1952 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1952 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference Independent
1952 record 8–2
Head coach Arthur Guepe (7th season)
Captain William Chisholm[1]
Home stadium Scott Stadium
(Capacity: 24,500)

The 1952 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1952 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by seventh-year head coach Arthur Guepe and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They finished with 8 wins for the third consecutive year, but were not invited to a bowl game. After the season, Guepe left Virginia to accept the head coaching position at Vanderbilt.[2] He had a record of 47–17–2 at Virginia, and his winning percentage of .727 remains the highest among Virginia head coaches that coached more than one year.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 27Vanderbilt
W 27–0 
October 4vs. VPINo. 16
W 42–0 
October 11George WashingtonNo. 15
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 50–0 
October 18vs. VMINo. 11
W 33–14 
October 25No. 6 DukeNo. 9
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 7–21 
November 1vs. South CarolinaNo. 16
L 14–21 
November 8at North Carolina
W 34–7 
November 15Richmond
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 49–0 
November 22Washington and Lee
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 21–14 
November 29at William & MaryNo. 20
W 20–13 
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[4]

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 120.
  2. ↑ "Guepe Quits Virginia; Takes Vanderbilt Job". The Baltimore Sun. February 7, 1953. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Cavaliers Coaches". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "1952 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
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