1952 Rochester Yellowjackets football team

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ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Headcoach
HomestadiumFauver Stadium
1952 Rochester Yellowjackets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Home stadiumFauver Stadium
Seasons
 1951
1953 
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Rochester  800
Hofstra  810
No. 19 Princeton  810
Franklin & Marshall  710
Villanova  711
Holy Cross  820
Yale  720
Penn State  721
No. 14 Syracuse  730
Bucknell  630
Colgate  630
Pittsburgh  630
Carnegie Tech  430
Harvard  540
Boston University  541
Penn  432
Army  441
Boston College  441
Tufts  341
Drexel  340
Fordham  251
NYU  251
Columbia  261
Brown  270
Cornell  270
Dartmouth  270
Temple  271
Buffalo  170
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Rochester Yellowjackets football team, also commonly known as the Rivermen, was an American football team that represented the University of Rochester as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Elmer Burnham, the Yellowjackets compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out the first five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 217 to 68. It was the first perfect season in the 63-year history of Rochester football.[1]

One of the highlights of the season was a game between Rochester led by Elmer Burnham and Oberlin led by Burnham's son, Bob Burnham.[2]

Rochester played its home games at Fauver Stadium in Rochester, New York.

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