1952 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1952 Mississippi State Maroons football
1952 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1952 record	5–4 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (1st season);
Home stadium	Scott Field; (Capacity: 35,000)
	Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

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. Parker would win his first of two SEC "Player of the Year" honors by the Nashville Banner.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 27	vs. No. 6 Tennessee	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	L 7–14
October 4	Arkansas State*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 41–14
October 11	North Texas State*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 14–0	^[2]
October 18	Kentucky	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 27–14
October 25	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	L 19–42
November 1	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans	L 21–34	^[3]
November 8	at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 49–34
November 15	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	W 33–14
November 29	at No. 6 Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	L 14–20
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Hall of Famer Jackie Parker dies". footballfoundation.org. 2006-11-10.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Maroons take Texas 14 to 0". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1952. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Maroons fall before hard-hitting Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. November 2, 1952. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015

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1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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