1952 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1952 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1952 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by seventh-year head coach Art Guepe and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They finished with 8 wins for the third consecutive year, but were not invited to a bowl game. After the season, Guepe left Virginia to accept the head coaching position at Vanderbilt.[2] He had a record of 47–17–2 at Virginia, and his winning percentage of .727 remains the highest among Virginia head coaches that coached more than one year.[3]

1952 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
1952 record8–2
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Chisholm[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 24,500)
1952 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryland State    9 1 0
Mississippi Southern    10 2 0
Virginia    8 2 0
Sewanee    7 2 0
Arkansas State    8 3 0
No. 17 Navy    6 2 1
Tampa    8 3 1
Chattanooga    7 3 0
Northeast Louisiana State    5 4 0
Delaware    4 4 0
Louisville    3 5 0
Miami (FL)    4 7 0
Marshall    2 7 2
Memphis State    2 7 0
Florida State    1 8 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27VanderbiltW 27–0
October 4vs. VPINo. 16W 42–0
October 11George WashingtonNo. 15
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 50–018,000[4]
October 18vs. VMINo. 11W 33–1423,000[5]
October 25No. 6 DukeNo. 9
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 7–2135,000
November 1vs. South CarolinaNo. 16L 14–21
November 8at North CarolinaW 34–7
November 15Richmond
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 49–0
November 22Washington and Lee
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 21–14
November 29at William & MaryNo. 20W 20–13
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 120.
  2. "Guepe Quits Virginia; Takes Vanderbilt Job". The Baltimore Sun. February 7, 1953. p. 10.
  3. "Virginia Cavaliers Coaches". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  4. "Virginia 50; GWU 0 - U. Va. roars to 34-point lead at half". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 12, 1952. Retrieved February 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Virginia yields first touchdown while beating VMI, 33–14". The News and Observer. October 19, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "1952 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
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