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1952 Pacific

7–⁠3–⁠1.

Schedule and results

Pacific in 1952, game by game: lost at California 13–34; won at Utah State 34–7; won vs. Texas Tech 42–21; lost vs. San José State 21–26; lost vs. San Diego Navy 7–25; won at Oregon 14–6; won vs. Santa Clara 27–0; won at Fresno State 50–0; tied vs. Marquette 27–27; won at Hawai’i 49–13; won vs. Southern Miss 26–7+50−21Lost 13–34 at California-21CaliforniaWon 34–7 at Utah State+27Utah StateWon 42–21 vs. Texas Tech+21Texas TechLost 21–26 vs. San José State-5San José StateLost 7–25 vs. San Diego Navy-18San Diego NavyWon 14–6 at Oregon+8OregonWon 27–0 vs. Santa Clara+27Santa ClaraWon 50–0 at Fresno State+50Fresno StateTied 27–27 vs. Marquette0MarquetteWon 49–13 at Hawai’i+36Hawai’iWon 26–7 vs. Southern Miss+19Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atCaliforniaL 13–⁠3424%
Sep 27atUtah StateW 34–⁠751%
Oct 4vsTexas TechW 42–⁠2154%
Oct 18vsSan José StateL 21–⁠2670%
Oct 25vsSan Diego NavyL 7–⁠2585%
Nov 1atOregonW 14–⁠659%
Nov 8vsSanta ClaraW 27–⁠062%
Nov 15atFresno StateW 50–⁠086%
Nov 29vsMarquetteT 27–⁠2761%
Dec 5atHawai’iW 49–⁠1388%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsSouthern MissSun BowlW 26–⁠790%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Miss 26–⁠7 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 64 on file).

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
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
310–⁠166
Coach
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Elo
1516 +24 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
5.8 No. 47 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Tom McCormickBINS-2

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