1952 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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

1952 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1952 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southern Conference
1952 record	5–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Rex Enright (12th season);
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium; (Capacity: 34,000)
	Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1952 college football season. In their twelfth season under head coach Rex Enright, South Carolina compiled a 5–5 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 20	Wofford*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 33–0
September 27	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 7–28
October 4	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 27–7
October 11	No. 6 Duke	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–33
October 23	Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 6–0	^[2]
November 1	vs. Virginia*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	W 21–14
November 8	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 35–0
November 15	North Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 19–27
November 22	West Virginia	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 6–13
November 29	at Wake Forest	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 14–39
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1952 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ "Carolina defeats Clemson, 6–0, before overflow crowd". The Greenville News. October 24, 1952. pp. 1, 38. Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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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