In their seventh season under head coach John Gill, the Broncos compiled a 6–3 record (3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 199 to 106.
[1][2] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
[3] Fullback Art Gillespie and guard Emerson Grossman were the team captains.
[4] Quarterback Hilton Foster received the team's most outstanding player award.
105 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.