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1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team

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1948 record
  
6–3 (3–1 MAC)

MVP
  
Hilton Foster

Head coach
  
John Gill (7th year)

Home stadium
  
Waldo Stadium

Conference
  
Mid-American Conference

Captain
  
Art Gillespie, Emerson Grossman

The 1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1948 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach John Gill, the Broncos compiled a 6–3 record (3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 199 to 106. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Fullback Art Gillespie and guard Emerson Grossman were the team captains. Quarterback Hilton Foster received the team's most outstanding player award.

References

1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team Wikipedia