1952 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1952 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fresno State   8 2 0
Pacific (CA)   7 3 1
San Jose State   6 3 0
La Verne   5 3 1
Hawaii   5 5 2
Cal Poly San Dimas   4 4 0
Nevada   2 2 0
Santa Clara   2 6 1

The 1952 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College [note 1] during the 1952 college football season.

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San Jose State played as an Independent in 1952. The team was led by third-year head coach Bob Bronzan, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 251–164 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Colorado L 14–2019,998
September 27at San Diego State W 47–68,500 [1]
October 4at Arizona State W 21–14
October 10 Fresno State W 40–6
October 18at Pacific (CA) W 26–21
November 1at Stanford L 13–35
November 7 BYU
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 44–27
November 14 Montana
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 39–20
November 27 Santa Clara
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 7–1512,924 [2]

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Team players in the NFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1953 NFL draft. [4] [5]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Jim Psaltis Defensive back215 Chicago Cardinals
George PorterTackle12142 Philadelphia Eagles
Stan WacholzEnd18212 San Francisco 49ers
Paul Held Quarterback19229 Detroit Lions

Notes

  1. San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

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The 1951 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1951 college football season.

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References

  1. Howard Hagen (September 28, 1952). "S.J. Mauls State, 47-6". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.
  2. Harry M. Hayward (November 28, 1952). "Broncs Score Upset! Spartans Bow, 15-7". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 33 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide" . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  4. "1953 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. "San Jose St. Players/Alumni" . Retrieved December 16, 2016.