1948 Maine Black Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1948
| team = Maine Black Bears
| sport = football
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| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 4–3
| conf_record = 1–2
| head_coach = George E. Allen
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Alton Sproul Jr.
| stadium = Alumni Field
}}
{{1948 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The 1948 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach George E. Allen, the team compiled a 4–3 record (1–2 against conference opponents) and finished fifth in the conference. Alton Sproul Jr. was the team captain.{{cite web|title=2019 Maine Football Media Guide |publisher=University of Maine |year=2019 |page=86 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf|accessdate=June 4, 2020}} The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine.
Schedule
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|September 25|at|Rhode Island State|Meade Field|Kingston, RI|W 13-7||{{cite news|title=Maine Football Team Defeats Rhode Island|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|agency=Associated Press|date=September 26, 1948|page=C5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115083036/maine-football-team-defeats-rhode-island/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 2|at|{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Northeastern Huskies|title=Northeastern}}
|October 9||New Hampshire|Alumni Field|Orono, ME (rivalry)|L 6-27||{{cite news|title=New Hampshire Took Maine Gridmen 27-6|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|date=October 11, 1948|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-new-hampshire-took-maine-gri/150569383/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 16|at|Connecticut|Gardner Dow Field|Storrs, CT|L 6-34|6,200|{{cite news|title=Uconns Whip Maine Eleven By 34 To 6: Eddie Ferrigno Sparks Connecticut Before Big Homecoming Crowd|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Roger Dove|date=October 17, 1948|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-uconns-whip-maine-eleve/150568262/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 23||{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}
|October 30||{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Colby Mules|title=Colby}}
|November 6|at|{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears football|title=Bowdoin}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Maine) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/13491 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 25, 2022 }}