1952 Maryland State Hawks football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1952

| team = Maryland State Hawks

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Independent

| record = 9–1

| head_coach = Vernon McCain

| hc_year = 5th

| captain =

| stadium =

}}

{{1952 Southern college football independents records}}

The 1952 Maryland State Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Maryland State College (now known as University of Maryland Eastern Shore) during the 1952 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Vernon McCain, the team compiled a 9–1 record, shut out five of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 257 to 52.{{cite web|title=1952 - Maryland-Eastern Shore|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 27, 2019|url=https://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=1895&year=1952}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Schedule

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|September 13||Naval Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague||Princess Anne, MD|W 65-0||{{cite news|title=Maryland State Crushes NAAS: Chincoteague Bows In Grid Opener|newspaper=The Salisbury Times|date=September 15, 1952|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41179553/maryland_state_crushes_naas/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 20||{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Virginia Union Panthers|title=Virginia Union}}||Princess Anne, MD|W 13-0||

|September 27||Grambling||Princess Anne, MD|W 32-0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123322939/maryland-state-wins-from-grambling-320/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Maryland State wins from Grambling, 32–0|date=September 28, 1952|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 3|at|{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Morris Brown Wolverines|title=Morris Brown}}||Atlanta, GA|L 0-20||

|October 10||Delaware State||Princess Anne, MD|W 60-0||{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79806074/the-daily-times/|newspaper=The Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|title=Maryland State Wins Easily 60-0|date=October 13, 1952}} {{Open access}}

|October 18||{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Hampton Pirates|title=Hampton}}||Princess Anne, MD|W 20-0||

|October 25|at|{{cfb link|year=1952|team=North Carolina College Eagles|title=North Carolina College}}||Durham, NC|W 20-13||

|November 1||{{cfb link|year=1952|team=Central State Marauders|title=Central State (OH)}}||Princess Anne, MD|W 14-6||

|November 14|at|{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}}| |Bridgeport, CT|W 21-6||

|December 6|at|{{cfb link|year=1952|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}||Greensboro NC|W 10-7||

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