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1952 Vanderbilt

3–⁠5–⁠2 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Edwards.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1952, game by game: lost vs. Georgia 7–19; lost at Virginia 0–27; tied at Northwestern 20–20; tied vs. Ole Miss 21–21; won vs. Florida 20–13; lost at No. 5 Georgia Tech 0–30; won vs. Washington and Lee 67–7; won at Miami 9–0; lost at Tulane 7–16; lost vs. No. 9 Tennessee 0–46+60−46Lost 7–19 vs. Georgia-12GeorgiaLost 0–27 at Virginia-27VirginiaTied 20–20 at Northwestern0NorthwesternTied 21–21 vs. Ole Miss0Ole MissWon 20–13 vs. Florida+7FloridaLost 0–30 at No. 5 Georgia Tech-30No. 5 Georgia TechWon 67–7 vs. Washington and Lee+60Washington and …Won 9–0 at Miami+9MiamiLost 7–16 at Tulane-9TulaneLost 0–46 vs. No. 9 Tennessee-46No. 9 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsGeorgiaL 7–⁠1957%
Sep 27atVirginiaL 0–⁠2724%
Oct 4atNorthwesternT 20–⁠2037%
Oct 11vsOle MissT 21–⁠2141%
Oct 18vsFloridaW 20–⁠1343%
Oct 25at5Georgia TechL 0–⁠3018%
Nov 1vsWashington and LeeW 67–⁠759%
Nov 7atMiamiW 9–⁠039%
Nov 15atTulaneL 7–⁠1647%
Nov 29vs9TennesseeL 0–⁠4629%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 46–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 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
3–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠199
Coach
Bill Edwards
Elo
1495 −7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.1 No. 52 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Cheadle and Don Wade
Offense
T formation

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

  • Ben RoderickEAP-2; UP-2
  • Bob HinesDEAP-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

Conference page
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.