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1948 Southern Jaguars football
1948 Southern Jaguars football
Black college national co-champion; SWAC champion
Fruit Bowl, W 30–3 vs. San Francisco State
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	12–0 (7–0 SWAC)
Head coach	Ace Mumford (13th season);
Home stadium	University Stadium
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Southern $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Texas College	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Langston	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Prairie View A&M	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Samuel Huston	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Bishop	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Wiley	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Pittsburgh Courier^[1]

The 1948 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University in the 1948 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 12–0 record, won the SWAC championship, shut out eight of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 395 to 33.^[2] The team played its home games at University Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team was recognized as the black college national champion.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Texas State*	Buffalo Stadium Houston, TX	W 38–0	3,000	^[3]
October 2	Grambling*	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 18–0	11,000	^[4]
October 9	Samuel Huston	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 41–0
October 16	at Arkansas AM&N	Pine Bluff, AR	W 27–6
October 23	Langston	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 46–0
October 30	at Texas College	Tyler, TX	W 15–3
November 6	Bishop	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 45–0
November 13	at Wiley	Marshall, TX	W 19–0
November 20	Florida A&M*	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 37–12
November 27	at Prairie View A&M	Prairie View, TX	W 19–0
December 4	Xavier (LA)*	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 60–12
December 5	vs. San Francisco State*	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA (Fruit Bowl)	W 30–0	5,000	^[5]
*Non-conference game

^ ""Southern Continues to Show Grid Supremacy"". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 11, 1948. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
^ "Southern's power crushes green Texas State team,38 to 0". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 2, 1948. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Big crowd sees Southern defeat Grambling, 18–0". The Shreveport Times. October 4, 1948. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern Wins In Fruit Bowl". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. December 6, 1948. p. 12. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.