1952 Temple Owls football team

The 1952 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 221 to 128.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1952 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester     8 0 0
Hofstra     8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton     8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 0
Villanova     7 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 0
Penn State     7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse     7 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Harvard     5 4 0
Boston University     5 4 1
Penn     4 3 2
Army     4 4 1
Boston College     4 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Drexel     3 4 0
Fordham     2 5 1
NYU     2 5 1
Columbia     2 6 1
Brown     2 7 0
Cornell     2 7 0
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Temple     2 7 1
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Penn StateL 13–2015,000 [2]
September 26AlbrightW 21–05,000 [3]
October 3Syracuse
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2710,000 [4]
October 10Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–1912,000 [5]
October 18at IndianaL 0–3328,000 [6]
October 25NYU 
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–75,000 [7]
November 1at RutgersL 28–4010,000 [8]
November 8at Boston UniversityT 14–149,536[9]
November 15Fordham
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–33500 [10]
November 22at Holy CrossL 0–281,600 [11]
  •  Homecoming

References

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  1. ^ "1952 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Smith, Chester L. (September 21, 1952). "Lions Whip Temple, 20-13". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ O'Gara, Frank (September 27, 1952). "Temple Jars Albright in Home Debut, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ O'Gara, Frank (October 4, 1952). "Syracuse Outclasses Temple Eleven, 27-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 11, 1952). "Bucknell Tops Temple, 19-12; Myers Runs 84 Yards for TD". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Beal, Charles A. (October 19, 1952). "Indiana Wins; Temple Routed by 33-0 Score". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Ind. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Dell, John (October 26, 1952). "Temple Drubs NYU, 34-7, as M'Kernan Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ O'Rourke, Joe (November 2, 1952). "Rutgers' 33-Point Third Period Surge Trips Temple, 40-28". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "B.U. Tied by Temple, 14-14, After 2-Touchdown Lead". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 9, 1952. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Fordham Tops Temple by a 33-6 Count". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. November 16, 1952. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 23, 1952). "Temple Loses to Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.