1952 Idaho State Bengals football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1952

| team = Idaho State Bengals

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Rocky Mountain Conference

| short_conf = RMC

| record = 8–0

| conf_record = 5–0

| head_coach= Babe Caccia

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Chet Lee

| captain2 = Lamont Jones

| stadium = Spud Bowl

| champion = RMC champion

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The 1952 Idaho State Bengals football team was an American football team that represented Idaho State University as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1952 college football season. In their first season under head coach Babe Caccia, the Bengals compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the RMC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 233 to 85. The team captains were Chet Lee and Lamont Jones.{{cite web|title=2011 Idaho State Football Media Guide|publisher=Idaho State University|year=2011|accessdate=January 4, 2019|page=97|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/isubengals.com/documents/2011/8/30/media_guide.pdf}}

Schedule

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|September 20||{{cfb link|year=1952|team=College of Idaho Coyotes|title=College of Idaho}}|Spud Bowl|Pocatello, ID|W 20-7|4,400|{{cite news|title=ISC Boots Off Grid Lid With 20-7 Win Over Coyotes: Bengals Tally Three Times In First Stanza|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=September 21, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26852380/isc_boots_off_grid_lid_with_207_win/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 27||{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Western State Mountaineers|title=Western State (CO)}}|Spud Bowl|Pocatello, ID|W 40-0|3,000|{{cite news|title=ISC Humiliates Mountaineers, 40-0: Connor Tallies Three Times in League Battle|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=September 28, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26852204/isc_humiliates_mountaineers_400/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 4|at|{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Colorado College Tigers|title=Colorado College}}|Washburn Field|Colorado Springs, CO|W 17-6||{{cite news|title=ISC Bengals Cage Tigers, 17 to 6|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=October 5, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26852023/isc_bengals_cage_tigers_17_to_6/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 18||{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Colorado State–Greeley Bears|title=Colorado State–Greeley}}|Spud Bowl|Pocatello, ID|W 46-16|5,000|{{cite news|title=Mighty Bengal Grid Machine Whips Colorado State's Bears, 46 to 16|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=October 19, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26851846/mighty_bengal_grid_machine_whips/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 25||Nevada|Spud Bowl|Pocatello, ID|W 33-13|3,000|{{cite news|title=ISC Wins Fifth Straight|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=October 26, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26851554/isc_wins_fifth_straight/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 1|at|{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Colorado Mines Orediggers|title=Colorado Mines}}||Golden, CO|W 21-13||{{cite news|title=Unbeaten Bengals Clinch Tie for RMC Championship: Idaho State Extends Streak to Six; Miners Fall, 21-13|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=November 2, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26851395/unbeaten_bengals_clinch_tie_for_rmc/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 8||Montana State|Spud Bowl|Pocatello, ID|W 35-12|4,500|{{cite news|title=Idaho State Captures RMC Crown|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=November 9, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26850981/idaho_state_captures_rmc_crown/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 15|at|{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Lewis & Clark Pioneers|title=Lewis & Clark}}|Multnomah Stadium|Portland, OR|W 21-18||{{cite news|title=Bengals Remain Undefeated: Pocatello Collegians Shade Pioneers, 21-18 To End Season|newspaper=Idaho Sunday Journal|date=November 16, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26850668/bengals_remain_undefeated_pocatello/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Idaho State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/294/stats/13012 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 22, 2022 }}

References

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