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1952 California

7–⁠3 (3–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Pappy Waldorf.

Schedule and results

California in 1952, game by game: won vs. Pacific 34–13; won vs. Missouri 28–14; won at Minnesota 49–13; won at Oregon 41–7; won vs. Santa Clara 27–7; lost at No. 7 USC 0–10; lost vs. No. 7 UCLA 7–28; lost at Washington 7–22; won vs. Washington State 28–13; won vs. Stanford 26–0+36−21Won 34–13 vs. Pacific+21PacificWon 28–14 vs. Missouri+14MissouriWon 49–13 at Minnesota+36MinnesotaWon 41–7 at Oregon+34OregonWon 27–7 vs. Santa Clara+20Santa ClaraLost 0–10 at No. 7 USC-10No. 7 USCLost 7–28 vs. No. 7 UCLA-21No. 7 UCLALost 7–22 at Washington-15WashingtonWon 28–13 vs. Washington State+15Washington StateWon 26–0 vs. Stanford+26Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsPacificW 34–⁠1376%
Sep 27vsMissouriW 28–⁠1483%
Oct 4atMinnesotaW 49–⁠1372%
Oct 11atOregonW 41–⁠781%
Oct 18vsSanta ClaraW 27–⁠786%
Oct 25at7USCL 0–⁠1051%
Nov 1vs7UCLAL 7–⁠2854%
Nov 8atWashingtonL 7–⁠2252%
Nov 15vsWashington StateW 28–⁠1369%
Nov 22vsStanfordW 26–⁠069%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 11

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1952.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
247–⁠127
Coach
Pappy Waldorf
Elo
1646 +9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.6 No. 13 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Johnny OlszewskiB

Second team

  • Don JohnsonBINS-2
  • Bill PowellBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠15
UCLA5–⁠18–⁠16
Washington6–⁠27–⁠3
California3–⁠37–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠55–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.