| Sport: | football |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Team: | John Carroll Blue Streaks |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 7–1–2 |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Bowl: | Great Lakes Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 14–13 vs. Canisius |
The 1948 John Carroll Blue Streaks football team was an American football team that represented John Carroll University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. The team compiled a 7–1–2 record, including a victory over Canisius in the Great Lakes Bowl.[1] Herb "Skeeter" Eisele was the team's head coach for the second year.
John Carroll was ranked at No. 86 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]
Sophomore Don Shula played at the halfback position.[3] Shula later spent more than 40 years in the National Football League as a player and coach and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. John Carroll's football stadium is named Don Shula Stadium in his honor.