1948 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1948 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in 1948 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). Jim Tatum served as the head coach for the second year of his nine-year tenure. The Terrapins compiled a 6–4 record, which proved to be the worst of Tatum's term at Maryland and the only one in which his team lost more than two games. Griffith Stadium was temporarily used as the home field, as an interim venue between the original Byrd Stadium and the much larger, newly constructed stadium of the same name.

Maryland was ranked at No. 51 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

Coaching staff

 * Jim Tatum, head coach
 * Flucie Stewart
 * George Barclay
 * Houston Elder
 * Sully Krouse
 * John Cudmore
 * Warren Giese
 * Bill Meek, freshman coach
 * Duke Wyre, trainer
 * W. W. Cobey, graduate manager