1952 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
| 1952 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football | |
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OVC co-champion | |
Tangerine Bowl, L 0–33 vs. East Texas State | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 9–2 (4–1 OVC) |
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| Captain | Tom Fann |
| Alternate Captain | Ken Broyles |
| Home stadium | Overall Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as Tennessee Technological University–as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1952 college football season. Led by 25th-year head coach Preston Vaughn Overall, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Western Kentucky. Tennessee Tech was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to East Texas State. The team's captain was Tom Fann and the alternative captain was Ken Broyles.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | 503rd Airborne / Fort Campbell* |
| W 27–0 | [2] | ||
| September 27 | 8:00 p.m. | at Murray State |
| W 14–13 | [3][4] | |
| October 4 | Morehead State |
| W 30–6 | [5] | ||
| October 11 | Eastern Kentucky |
| W 28–14 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | at Arkansas State* | Jonesboro, AR | W 21–13 | |||
| October 25 | 8:00 p.m. | Western Kentucky |
| W 21–13 | 6,000 | [7][8] |
| November 1 | at Marshall* | W 28–7 | [9] | |||
| November 8 | East Tennessee State* |
| W 21–13 | 4,000 | [10][11] | |
| November 15 | Memphis State* |
| W 35–0 | [12] | ||
| November 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee |
| L 7–19 | 8,500 | [13][14] |
| January 1 | vs. East Texas State* | L 0–33 | 12,340 | [15][16] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Tennessee Tech Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Tennessee Tech Athletics. 2021. p. 128. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
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- ^ "T.P.I. Eagles roll to 35–0 football win". Kingsport Times-News. November 16, 1952. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 17, 2022.