1948 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 1948 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the Wolf Pack compiled a 9–2 record, outscored opponents 480 to 133, and lost to Villanova 27–7 in the Harbor Bowl at San Diego.

1948 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Harbor Bowl, L 7–27 vs. Villanova
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Home stadiumMackay Stadium
1948 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Nevada    9 2 0
Santa Clara    7 2 1
Hawaii    7 4 1
Idaho State    6 1 1
Cal Poly San Dimas    6 4 0
Pepperdine    4 5 0
Saint Mary's    4 6 0
Loyola (CA)    3 5 1
La Verne    3 5 0
Portland    2 5 1
San Francisco    2 7 0

Though unranked in the final AP Poll, Nevada was ranked at No. 15 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

Stan Heath and Alva Tabor played quarterback for Nevada this season. Tabor was one of the first African-Americans to play quarterback for a major college football team. Heath was fifth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy.

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