1952 NC State Wolfpack football team

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1952 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference Southern Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Riddick Stadium
Seasons
←  1951
1953  →
1952 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Duke $ 5 –0 –08 –2 –0
Wake Forest 5 –1 –05 –4 –1
West Virginia 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
William & Mary 4 –1 –04 –5 –0
George Washington 4 –2 –15 –3 –1
VPI 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Furman 2 –2 –16 –3 –1
Washington and Lee 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
VMI 2 –3 –13 –6 –1
NC State 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
South Carolina 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
North Carolina 1 –2 –02 –6 –0
The Citadel 1 –3 –13 –5 –1
Davidson 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
Richmond 0 –6 –01 –9 –0
Maryland †  – 7 –2 –0
Clemson †  – 2 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † League sanctions prevented Maryland and Clemson from conference participation
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1952 college football season. The Wolfpack were led by first-year head coach Horace Hendrickson and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Southern Conference for the final year before joining six other larger SoCon schools in creating the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 George Washington
L 0–397,500 [1]
October 4at Georgia *
L 0–4922,000 [2]
October 11 Davidson
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
W 28–65,500 [3]
October 18No. 5 Duke
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
L 0–5711,500 [4]
October 25 Florida State *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
W 13–76,000 [5]
November 1at Wake Forest
L 6–2112,000 [6]
November 8at Washington and Lee
W 25–14 [7]
November 15at No. 14 Pittsburgh *
L 6–4812,000 [8]
November 22at William & Mary
L 6–413,000 [9]
December 6at Texas Tech *
L 7–5410,000–11,000 [10] [11] [12] [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  2. ↑ "Georgia stomps State 49–0". Greensboro Daily News. October 5, 1952. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Wolfpack whips Davidson, 28–6". The News and Observer. October 12, 1952. Retrieved September 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Duke trounces N.C. State by 57–0 count". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. October 19, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "NC Staters beat FSU 13–7". The State. October 26, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Wake Forest runs into scrap in defeating N.C. State, 21–6". The Sunday Star. November 2, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "N.C. State gambles to whip Generals by 25–14". The Charlotte Observer. November 9, 1952. Retrieved August 20, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Bowl-bent Pitt puts skids under N.C. State". Miami Daily News. November 16, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  14. ↑ "1952 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
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