1952 Clemson Tigers football team

1952 Clemson Tigers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1952 record	2–6–1 (* SoCon)
Head coach	Frank Howard
Captain	George Rodgers
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1952 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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
Virginia Tech	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
Clemson	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Richmond	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1952 college football season. After playing in the 1950 Orange Bowl and 1952 Gator Bowl in spite of the Southern Conference's ban on postseason play, Clemson was declared ineligible the conference championship. In part due to the ban, Clemson and six other schools left the Southern Conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference for 1953.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 20*	Presbyterian		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 53–13
September 27*	Villanova		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 7–14
October 4	at #3 Maryland		Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	L 0–28
October 11*	at Florida		Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	L 13–54
October 23	at South Carolina		Columbia, SC (Big Thursday)	L 0–6
October 31*	at Boston College		Braves Field • Boston, MA	W 13–0
November 8*	at Fordham		Coffey Field • Bronx, NY	T 12–12
November 15*	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 14–27
November 22*	at Alabama Polytechnic		Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 0–3
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.