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MCAU champion | |
Conference | Missouri College Athletic Union |
Record | 9–1–1 (4–0 MCAU) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri Valley $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Culver–Stockton | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central (MO) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Jewell | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarkio | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Missouri Valley Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Missouri Valley College as a member of the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) during the 1948 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Volney Ashford, the Vikings compiled a perfect 9–0 record in the regular season, won the MCAU championship, lost to Evansville in the Refrigerator Bowl, tied with the St. Thomas Tommies in the Cigar Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 52. [1]
During the season, Missouri Valley broke the all-time collegiate record of 39 consecutive wins. [2] The 1948 season marked the end of a 41-game winning streak (1941–1942, 1946–1948) that still ranks as the fifth longest in college football history. [note 1] Coach Ashford, who led the team during the streak, was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [3]
Missouri Valley was ranked at No. 153 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [4]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 17 | at Bethany (KS)* | Lindsborg, KS | W 25–0 | ||||
September 24 | Kirksville State* | Marshall, MO | W 20–0 | ||||
September 30 | Ottawa* | Marshall, MO | W 21–0 | ||||
October 15 | Central (MO) | Marshall, MO | W 7–6 | ||||
October 22 | Central Missouri State* | Marshall, MO | W 34–7 | ||||
October 29 | at Culver–Stockton | Canton, MO | W 47–0 | ||||
November 5 | Tarkio | Marshall, MO | W 87–0 | [5] | |||
November 12 | William Jewell | Marshall, MO | W 46–0 | [6] | |||
November 25 | McMurry* | Marshall, MO | W 20–13 | ||||
December 4 | at Evansville* |
| L 7–13 | 7,500 | [7] | ||
January 1, 1949 | vs. St. Thomas (MN)* | T 13–13 | 11,000 | [8] | |||
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1948 Missouri Valley Vikings football | |
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MCAU champion | |
Conference | Missouri College Athletic Union |
Record | 9–1–1 (4–0 MCAU) |
Head coach |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri Valley $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Culver–Stockton | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central (MO) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Jewell | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarkio | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Missouri Valley Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Missouri Valley College as a member of the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) during the 1948 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Volney Ashford, the Vikings compiled a perfect 9–0 record in the regular season, won the MCAU championship, lost to Evansville in the Refrigerator Bowl, tied with the St. Thomas Tommies in the Cigar Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 52. [1]
During the season, Missouri Valley broke the all-time collegiate record of 39 consecutive wins. [2] The 1948 season marked the end of a 41-game winning streak (1941–1942, 1946–1948) that still ranks as the fifth longest in college football history. [note 1] Coach Ashford, who led the team during the streak, was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [3]
Missouri Valley was ranked at No. 153 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [4]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 17 | at Bethany (KS)* | Lindsborg, KS | W 25–0 | ||||
September 24 | Kirksville State* | Marshall, MO | W 20–0 | ||||
September 30 | Ottawa* | Marshall, MO | W 21–0 | ||||
October 15 | Central (MO) | Marshall, MO | W 7–6 | ||||
October 22 | Central Missouri State* | Marshall, MO | W 34–7 | ||||
October 29 | at Culver–Stockton | Canton, MO | W 47–0 | ||||
November 5 | Tarkio | Marshall, MO | W 87–0 | [5] | |||
November 12 | William Jewell | Marshall, MO | W 46–0 | [6] | |||
November 25 | McMurry* | Marshall, MO | W 20–13 | ||||
December 4 | at Evansville* |
| L 7–13 | 7,500 | [7] | ||
January 1, 1949 | vs. St. Thomas (MN)* | T 13–13 | 11,000 | [8] | |||
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