1948 Wayne Tartars football team

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1948 Wayne Tartars football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Herbert L. Smith (1st season)
Home stadium	University of Detroit Stadium
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1948 college football season. Under first-year head coach Herbert L. Smith, the team compiled a 4–4 record.^[1]

Wayne was ranked at No. 128 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Southern Illinois	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 26–0	8,000	^[3]
October 2	at Niagara	Niagara Falls, NY	W 13–7		^[4]
October 9	at Quantico Marines	Quantico, VA	L 0–7		^[5]
October 16	St. Bonaventure	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–13	9,000	^[6]
October 22	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–13	24,321	^[7]
October 30	at Central Michigan	Alumni Field Mount Pleasant, MI	W 27–12		^[8]
November 6	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 14–27	5,000	^[9]
November 13	Omaha	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 46–20	3,012	^[10]
Homecoming

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Venues	Kelsey Field (?–1936) Roosevelt Field (1937) Keyworth Stadium (1938–1941) University of Detroit Stadium (1942–?) Tom Adams Field (?–present)
Culture & lore	"WSU Victory Song"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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