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1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1952 record3–5–2 (1–4–1 SEC)
Head coachBill Edwards (4th season)
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →

The 1952 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1952 college football season. The team's head coach was Bill Edwards, who was in his fourth and final year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, the Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1952, Vanderbilt went 3–5–2 overall with a conference record of 1–4–1.

1952 SEC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Georgia Tech 7 0 0     12 0 0
#8 Tennessee 5 0 1     8 2 1
#7 Ole Miss 4 0 2     8 1 2
#9 Alabama 4 2 0     10 2 0
Georgia 4 3 0     7 4 0
#15 Florida 3 3 0     8 3 0
Mississippi State 3 4 0     5 4 0
Tulane 3 5 0     5 5 0
#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[]

Date Opponent Site Result
September 20, 1952 Georgia Dudley FieldNashville, TN L 7–19  
September 27, 1952* at Virginia Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA L 0–27  
October 4, 1952* at Northwestern Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL T 20–20  
October 11, 1952 Mississippi State Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 21–21  
October 18, 1952 Florida Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 20–13  
October 25, 1952 at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, Georgia L 0–30  
November 1, 1952* [[{{{school}}}|Washington and Lee]] Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 67–7  
November 7, 1952* at Miami (FL) Burdine StadiumMiami, FL W 9–0  
November 15, 1952 at Tulane Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA L 7–16  
November 29, 1952 Tennessee Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–46  
*Non-Conference Game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern.

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