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1952 South Carolina

5–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1952, game by game: won vs. Wofford 33–0; lost at Army 7–28; won at Furman 27–7; lost vs. No. 6 Duke 7–33; won vs. Clemson 6–0; won at No. 16 Virginia 21–14; won at The Citadel 35–0; lost vs. North Carolina 19–27; lost vs. West Virginia 6–13; lost at Wake Forest 14–39+35−26Won 33–0 vs. Wofford+33WoffordLost 7–28 at Army-21ArmyWon 27–7 at Furman+20FurmanLost 7–33 vs. No. 6 Duke-26No. 6 DukeWon 6–0 vs. Clemson+6ClemsonWon 21–14 at No. 16 Virginia+7No. 16 VirginiaWon 35–0 at The Citadel+35The CitadelLost 19–27 vs. North Carolina-8North CarolinaLost 6–13 vs. West Virginia-7West VirginiaLost 14–39 at Wake Forest-25Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsWoffordW 33–⁠093%
Sep 27atArmyL 7–⁠2847%
Oct 4atFurmanW 27–⁠753%
Oct 11vs6DukeL 7–⁠3346%
Oct 23vsClemsonW 6–⁠057%
Nov 1at16VirginiaW 21–⁠1426%
Nov 8atThe CitadelW 35–⁠066%
Nov 15vsNorth CarolinaL 19–⁠2779%
Nov 22vsWest VirginiaL 6–⁠1357%
Nov 29atWake ForestL 14–⁠3936%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wake Forest 39–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 8th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
175–⁠161
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1481 −38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.5 No. 68 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Latorre and Walt Shea

All-Southern Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • John GramlingBUP-1
  • Don EarleyOTUP-1
  • Leon CunninghamCUP-1; INS-1

Second team

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

1952 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠08–⁠216
West Virginia5–⁠17–⁠2
Wake Forest5–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary4–⁠14–⁠5
George Washington5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Virginia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Furman2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
South Carolina3–⁠45–⁠5
Washington and Lee3–⁠43–⁠7
VMI2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
North Carolina1–⁠22–⁠6
The Citadel1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠62–⁠7
Clemson0–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Richmond0–⁠61–⁠9

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