In its first season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record, finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored 189 to 89.

[1] Alf Hemsted was the team captain.

62 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

[2] One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1949 AAFC Draft, which lasted 29 rounds with 136 selections.

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