1952 New Mexico Lobos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1952
| team = New Mexico Lobos
| sport = football
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| conference = Skyline Conference
| short_conf = Skyline
| record = 7–2
| conf_record = 5–1
| head_coach = Dudley DeGroot
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = Zimmerman Field
}}
{{1952 Skyline Conference football standings}}
The 1952 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Skyline Conference during the 1952 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Dudley DeGroot, the Lobos compiled a 7–2 record (5–1 against Skyline opponents), and outscored all opponents by a total of 119 to 46.{{cite web|title=1952 New Mexico Lobos Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=October 8, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-mexico/1952-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2018 New Mexico Football Media Guide|publisher=University of New Mexico|year=2018|page=140|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/unm.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/30/2018_Media_Guide.pdf|accessdate=October 8, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
On defense, the team shut out five opponents and allowed an average of 5.1 points per game, ranking as "the least-scored-on major college team in the nation."
Schedule
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|September 27|at|BYU|Cougar Stadium|Provo, UT|L 10–14|8,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-byu-edges-new-mexico/171556636/|work=Great Falls Tribune|title=BYU edges New Mexico Lobos 14–10|date=September 28, 1952|accessdate=May 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 4||New Mexico A&M
|October 18|at|Wyoming|War Memorial Stadium|Laramie, WY|W 7–0|5,992|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-new-mexicos-lobos-upset/171556802/|work=The Missoulian|title=New Mexico's Lobos upset Cowboys|date=October 19, 1952|accessdate=May 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25|at|Texas Western
|November 1||Arizona
|November 8|at|Denver|Hilltop Stadium|Denver, CO|W 15–0|4,000|{{cite news|title=New Mexico Trounces Denver Pioneers, 15–0|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|author=J. D. Kailer|date=November 9, 1952|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115758293/new-mexico-trounces-denver-pioneers/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15||Colorado A&M|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|W 3–0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune-lobos-upset-rams-for/171556994/|work=The Casper Tribune-Herald|title=Lobos upset Rams for loop runnerup|date=November 16, 1952|accessdate=May 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 22||Montana|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|W 12–6|10,000|{{cite news|title=Lobos Squeak Past Montana for 12–6 Victory: White, Cox Score TD's in Dull Tilt Before 10,000|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|author=J.D. Kailer|date=November 23, 1952|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25012871/lobos_squeak_past_montana_for_126/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|December 6||Utah State|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|W 28–0|10,000|{{cite news|title=New Mexico Crushes Utah State, 28–0, in Finale: Win Assures Second Place, Sets National Defense Mark|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|author=Howard Peterson|date=December 7, 1952|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25012756/new_mexico_crushes_utah_state_280_in/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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