1948 Wesleyan Cardinals football team
{{short description|College football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1948
| team = Wesleyan Cardinals
| sport = football
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| conference = Little Three
| record = 8–0
| conf_record = 2–0
| head_coach = Norm Daniels
| hc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium =
| champion = Little Three champion
}}
The 1948 Wesleyan Cardinals football team, also known as the Wesleyan Methodists, was an American football that represented Wesleyan University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Norm Daniels, the Cardinals compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the Little Three championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 224 to 34.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=3472&year=1948 |title=1948 - Wesleyan (CT) |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-date=2015-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910172402/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=3472&year=1948 |url-status=dead }}
The 1948 season was part of a 23-game winning streak,{{cite news|title=Wesleyan Is Defeated, 26-0 By Bowdoin|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=October 2, 1949|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-wesleyan-is-defeated-2/124583627/|via=Newspapers.com}} including three consecutive perfect seasons in 1946, 1947, and 1948.
Schedule
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|October 2||{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears|title=Bowdoin}}||Middletown, CT|W 13-0||
|October 9|at|{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Coast Guard Bears|title=Coast Guard}}||New London, CT|W 20-7||
|October 16|at|{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Swarthmore Garnet Tide|title=Swarthmore}}||Swarthmore, PA|W 41-20||
|October 23||{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Amherst Mammoths|title=Amherst}}||Middletown, CT|W 27-0||
|October 30||New England|Andrus Field|Middletown, CT|W 53-0||{{cite news|title=Wesleyan Slams N.E. College, 53-0|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 31, 1948|page=37|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-wesleyan-slams-ne-col/124584535/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 6|at|{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}||Williamstown, MA|W 28-7||{{cite news|title=Wesmen Win By 28-7 To Retain Title: Jim Pyne Blocks Punt To Set Up Score and turn Tide of Battle|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Roger Dove|date=November 7, 1948|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-wesmen-win-by-28-7-to-r/124582990/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 13||{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Trinity Bantams|title=Trinity (CT)}}|Andrus Field|Middletown, CT (rivalry)|W 16-0||{{cite news|title=Trinity Eleven Challenges Wesleyan Win Streak Today|newspaper=The Hartford Daily Courant|date=November 13, 1948|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-trinity-eleven-challeng/124582727/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 20|at|{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Rochester Yellowjackets|title=Rochester}}|River Campus Stadium|Rochester, NY|W 26-0|> 5,000|{{cite news|title=Wesleyan Sinks UR, 26 to 0: Cardinals Capture 23d Straight|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|author=Bill Beeney|date=November 21, 1948|page=1D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-wesleyan-sinks-ur/124583312/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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