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1952 William & Mary

4–⁠5 (4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Jack Freeman.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1952, game by game: won vs. VMI 34–13; lost vs. Wake Forest 21–28; lost at Penn State 23–35; lost at No. 17 Navy 0–14; lost at Boston University 28–33; won vs. Richmond 42–13; won at Virginia Tech 35–15; won vs. NC State 41–6; lost vs. No. 20 Virginia 13–20+35−14Won 34–13 vs. VMI+21VMILost 21–28 vs. Wake Forest-7Wake ForestLost 23–35 at Penn State-12Penn StateLost 0–14 at No. 17 Navy-14No. 17 NavyLost 28–33 at Boston University-5Boston Universi…Won 42–13 vs. Richmond+29RichmondWon 35–15 at Virginia Tech+20Virginia TechWon 41–6 vs. NC State+35NC StateLost 13–20 vs. No. 20 Virginia-7No. 20 Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsVMIW 34–⁠1349%
Sep 27vsWake ForestL 21–⁠2858%
Oct 4atPenn StateL 23–⁠3542%
Oct 11at17NavyL 0–⁠1433%
Oct 18atBoston UniversityL 28–⁠3344%
Oct 24vsRichmondW 42–⁠1379%
Nov 8atVirginia TechW 35–⁠1558%
Nov 22vsNC StateW 41–⁠674%
Nov 29vs20VirginiaL 13–⁠2042%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 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
4–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠1 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
237–⁠177
Coach
Jack Freeman
Elo
1507 −8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.2 No. 62 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ed Miodusewski and John Flanagan

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Ed MioduszewskiBUP-1; INS-1

Second team

  • Tom KellerBUP-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 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.