The 1948 Maryland State Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Maryland State College (now known as University of Maryland Eastern Shore) during the 1948 college football season.
In its first season under head coach Vernon McCain, the team compiled an 7–1 record.
Key players included freshman halfback Sylvester Polk.
[1] The 1948 season was the school's first under the common name Maryland State College.
It was officially known as the University of Maryland's College for Negroes at Princess Anne and had previously been known as Maryland's Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, though it had been commonly referred to as Princess Anne College.