1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 1948 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final

| image = 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg

| image_size = 150

| event = 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

| team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| team1association = 40px

| team1score = 4–5
(17)

| team2 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}

| team2association = 40px

| team2score = 4–4
(16)

| details =

| date = 26 September 1948

| stadium = Croke Park

| city = Dublin

| man_of_the_match1a =

| referee = M. J. Flatherty (Offaly)

| attendance = 74,645

| weather = Windy

| previous = 1947

| next = 1949

}}

The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 61st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Contested by a team from the Ulster (Cavan) and a team from Connacht (Mayo), such a meeting in the decider between teams from these provinces would not happen again until 2012.McHugh, Martin; Cahill, Des. Highlights of the Dublin versus Mayo semi-final. The Sunday Game. RTÉ Television. 2 September 2012. Mayo defeated Dublin to earn the right to take on Donegal, who had beaten Cork the previous week. Cork and Dublin had both entered their respective matches as favourites; both comprehensively lost.

Pre-match

Cavan were the defending All-Ireland SFC title holders.

Match

=Summary=

Cavan retained the title they had won in 1947 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York City.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/8485296.stm|title=Cavan GAA legend Mick Higgins dies at the age of 87|date=28 January 2010|access-date=28 January 2010|work=BBC Sport}}{{cite news|author=Martin Breheny|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cavan-football-mourns-loss-of-legend-higgins-hero-of-1947-polo-grounds-2038426.html|title=Cavan football mourns loss of legend Higgins, hero of 1947 Polo Grounds|date=29 January 2010|access-date=29 January 2010|newspaper=Irish Independent}}

In a heavy wind, Cavan led 3–2 to 0–0 at half-time, but Mayo came back to lead the game. Cavan eventually made it two-in-a-row with a Peter Donohoe point. This final's eight goals is the most scored in a final, a record shared with the 1977 match.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.