1952 UMass Redmen football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1952
| team = UMass Redmen
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 4–3–1
| conf_record = 1–2
| head_coach = Charlie O'Rourke
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Field
}}
{{1952 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The 1952 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1952 college football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1952 season was O'Rourke's first as coach of the Minutemen, and was his only winning season with the team. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–3–1 overall and 1–2 in conference play.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| score = 39–6
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Connecticut
| site_stadium = Gardner Dow Athletic Fields
| site_cityst = Storrs, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–26
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time =
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Springfield Gymnasts|title=Springfield}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| score = 20–20
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Rhode Island
| site_stadium = Meade Stadium
| site_cityst = Kingston, RI
| score = 7–26
| attend = 4,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Rhode Island Rolls to 26-7 Victory Over Univ. of Mass.: Rams Use Sound Ground Attack to Offset Passing Game of Redmen in Game at Kingston|newspaper=The Springfield Sunday Republican|date=October 19, 1952|page=4B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-union-rhode-island-rolls-to/167069756/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Northeastern Huskies|title=Northeastern}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| score = 26–40
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Brandeis Judges|title=Brandeis}}
| site_stadium = Brandeis Stadium
| site_cityst = Waltham, MA
| score = 26–6
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = New Hampshire
| gamename = rivalry
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Amherst, MA
| score = 26–13
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}
| site_stadium = Tufts Oval
| site_cityst = Somerville, MA
| score = 32–0
| attend =
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/400/stats/13012 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 24, 2022 }}
References
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