1952 Pacific Tigers football team

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1952 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
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

The 1952 Pacific Tigers football team represented the

Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California
.

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at No. 8 California
L 13–34
September 27at Utah State
W 34–7
October 4Texas Tech
W 42–2115,700
October 18San Jose State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 21–26
October 25San Diego NTS[note 4]
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 7–25
November 1at
Oregon
W 14–6
November 8at Santa Clara
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 27–015,280[1]
November 15Fresno State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 50–0
November 29Marquette
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
T 27–27
December 5at Hawaii
W 49–137,000
January 1at Mississippi Southern
W 26–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Notes

  1. ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
  2. ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
  3. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Maverik Stadium (Romney Stadium) that has served as the home of the Aggies since 1968
  4. ^ The Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.

References

  1. Newspapers.com
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  2. ^ "1952 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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