1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record3–5–2 (1–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme T formation
CaptainJohn Cheadle, Don Wade
Home stadium Dudley 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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1952 college football season. The team's head coach was Bill Edwards, who was in his fourth and final year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, the Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1952, Vanderbilt went 3–5–2 overall with a conference record of 1–4–1. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Georgia
L 7–1924,000 [2]
September 27at Virginia *
L 0–2722,000 [3]
October 4at Northwestern *
T 20–2035,000 [4]
October 11 Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
T 21–2123,000 [5]
October 18 Florida
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 20–1320,000 [6]
October 25at Georgia Tech
L 0–3035,373 [7]
November 1 Washington and Lee *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 67–716,000 [8]
November 7at Miami (FL) *
W 9–032,906 [9]
November 15at Tulane
L 7–1626,000 [10]
November 29 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–4627,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "1952 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "101-yd. run tops Georgia victory". Waco Tribune-Herald. September 21, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Virginia humiliates Vanderbilt by 27 to 0". The Knoxville Journal. September 28, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Youthful Vanderbilt holds Northwestern to 20–20 tie". Star Tribune. October 5, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Heroic Vandy ties Ole Miss 21 to 21". The Nashville Tennessean. October 12, 1952. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Florida rallies but loses to Vanderbilt, 20 to 13". Panama City News-Herald. October 19, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Georgia Tech mauls Vanderbilt to run unbeaten string to 20". The News and Observer. October 26, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Vanderbilt overpowers Generals, 67–7". Kingsport Times-News. November 2, 1952. Retrieved August 20, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Vandy sputters to 9–0 triumph over Hurricanes". The Bradenton Herald. November 9, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Tulane's bruising Green Wave rips crippled Commodores by 16 to 7". The Tennessean. November 16, 1952. Retrieved September 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Vols humiliate Vandy 46 to 0". The Tennessean. November 30, 1952. Retrieved March 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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