1948 Maryland State Raiders football team
The 1948 Maryland State Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Maryland State College (now known as University of Maryland Eastern Shore) during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Vernon McCain, the team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 274 to 54.[1] The team played three games against interracial teams, defeating teams from Albright, Glassboro State, and Bridgeport.
| 1948 Maryland State Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1948 record | 8–1 |
| Head coach | Vernon McCain (1st season) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland State | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Maryland | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catholic University | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tampa | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Key players included freshman halfback Sylvester Polk. Polk scored five touchdowns on seven running attempts against Morris College and ranked among the nation's scoring leaders in 1947.[2]
The 1948 season was the school's first under the common name Maryland State College. It was officially known as the University of Maryland's College for Negroes at Princess Anne and had previously been known as Maryland's Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, though it had been commonly referred to as Princess Anne College. In 1948, the school's president, Dr. J. T. Williams, discarded the "Princess Anne College" name because "people thought it might be a girl's finishing school . . . it embarrassed the football team."[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | at Virginia Union | Richmond, VA | L 0–24 | ||
| September 25 | Morris | Princess Anne, MD | W 57–0 | [4] | |
| October 9 | South Carolina State | Princess Anne, MD | W 14–6 | ||
| October 16 | at Albright | Reading, PA | W 25–0 | [5] | |
| October 23 | at Glassboro State |
| W 25–0 | [6] | |
| October 30 | Cheyney | Princess Anne, MD | W 25–0 | [7] | |
| Morristown | W 67–14 | [1] | |||
| October 30 | at Fayetteville State | Fayetteville, NC | W 25–0 | ||
| November 13 | at Bridgeport |
| W 26–13 | 5,000 | [8] |
References
- "1948 - Maryland-Eastern Shore". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- "Fleet Shore College Back Is Among Nation's Top Scorers". The Salisbury Times. November 9, 1948. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- Burke Davis (December 9, 1948). "Buildings Give New Life To Shore Negro College". The Baltimore Sun. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Maryland State Wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 26, 1948. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- "Maryland State Defeats Albright". The Salisbury Times. October 18, 1948. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Maryland State Tumbles Glassboro". Times Journal (Vineland, NJ). October 25, 1948. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Princess Anne Triumphs, 25-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1948. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- "Maryland State Rolls Over Bridgeport". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 20, 1948. p. 10.