1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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 352 overall with a conference record of 141.

1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1952 record352 (141 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
Captain
2
  • John Cheadle
  • Don Wade
Home stadiumDudley Field
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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20GeorgiaL 7–19
September 27at Virginia*L 0–27
October 4at Northwestern*T 20–20
October 11Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
T 21–21
October 18Florida
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 20–13
October 25at Georgia TechL 0–30
November 1Washington and Lee*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 67–7
November 7at Miami (FL)*W 9–0
November 15at TulaneL 7–16[1]
November 29Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–46[2]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Tulane's bruising Green Wave rips crippled Commodores by 16 to 7". The Tennessean. November 16, 1952. Retrieved September 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Vols humiliate Vandy 46 to 0". The Tennessean. November 30, 1952. Retrieved March 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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