1952 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1952 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Border champion
Conference Border Conference
1952 record6–3 (4–0 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Goodwin Stadium
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Arizona State $ 4 0 06 3 0
Texas Tech 2 1 13 7 1
Arizona 3 2 06 4 0
Hardin–Simmons 2 2 15 3 2
Texas Western 2 3 15 5 1
New Mexico A&M 1 2 12 6 1
West Texas State 1 4 03 6 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 1 03 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1952 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1952 college football season. In their first season under head coach Clyde B. Smith, the Sun Devils compiled a 6–3 record (4–0 against Border opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 247 to 121. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 207:00 p.m.at Hardin–Simmons
W 26–7 [3] [4]
September 27 Colorado A&M *W 40–14
October 4 San Jose State *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 14–21
October 188:00 p.m. West Texas State
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 48–1413,000 [5] [6]
October 25 Houston *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 0–615,000
November 8at Arizona W 20–18
November 15 San Diego NAS *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 13–35
November 22 Texas Western
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 39–0
November 29 BYU *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 47–6

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References

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