1952 Shippensburg Red Raiders football team

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1952 Shippensburg Red Raiders football
Conference Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference
Record7–0 (5–0 PSTCC)
Head coach
Seasons
 1951
1953  
1952 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Chester $ 5 0 07 0 0
Shippensburg 5 0 07 0 0
Clarion 4 0 09 0 0
Bloomsburg 2 1 15 2 1
Slippery Rock 2 2 04 3 1
Kutztown 3 3 03 4 0
Lock Haven 4 3 05 3 0
California (PA) 2 2 13 4 1
East Stroudsburg 1 3 04 4 0
Millersville 3 4 03 4 0
Indiana (PA) 1 4 04 4 0
Edinboro 1 4 03 4 0
Mansfield 1 5 02 6 0
Cheyney 0 3 01 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Saylor system of ratings.

The 1952 Shippensburg Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Shippensburg State Teachers College (now known as Shippensburg University) in the Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference (PSTCC) during the 1952 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Vinton Rambo, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–0 record (5–0 in conference games), shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 266 to 20. [1] 1952 was Shippensburg's first of two consecutive perfect seasons, as the 1953 team went 8–0. [2] Shippensburg had a 20-game winning streak that ran from November 3, 1951, to October 9, 1954.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Trenton State * Trenton, NJ W 40–0 [3]
October 4 Wilson Teachers * Shippensburg, PA W 31–0 [4]
October 11at East Stroudsburg East Stroudsburg, PA W 14–7 [5]
October 18 Kutztown Dagger-14-plain.pngShippensburg, PAW 58–0 [6]
October 25 Slippery Rock Shippensburg, PAW 28–0 [7]
November 1at Millersville Millersville, PA W 49–7 [8]
November 8 Cheyney Shippensburg, PAW 46–6 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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