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1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season

American football season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ2660556 ↗
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The 1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Football League (NFL). The team finished the season with a record of 4–8, failing to qualify for the playoffs. This season marked the first played with John Michelosen as head coach.

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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The public source identifies “1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season” as american football season. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pittsburgh, Steelers and season.

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This entry incorporates text from “1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.