The 1948 Harbor Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1948, at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California.
The game pitted the San Diego State Aztecs and the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys.
The Cowboys won games over Trinity (TX), Arizona, New Mexico, Houston, West Texas A&M, Texas Western and Arizona State, while losing games to San Jose State, Mississippi State, and Texas Tech.
This was the first ever bowl game for the Aztecs, who went 2–2–1 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.
In a game played in their own city (and where they used to play in until 1935), the Aztecs were flat out dominated, with the Cowboys having 545 yards on offense, as opposed to San Diego State's 126.