1952 Maryland Terrapins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record7–2 (0–0[nb 1] SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSplit-T
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
West Virginia 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
George Washington 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
VPI 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Furman 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
VMI 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
NC State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
North Carolina 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
The Citadel 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Davidson 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Richmond 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Maryland †   –   7 – 2 – 0
Clemson †   –   2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † League sanctions prevented Maryland and Clemson from conference participation
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in 1951 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). However, during the 1952 season, Maryland underwent sanctions by the Southern Conference that disallowed the team from playing any conference opponents.[1] This was in response to Maryland's violation of a newly instituted ban on postseason play the year prior by its participation in the 1952 Sugar Bowl.[2] Jim Tatum served as the head coach for the sixth season of his nine-year tenure. The team compiled a 7–2 record The loss against 14th-ranked Mississippi ended Maryland's school-record 22-game winning streak.[3] After the season, Maryland left the Southern Conference in order to become a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Missouri*No. 2
W 13–1018,000[4]
September 27at Auburn*No. 2
W 13–727,000[5]
October 4Clemson*No. 3
W 28–032,000[6]
October 11at No. 19 Georgia*No. 4
W 37–034,000[7]
October 18No. 20 Navy*No. 2
W 38–744,716[8]
October 25LSU*daggerNo. 2
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 34–630,000[9]
November 1at Boston University*No. 2
W 34–732,568[10]
November 15at No. 11 Ole Miss*No. 3
L 14–2132,500[11]
November 22at No. 14 Alabama*No. 8
L 7–2733,178[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

Coaching staff

Footnotes

  1. ^ Maryland was a member of the Southern Conference, but was disallowed from playing any conference opponents during the 1952 season as part of the sanctions for violating the ban on postseason play the year prior.

References

  1. ^ David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, p. 77–78, Sports Publishing LLC, 2003, ISBN 1-58261-688-4.
  2. ^ a b K. Adam Powell and Woody Durham, Border Wars: The First Fifty Years of Atlantic Coast Conference Football, p. xvi, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-4839-2, 2004.
  3. ^ Year-by-Year Results Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine(PDF), 2008 Maryland Football Media Guide, University of Maryland, 2008. Accessed 2009-06-15. 2009-06-17.
  4. ^ "Maryland's last-minute score nips Missouri, 13–10". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. September 21, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Maryland takes close one". The Commercial Appeal. September 28, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Maryland routs 'fellow sinner' Clemson". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. October 5, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Maryland rolls to 37–0 triumph over Georgia". Fort Myers News-Press. October 12, 1952. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Maryland crushes Navy". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. October 19, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Maryland crushes LSU, 34–6". The Pittsburgh Press. October 26, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Point-A-Play Maryland Crushes Boston University 34-7". The Owensboro Messenger. Owensboro, Kentucky. Associated Press. November 2, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Ole Miss jars Maryland, 21 to 14". The Miami News. November 16, 1952. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Bama running game smashed Terps 27–7". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. November 23, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
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