1952 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1952 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1952 college football season. It was the first season as head coach for Murray Warmath, and also for quarterback Jackie Parker, who transferred to Mississippi State from Jones County Junior College.[1] Parker rushed for 16 touchdowns in 1952, a school record that stood until Vick Ballard broke it in 2010. Parker would win his first of two SEC "Player of the Year" honors by the Nashville Banner.

1952 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1952 record54 (34 SEC)
Head coachMurray Warmath (1st season)
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27vs. No. 6 TennesseeL 7–14
October 4Arkansas State*W 41–14
October 11North Texas State*W 14–0
October 18KentuckyW 27–14
October 25at AlabamaL 19–42
November 1at TulaneL 21–34
November 8at Auburn
W 49–34
November 15at LSUW 33–14
November 29at No. 6 Ole Miss
L 14–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

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References

  1. "Hall of Famer Jackie Parker dies". footballfoundation.org. 2006-11-10.
  2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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