1952 Temple Owls football team

The 1952 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 221 to 128.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1952 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
1952 record	2–7–1
Head coach	Albert Kawal (4th season)
Home stadium	Temple Stadium

1952 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 13–20	15,000	[2]
September 26	Albright	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0	5,000	[3]
October 3	Syracuse	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–27	10,000	[4]
October 10	Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 12–19	12,000	[5]
October 18	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0–33	28,000	[6]
October 25	NYU	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 34–7	5,000	[7]
November 1	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 28–40	10,000	[8]
November 8	at Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	T 14–14	9,536	[9]
November 15	Fordham	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–33	500	[10]
November 22	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–28	1,600	[11]
Homecoming

References

1. "1952 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
2. Smith, Chester L. (September 21, 1952). "Lions Whip Temple, 20-13". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
3. O'Gara, Frank (September 27, 1952). "Temple Jars Albright in Home Debut, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
4. O'Gara, Frank (October 4, 1952). "Syracuse Outclasses Temple Eleven, 27-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Baumgartner, Stan (October 11, 1952). "Bucknell Tops Temple, 19-12; Myers Runs 84 Yards for TD". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Beal, Charles A. (October 19, 1952). "Indiana Wins; Temple Routed by 33-0 Score". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Ind. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Dell, John (October 26, 1952). "Temple Drubs NYU, 34-7, as M'Kernan Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. O'Rourke, Joe (November 2, 1952). "Rutgers' 33-Point Third Period Surge Trips Temple, 40-28". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "B.U. Tied by Temple, 14-14, After 2-Touchdown Lead". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 9, 1952. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Fordham Tops Temple by a 33-6 Count". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. November 16, 1952. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Baumgartner, Stan (November 23, 1952). "Temple Loses to Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.