1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1952
Grant Field
Seasons
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 7 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 8 Tennessee 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
No. 7 Ole Miss 4 – 0 – 2 8 – 1 – 2
No. 9 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Georgia 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 15 Florida 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Tulane 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
No. 20 Kentucky 1 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
LSU 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Sagarin (ELO-Chess).[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 20The Citadel*No. 3
W 54–622,000[4]
September 27FloridaNo. 3
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 17–1430,939[5]
October 4at SMU*No. 6
W 20–741,000[6]
October 11TulaneNo. 5
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 14–027,913[7]
October 18AuburnNo. 4
W 33–034,689[8]
October 25VanderbiltdaggerNo. 5
W 30–035,373[9]
November 1at No. 6 Duke*No. 4
W 28–745,000[10]
November 8Army*No. 3
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 45–640,000[11]
November 15No. 12 AlabamaNo. 2
WSB-TVW 7–338,063[12]
November 22Florida State*No. 2
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 30–025,000[13]
November 29at GeorgiaNo. 3
W 23–950,000[14]
January 1, 1953vs. No. 7 Ole Miss*No. 2
ABCW 24–780,187[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Plaque at Georgia Tech honoring their National Championship season

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
George Morris Center 2 21 San Francisco 49ers
Gerdes (Buck) Martin End 4 39 Chicago Cardinals
Hal Miller Tackle 5 57 San Francisco 49ers
Pete Brown Center 10 118 San Francisco 49ers
Bobby Moorhead Back 13 146 Baltimore Colts
Jeff Knox End 23 272 Philadelphia Eagles

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  2. ^ Information Please Database (2007) 1952 College Football Recap. infoplease. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  3. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 113. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
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  16. ^ Sports Reference 1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results. SR/College Football. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  17. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. p. 170.
  18. ^ "1953 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
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