1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
1952 record	3–5–2 (1–4–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bill Edwards (4th year)
Captain	John Cheadle & Don Wade
Home stadium	Dudley Field

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.

	Conf					Overall
1952 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Georgia Tech †	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#8 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
#7 Ole Miss	4	–	0	–	2	8	–	1	–	2
#9 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#15 Florida	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
#20 Kentucky	1	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 20, 1952	Georgia	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 7–19
September 27, 1952	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 0–27
October 4, 1952	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	T 20–20
October 11, 1952	Mississippi State	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 21–21
October 18, 1952	Florida	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 20–13
October 25, 1952	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	L 0–30
November 1, 1952	Washington and Lee*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 67–7
November 7, 1952	at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL	W 9–0
November 15, 1952	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–16
November 29, 1952	Tennessee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–46
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern.

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Curry Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	Mr. C "Dynamite" Spirit of Gold Marching Band 1906 Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt football game 1910 Vanderbilt vs. Yale football game 1922 Michigan vs. Vanderbilt football game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

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