1952 Los Angeles State Diablos football team

The 1952 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State[note 1] during the 1952 college football season.

1952 Los Angeles State Diablos football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
1952 record4–4 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach
  • Leonard (Bud) Adams (2nd season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles State Field
1952 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Cal Poly $ 4 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Santa Barbara 3 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
San Diego State 2 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Los Angeles State 1 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Pepperdine 0 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Los Angeles State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). This was the second year of intercollegiate play for Los Angeles State, and the team was again led by head coach Leonard (Bud) Adams. The Diablos played home games at Los Angeles State Field. They finished the season with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4, 1–3 CCAA).

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 38:00 pmPoint Mugu Navy[note 2]*
W 27–0
October 11at Redlands*
L 6–20
October 17Santa Barbara[note 4]
  • Los Angeles State Field
  • Los Angeles
L 20–21
October 258:00 pmat San Diego State[note 5]
L 26–415,000[1]
October 318:00 pmPomona-Claremont[note 6]*
  • Los Angeles State Field
  • Los Angeles
W 35–19
November 88:00 pmat Cal Poly[note 7]
L 7–32
November 14La Verne*
  • Los Angeles State Field
  • Los Angeles
W 12–7
November 218:00 pmat Pepperdine[note 8]
W 13–03,500
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Los Angeles State players were selected in the 1953 NFL Draft.[3][4]

Notes
  1. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
  2. Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a Naval air station located in Ventura County, California from 1942 to 2000
  3. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season
  4. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1958.
  5. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
  7. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  8. Naval Air Station Terminal Island was one of several names for the Naval air station and repair facility located on Terminal Island in Los Angeles County, California from 1938 to 1997

References
  1. Howard Hagen (October 26, 1952). "Aztecs Overcome L.A. State, 41 To 26". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-2.
  2. "1952 - Cal St.-Los Angeles". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  3. "1953 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  4. "Los Angeles St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
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