1952 NYU Violets football team

The 1952 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1952 college football season. This was the last season that NYU fielded an NCAA team.

1952 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1952 record2–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumTriborough Stadium
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Hofstra   –    8 –1 –0
No. 19 Princeton   –    8 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    7 –1 –0
Villanova   –    7 –1 –1
Holy Cross   –    8 –2 –0
Yale   –    7 –2 –0
Penn State   –    7 –2 –1
No. 14 Syracuse   –    7 –3 –0
Bucknell   –    6 –3 –0
Colgate   –    6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –    6 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    4 –3 –0
Harvard   –    5 –4 –0
Boston University   –    5 –4 –1
Penn   –    4 –3 –2
Army   –    4 –4 –1
Boston College   –    4 –4 –1
Tufts   –    3 –4 –1
Drexel   –    3 –4 –0
Fordham   –    2 –5 –1
NYU   –    2 –5 –1
Columbia   –    2 –6 –1
Brown   –    2 –7 –0
Cornell   –    2 –7 –0
Dartmouth   –    2 –7 –0
Temple   –    2 –7 –1
Buffalo   –    1 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Lehigh
W 10–75,000[1]
October 4at Merchant Marine
T 20–205,000[2]
October 11Holy Cross
  • Triborough Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 0–355,000[3]
October 25at Temple
L 7–345,000[4]
November 1at Lafayette
W 14–76,000[5]
November 15Boston University
L 7–145,063[6]
November 22at Rutgers
L 14–276,500[7]
November 29vs. Fordham
  • Triborough Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 0–4510,000[8]

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References
  1. "NYU Wins on Goal, 10-7, over Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. September 28, 1952. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Trost, Ralph (October 5, 1952). "NYU Hits Back for 20-20 Tie with Kings Pt". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Keane, Clif (October 12, 1952). "Maloy Tosses 3 Scoring Passes in Holy Cross Romp". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Dell, John (October 26, 1952). "Temple Drubs NYU, 34-7, as M'Kernan Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "NYU Nips Lafayette, 14-7, in Last Period". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 2, 1952. p. 124 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "B.U. Hard-Pressed to Trip NYU, 14-7". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. United Press. November 16, 1952. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Burns, Joe (November 23, 1952). "Rutgers Defeats N.Y.U., 27-14, in Hall of Fame Game". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Turkin, Hy (November 28, 1952). "Rams Batter NYU, 45-0; Brown Sets Pass Mark". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 121 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-york-university/1952.html
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