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1952 Army Cadets football team

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1952 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainAlfred Paulekas
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester     8 0 0
Hofstra     8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton     8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 0
Villanova     7 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 0
Penn State     7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse     7 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Harvard     5 4 0
Boston University     5 4 1
Penn     4 3 2
Army     4 4 1
Boston College     4 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Drexel     3 4 0
Fordham     2 5 1
NYU     2 5 1
Columbia     2 6 1
Brown     2 7 0
Cornell     2 7 0
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Temple     2 7 1
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1952 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a record of 4–4–1. Army played home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27South CarolinaW 28–723,474[1]
October 4at No. 7 USCL 0–2248,433
October 11Dartmouth
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 37–718,127[2]
October 18Pittsburgh
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 14–22
October 25at ColumbiaT 14–1431,000[3]
November 1VMI
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 42–14[4]
November 8at No. 3 Georgia TechL 6–4540,000[5]
November 15at PennW 14–1340,000[6]
November 291:00 p.m.NavyNBCL 0–7

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Personnel

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1952 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
HB Tommy Bell So
QB Pete Vann So
G Leroy Lunn Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ "Army football squad romps over favored South Carolina by 28 to 7". The Baltimore Sun. September 28, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 12, 1952). "Army Trounces Dartmouth; Cadets Score, 37-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 26, 1952). "Columbia Ties Army, 14-14; Pass Saves Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Army thumps V.M.I., 42 to 14". The Baltimore Sun. November 2, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia Tech rolls over Army, 45–6". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1952. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Morrow, Art (November 16, 1952). "Army Upsets Penn, 14-13, with TD in Last 44 Secs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 21, 2014.