1952 BYU Cougars football team

1952 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 Skyline Six)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 0 0 6 3 1
New Mexico 5 1 0 7 2 0
Colorado A&M 5 2 0 6 4 0
Wyoming 4 3 0 5 4 0
BYU 3 4 0 4 6 0
Utah State 3 4 0 3 7 1
Montana 1 5 0 2 7 1
Denver 0 7 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1952 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1952 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 3–4 against conference opponents, finished fifth in the Skyline, and were outscored by a total of 240 to 154.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Reed Stolworthy with 436 rushing yards and Dick Felt with 42 points scored.[3] Felt set a BYU record that still stands with four touchdowns in the fourth quarter against San Jose State on November 7, 1952.[4]

  1. ^ "1952 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  3. ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 163-164.
  4. ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, p. 161.