1952 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Latorre, Walt Shea
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(capacity: 34,000)
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 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1952 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Rex Enright, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–4– in conference play, tying for tenth place in the SoCon.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Wofford*
W 33–0
September 27at Army*
L 7–28
October 4at Furman
W 27–715,000[2]
October 11 No. 6 Duke
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 7–3322,000
October 23Clemson
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
W 6–035,000[3]
November 1vs. Virginia*
W 21–1427,000
November 8at The Citadel
W 35–0
November 15North Carolina
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
L 19–27
November 22West Virginia
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 6–13
November 292:00 p.m.vs. Wake Forest
L 14–396,000[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References

  1. ^ "1952 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Carolina spoils Furman homecoming 27 to 7". The Greenville News. October 5, 1952. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Carolina defeats Clemson, 6–0, before overflow crowd". The Greenville News. October 24, 1952. pp. 1, 38. Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Demon Deacons To Entertain Birds Today". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. November 29, 1952. p. 11. Retrieved May 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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