1952 Davidson Wildcats football team

The 1952 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College during the 1952 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their first year under head coach Bill Dole, the team compiled an overall record of 2–7, with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, and finished in 14th place in the SoCon.^[1]

Record2–7 (1–6 SoCon)

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1952 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	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

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	VPI	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	L 14–27		^[2]
September 27	Washington and Lee	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	L 14–33		^[3]
October 11	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 6–28	5,500	^[4]
October 17	at Presbyterian*	Bailey Stadium Clinton, SC	W 13–12	3,500	^[5]
October 25	Furman	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	L 13–14	7,500	^[6]
November 1	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 26–35	6,500	^[7]
November 8	Richmond	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	W 38–19		^[8]
November 14	at George Washington	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 13–40		^[9]
November 22	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 14–34	3,500	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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