1952 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1952 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1952 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 21st and final year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1 overall, 5–0–1 in the SEC). They concluded the season with a loss against Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

1952 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
1952 record8–2–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coachRobert Neyland (21st season)
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 7 0 0  12 0 0
No. 8 Tennessee 5 0 1  8 2 1
No. 7 Ole Miss 4 0 2  8 1 2
No. 9 Alabama 4 2 0  10 2 0
Georgia 4 3 0  7 4 0
No. 15 Florida 3 3 0  8 3 0
Mississippi State 3 4 0  5 4 0
Tulane 3 5 0  5 5 0
No. 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27vs. Mississippi StateNo. 6W 14–7
October 4at No. 10 Duke*No. 11L 0–7
October 11Chattanooga*
W 26–6
October 16No. 18 Alabama
W 20–055,000
October 25Wofford*No. 13
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 50–0
November 1North Carolina*No. 12
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 41–14
November 8at LSUNo. 8W 22–3
November 15No. 18 FloridaNo. 7
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 26–12
November 22KentuckyNo. 7
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
T 14–14
November 29at VanderbiltNo. 9W 46–0
January 1vs. No. 10 Texas*No. 8NBCL 0–1675,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Doug AtkinsTackle111Cleveland Browns
Frank HolohanTackle10114Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim HaslamTackle24283Green Bay Packers
Ed MorganBack24284San Francisco 49ers
John MichelsGuard25297Philadelphia Eagles
Pat ShiresBack29339Washington Redskins
Andy MyersGuard30358Cleveland Browns

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References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 121
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1953 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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