1952 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1952
Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1952 Southern Conference football standings
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

The 1952 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the

Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Southern Conference for the last time, before North Carolina and six other schools broke off from the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference
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At the conclusion of the season, Snavely resigned as head coach after ten seasons.[1] He posted a record of 59–35–5 while at UNC, retiring as the school's all-time winningest coach.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 272:30 p.m.No. 11
Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
    		• L 7–2840,000[3]
    October 182:00 p.m.Wake Forest
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
    		L 7–930,000[4]
    October 251:30 p.m.at No. 16 Notre Dame*
    		L 14–3454,338[5]
    November 12:00 p.m.at No. 12 Tennessee*
    		L 14–4122,000[6]
    November 82:00 p.m.Virginia*dagger
    		L 7–3425,000[7]
    November 152:00 p.m.at South Carolina
    		W 27–1920,000[8]
    November 222:00 p.m.No. 20 Duke
    		L 0–3434,000–42,000[9]
    November 288:15 p.m.at Miami (FL)*
    		W 34–720,000[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

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    References

    1. ^ "Snavely Quits as Coach Of North Carolina Team". New York Times. December 3, 1952. p. 48.
    2. ^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 158.
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    11. ^ "1952 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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