| Year: | 1948 |
| Team: | VMI Keydets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 6–3 |
| Conf Record: | 5–1 |
| Head Coach: | Arthur Morton |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Alumni Field |
The 1948 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1948 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their second year under head coach Arthur Morton, the team compiled an overall record of 6–3.[1]
VMI was ranked at No. 85 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]