1952 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1952 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1952 record 5–4 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach Murray Warmath (1st year)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1952 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Georgia Tech $ 7 – 0 – 0     12 – 0 – 0
#8 Tennessee 5 – 0 – 1     8 – 2 – 1
#7 Ole Miss 4 – 0 – 2     8 – 1 – 2
#9 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
Georgia 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
#15 Florida 3 – 3 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Tulane 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
#20 Kentucky 1 – 3 – 2     5 – 4 – 2
LSU 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 2
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1952 college football season. It was the first season as head coach for Murray Warmath, and also for quarterback Jackie Parker, who transferred to Mississippi State from Jones County Junior College.[1] Parker rushed for 16 touchdowns in 1952, a school record that stood until Vick Ballard broke it in 2010.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 27 vs. No. 6 Tennessee Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN L 7–14  
October 4 Arkansas State* Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 41–14  
October 11 North Texas State* Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 14–0  
October 18 Kentucky Scott Field • Starkville, MS (Rivalry) W 27–14  
October 25 at Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) L 19–42  
November 1 at Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 21–34  
November 8 at Auburn Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 49–34  
November 15 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) W 33–14  
November 29 at No. 6 Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl) L 14–20  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hall of Famer Jackie Parker dies". footballfoundation.org. 2006-11-10.
  2. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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