
| 1948 Murray State Thoroughbreds football | |
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OVC champion | |
Tangerine Bowl, T 21–21 vs. Sul Ross | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| 1948 record | 9–1–1 (3–1 OVC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 24 | Culver–Stockton* | Murray, KY | W 40–13 | |
| October 1 | at Memphis State* | Memphis, TN | W 26–14 | |
| October 9 | at Eastern Kentucky | Richmond, KY | L 0–6 | |
| October 15 | Marshall* | Murray, KY | W 27–0 | |
| October 22 | at Southeast Missouri State* | Cape Girardeau, MO | W 40–0 | |
| October 30 | Tennessee Tech* | Murray, KY | W 34–6 | |
| November 5 | Morehead State | Murray, KY | W 33–0 | |
| November 11 | at Middle Tennessee State* | Murfreesboro, TN | W 26–13 | |
| November 19 | Evansville | Murray, KY | W 9–7 | |
| November 25 | at Western Kentucky | Bowling Green, KY | W 34–7 | |
| January 1, 1949 | vs. Sul Ross* | T 21–21 | 9,000 | |
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