1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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National champion (Berryman, Billingsley, INS, Poling, Sagarin)
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 24–7 vs. Ole Miss
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record12–0 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Frank Broyles
Offensive scheme Split-T
Defensive coordinator Ray Graves
CaptainGeorge Morris
Hal Miller
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 7 0 012 0 0
No. 8 Tennessee 5 0 18 2 1
No. 7 Ole Miss 4 0 28 1 2
No. 9 Alabama 4 2 010 2 0
Georgia 4 3 07 4 0
No. 15 Florida 3 3 08 3 0
Mississippi State 3 4 05 4 0
Tulane 3 5 05 5 0
No. 20 Kentucky 1 3 25 4 2
LSU 2 5 03 7 0
Vanderbilt 1 4 13 5 2
Auburn 0 7 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1952 NCAA football season. Led by head coach Bobby Dodd, the Yellow Jackets went undefeated including a victory in the 1953 Sugar Bowl. [1] Coach Bobby Dodd and the Yellow Jackets were awarded a split National Championship, winning the 1952 INS National Championship poll, sharing the Championship with the Michigan State Spartans. [2] The team was selected national champion by Berryman, Billingsley, INS, Poling, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess). [3]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 20 The Citadel *No. 3W 54–622,000 [4]
September 27 Florida No. 3
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 17–1430,939 [5]
October 4at SMU *No. 6W 20–741,000 [6]
October 11 Tulane No. 5
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 14–027,913 [7]
October 18 Auburn No. 4
W 33–034,689 [8]
October 25 Vanderbilt Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 5
W 30–035,373 [9]
November 1at No. 6 Duke *No. 4W 28–745,000 [10]
November 8 Army *No. 3
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 45–640,000 [11]
November 15No. 12 Alabama No. 2
WSB-TV W 7–338,063 [12]
November 22 Florida State *No. 2
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 30–025,000 [13]
November 29at Georgia No. 3W 23–950,000 [14]
January 1, 1953vs. No. 7 Ole Miss *No. 2 ABC W 24–780,187 [15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[16] [17]

Plaque at Georgia Tech honoring their National Championship season Georgia Tech, National Collegiate Football Champions, 1952.jpg
Plaque at Georgia Tech honoring their National Championship season

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
George Morris Center221 San Francisco 49ers
Gerdes (Buck) MartinEnd439 Chicago Cardinals
Hal Miller Tackle557 San Francisco 49ers
Pete Brown Center10118 San Francisco 49ers
Bobby MoorheadBack13146 Baltimore Colts
Jeff KnoxEnd23272 Philadelphia Eagles

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