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1952 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainAlfred Paulekas
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons← 19511953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1952 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a record of 4–4–1. Army played home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27South CarolinaW 28–723,474
October 4at No. 7 USCL 0–2248,433
October 11Dartmouth
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 37–718,127
October 18Pittsburgh
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 14–22
October 25at ColumbiaT 14–1431,000
November 1VMI
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 42–14
November 8at No. 3 Georgia TechL 6–4540,000
November 15at PennW 14–1340,000
November 291:00 p.m.NavyNBCL 0–7

Personnel

1952 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
HB Tommy Bell So
QB Pete Vann So
G Leroy Lunn Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "Army football squad romps over favored South Carolina by 28 to 7". The Baltimore Sun. September 28, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 12, 1952). "Army Trounces Dartmouth; Cadets Score, 37-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. Danzig, Allison (October 26, 1952). "Columbia Ties Army, 14-14; Pass Saves Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. "Army thumps V.M.I., 42 to 14". The Baltimore Sun. November 2, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Georgia Tech rolls over Army, 45–6". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1952. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Morrow, Art (November 16, 1952). "Army Upsets Penn, 14-13, with TD in Last 44 Secs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
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