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1952 Tulane

5–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Raymond Wolf.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1952, game by game: lost vs. Georgia 16–21; won vs. Santa Clara 35–0; lost at No. 5 Georgia Tech 0–14; lost vs. Ole Miss 14–20; won at Auburn 21–6; won vs. Mississippi State 34–21; lost at Kentucky 6–27; won vs. Vanderbilt 16–7; won vs. Louisiana Christian 46–14; lost vs. LSU 0–16+35−21Lost 16–21 vs. Georgia-5GeorgiaWon 35–0 vs. Santa Clara+35Santa ClaraLost 0–14 at No. 5 Georgia Tech-14No. 5 Georgia TechLost 14–20 vs. Ole Miss-6Ole MissWon 21–6 at Auburn+15AuburnWon 34–21 vs. Mississippi State+13Mississippi Sta…Lost 6–27 at Kentucky-21KentuckyWon 16–7 vs. Vanderbilt+9VanderbiltWon 46–14 vs. Louisiana Christian+32Louisiana Chris…Lost 0–16 vs. LSU-16LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsGeorgiaL 16–⁠2152%
Oct 4vsSanta ClaraW 35–⁠060%
Oct 11at5Georgia TechL 0–⁠1421%
Oct 18vsOle MissL 14–⁠2047%
Oct 25atAuburnW 21–⁠655%
Nov 1vsMississippi StateW 34–⁠2162%
Nov 8atKentuckyL 6–⁠2732%
Nov 15vsVanderbiltW 16–⁠753%
Nov 22vsLouisiana ChristianW 46–⁠1491%
Nov 29vsLSUL 0–⁠1666%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 16–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 45th-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
3–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
188–⁠146
Coach
Raymond Wolf
Elo
1492 −6 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.7 No. 29 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Al RobelotOGAP-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 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech6–⁠012–⁠02
Tennessee5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Ole Miss4–⁠0–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠29
Georgia4–⁠37–⁠4
Florida3–⁠38–⁠315
Mississippi State3–⁠45–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠55–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠220
LSU2–⁠53–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Auburn0–⁠72–⁠8

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