1952 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–5–1 (1–3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
1952 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Duke $ 5 –0 –08 –2 –0
Wake Forest 5 –1 –05 –4 –1
West Virginia 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
William & Mary 4 –1 –04 –5 –0
George Washington 4 –2 –15 –3 –1
VPI 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Furman 2 –2 –16 –3 –1
Washington and Lee 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
VMI 2 –3 –13 –6 –1
NC State 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
South Carolina 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
North Carolina 1 –2 –02 –6 –0
The Citadel 1 –3 –13 –5 –1
Davidson 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
Richmond 0 –6 –01 –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 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1952 college football season. J. Quinn Decker served as head coach for the seventh season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.[1][2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at No. 3 Georgia Tech*
L 6–5422,000[4]
September 27VPI*
L 7–148,000[5]
October 4vs. Florida*
L 0–3321,000[6]
October 11Newberry*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 18–7[7]
October 17vs. Furman
T 7–78,000[8]
October 25Presbyterian*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 28–76,000[9]
November 8South Carolinadagger
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 0–3513,000[10]
November 15at VMI
L 19–20[11]
November 22Davidson
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 34–143,500[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Georgia Tech drops The Citadel, 54 to 6". Kingsport Times-News. September 21, 1952. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "VPI defeats The Citadel by 14–7 count". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 28, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Gators rip Citadel, 33–0". The Bradenton Herald. October 5, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Citadel tops Tribe eleven by 18 and 7". The Charlotte Observer. October 12, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Furman and Citadel duel to deadlock". The Times and Democrat. October 18, 1952. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Cadets score once in each quarter to beat PC 28–7". The State. October 26, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "South Carolina pockets easy 35 to 0 win over Citadel". Durham Morning Herald. November 9, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Brehany again sparkles as VMI wins". Cumberland Sunday Times. November 16, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "The Citadel wins over Davidson". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 23, 1952. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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