In its first and only season under head coach George Blackburn, Miami compiled a 7–1–1 record (4–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 249 to 90.
[3] Four Miami players received first-team honors on the 1948 All-Mid-American Conference football team selected by the Associated Press.
They were backs Mel Olix and Paul Shoults, end Richard Urich, and tackle John Weaver.
Four others received second-team honors: back Sam Wippel, end Harold Paul, and tackles Ernest Plant and William McCormick.
57 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.