1948 Denver Pioneers football team

1948 Denver Pioneers football
1948 Denver Pioneers football
Conference	Skyline Six Conference
Record	4–5–1 (2–2 Skyline Six)
Head coach	Johnny Baker (1st season);
Home stadium	Hilltop Stadium
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as a member of the Skyline Six Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Johnny Baker, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record (2–2 against conference opponents), finished third in the Skyline Six, and outscored opponents by a total of 174 to 166.^[1]

1948 Skyline Six Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Utah $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Colorado A&M	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Denver	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Utah State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
BYU	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wyoming	0	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Denver was ranked at No. 92 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Colorado Mines*	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	W 33–0		^[3]
September 24	Kansas*	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	L 0–40	25,070	^[4]
October 2	at Oklahoma A&M*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 7–27	14,200	^[5]
October 9	Colorado A&M	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	L 10–14	23,000	^[6]
October 16	Utah	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	L 0–17	13,572	^[7]
October 23	Saint Mary's*	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	L 22–33	15,712	^[8]
October 30	at Georgetown*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	T 10–10	7,394	^[9]
November 6	Detroit*	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	W 30–27		^[10]
November 13	Utah State	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	W 41–6	13,297	^[11]
November 25	Wyoming	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	W 13–0	20,000	^[12]
*Non-conference game

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