1952 Pacific Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1952 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1952 college football season. Pacific played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California.
- Ernie Jorge (2nd season)
| 1952 Pacific Tigers football | |
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Sun Bowl, W 26–7 vs Mississippi Southern | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 7–3–1 |
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| Home stadium | Pacific Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly San Dimas | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific competed as an independent in 1952. In their second season under head coach Ernie Jorge, the Tigers finished the regular season with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1). At the end of the season, Pacific was invited to a New Years Day bowl game for the second consecutive year. On January 1, 1953, they played Mississippi Southern in the Sun Bowl, winning 26–7. That brought their record to seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1). For the season they outscored their opponents 310–166.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at No. 8 California | L 13–34 | 45,000 | [1] | |
| September 27 | at Utah State | W 34–7 | 10,000 | [2] | |
| October 4 | Texas Tech | W 42–21 | 15,700 | [3] | |
| October 18 | San Jose State |
| L 21–26 | 29,159 | [4] |
| October 25 | San Diego NTS[note 4] |
| L 7–25 | 11,458 | [5] |
| November 1 | at Oregon | W 14–6 | 7,200 | [6] | |
| November 8 | at Santa Clara |
| W 27–0 | 15,280 | [7] |
| November 15 | Fresno State |
| W 50–0 | 7,155[note 5] | [8] |
| November 29 | Marquette |
| T 27–27 | 7,304 | [9] |
| December 5 | at Hawaii | W 49–13 | 7,000 | ||
| January 1 | at Mississippi Southern | W 26–7 | 11,000 | [10] | |
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Notes
- University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
- Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Maverik Stadium (Romney Stadium) that has served as the home of the Aggies since 1968
- Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.
- There were 10,000 tickets sold, but rain caused 3,000 no-shows, per Stockton Record.