| Year: | 1948 |
| Team: | Davidson Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 3–5–1 |
| Conf Record: | 2–5 |
| Head Coach: | Lefty Jamerson |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Richardson Stadium American Legion Memorial Stadium |
The 1948 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College during the 1948 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their first year under head coach Lefty Jamerson, the team compiled an overall record of 3–5–1, with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished in 12th place in the SoCon.[1]
Davidson was ranked at No. 160 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]