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1952 Texas

9–⁠2 (6–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by Edwin Price, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1952, game by game: won at LSU 35–14; won at North Carolina 28–7; lost vs. No. 19 Notre Dame 3–14; lost vs. No. 12 Oklahoma 20–49; won vs. Arkansas 44–7; won at Rice 20–7; won vs. SMU 31–14; won at Baylor 35–33; won at TCU 14–7; won vs. Texas A&M 32–12; won vs. No. 9 Tennessee 16–0+37−29Won 35–14 at LSU+21LSUWon 28–7 at North Carolina+21North CarolinaLost 3–14 vs. No. 19 Notre Dame-11No. 19 Notre DameLost 20–49 vs. No. 12 Oklahoma-29No. 12 OklahomaWon 44–7 vs. Arkansas+37ArkansasWon 20–7 at Rice+13RiceWon 31–14 vs. SMU+17SMUWon 35–33 at Baylor+2BaylorWon 14–7 at TCU+7TCUWon 32–12 vs. Texas A&M+20Texas A&MWon 16–0 vs. No. 9 Tennessee+16No. 9 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atLSUW 35–⁠1452%
Sep 27atNorth CarolinaW 28–⁠769%
Oct 4vs19Notre DameL 3–⁠1467%
Oct 11vs12OklahomaL 20–⁠4944%
Oct 18vsArkansasW 44–⁠773%
Oct 25atRiceW 20–⁠761%
Nov 1vsSMUW 31–⁠1474%
Nov 8atBaylorW 35–⁠3342%
Nov 15atTCUW 14–⁠754%
Nov 27vsTexas A&MW 32–⁠1281%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9TennesseeCotton BowlW 16–⁠043%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 16–⁠0 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 5: 20
  4. Wk 6: 14
  5. Wk 7: 13
  6. Wk 8: 9
  7. Wk 9: 10
  8. Wk 10: 10
  9. Final: 10

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.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 5
Points
278–⁠164
Coach
Edwin Price
Elo
1731 +110 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.0 No. 10 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

8 first team

First team

  • Gib DawsonBAP-1
  • Dick OchoaBAP-1
  • T. JonesBAP-1
  • Billy QuinnBAP-1
  • Tom StolhandskeEAP-1
  • Harley SewellOGAP-1
  • Phil BranchOGAP-1
  • Bill GeorgesDEAP-1

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

1952 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠09–⁠210
Rice4–⁠25–⁠5
SMU3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
TCU2–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Baylor1–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Texas A&M1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Arkansas1–⁠52–⁠8

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