The team compiled a 7–1–2 record, including a victory over Canisius in the Great Lakes Bowl.
[1] Herb "Skeeter" Eisele was the team's head coach for the second year.
86 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.
[2] Sophomore Don Shula played at the halfback position.
[3][4] Shula later spent more than 40 years in the National Football League as a player and coach and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.