1948 Maryland Terrapins football team

Main article: Maryland Terrapins football under Jim Tatum (1947–1955)

1948 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Southern Conference
1948 record	6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jim Tatum
Offensive scheme	Split-T
Captain	Gene Kinney
Home stadium	Griffith Stadium

1948 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#11 Clemson $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
#3 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
#17 William & Mary	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
#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 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football in its 28th season as a member of the Southern Conference. Jim Tatum served as the head coach for the second year of his nine-year tenure. The Terrapins compiled a 6–4 record, which proved to be the worst of Tatum's term at Maryland and the only one in which his team lost more than two games. Griffith Stadium was temporarily used as the home field, as an interim venue between the original Byrd Stadium and the much larger, newly constructed stadium of the same name.

Coaching staff

• Jim Tatum, head coach
• Flucie Stewart
• George Barclay
• Houston Elder
• Sully Krouse
• John Cudmore
• Warren Giese
• Bill Meek, freshman coach
• Duke Wyre, trainer
• W. W. Cobey, graduate manager

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
25 September 1948	at Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 19–0	12,000
2 October 1948	at Delaware*	Newark, DE	W 21–0	12,000
9 October 1948	VPI	Griffith Stadium • Washington, D.C.	W 28–0	N/A
16 October 1948	#18 Duke	Griffith Stadium • Washington, D.C. (Duke–Maryland rivalry)	L 12–13	22,000
23 October 1948	George Washington	Griffith Stadium • Washington, D.C.	W 47–0	N/A
29 October 1948	at Miami*	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	W 27–13	35,000
6 November 1948	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 19–7	N/A
13 November 1948	#6 North Carolina	Griffith Stadium • Washington, D.C.	L 20–49	34,588
30 November 1948	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	L 0–34	N/A
27 November 1948	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Maryland–West Virginia rivalry)	L 14–16	18,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.