1948 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1948 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–3–2 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Blanda
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 09 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 08 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 09 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 18 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 07 3 0
Alabama 4 4 16 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 04 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 14 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 15 3 2
Florida 1 5 05 5 0
LSU 1 5 03 7 0
Auburn 0 7 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1948 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bear Bryant, the Wildcats complied an overall record of 5–3–2, with a conference record of 1–3–1, and finished ninth in the SEC.

Kentucky was ranked at No. 30 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.