1952 NC State Wolfpack football team

1952 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; † League sanctions prevented Maryland and Clemson from conference participation; Rankings from AP Poll

1952 NC State Wolfpack football
1952 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference	Southern Conference
1952 record	3–7 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Horace Hendrickson (1st season);
Home stadium	Riddick Stadium
	Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1952 college football season. The Wolfpack were led by first-year head coach Horace Hendrickson and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Southern Conference for the final year before joining six other larger SoCon schools in creating the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	George Washington	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 0–39	7,500	^[1]
October 4	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–49
October 11	Davidson	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 28–6
October 18	No. 5 Duke	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 0–57	11,500
October 25	Florida State*	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 13–7
November 1	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	L 6–21	12,000
November 8	at Washington and Lee	Lexington, VA	W 25–14
November 15	at No. 14 Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–48
November 22	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 6–41
November 29	at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 7–54	11,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Colonials wallop Pack in opening game, 39-0". The News and Observer. September 28, 1952. Retrieved February 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1952 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2018.

v t NC State Wolfpack football
Venues	Riddick Stadium (1907–1965) Carter–Finley Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson: Textile Bowl East Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Mr. Wuf "Fight Song" Norris Cup The Power Sound of the South
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1952 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
West Virginia	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
VPI	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	2	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Maryland †			–			7	–	2	–	0
Clemson †			–			2	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion † League sanctions prevented Maryland and Clemson from conference participation Rankings from AP Poll