1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
National champion (Berryman, Billingsley, INS, Poling, Sagarin)
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 24โ€“7 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record12โ€“0 (7โ€“0 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFrank Broyles
Offensive schemeSplit-T
Defensive coordinatorRay Graves
CaptainGeorge Morris
Hal Miller
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 7 0 0 12 0 0
No. 8 Tennessee 5 0 1 8 2 1
No. 7 Ole Miss 4 0 2 8 1 2
No. 9 Alabama 4 2 0 10 2 0
Georgia 4 3 0 7 4 0
No. 15 Florida 3 3 0 8 3 0
Mississippi State 3 4 0 5 4 0
Tulane 3 5 0 5 5 0
No. 20 Kentucky 1 3 2 5 4 2
LSU 2 5 0 3 7 0
Vanderbilt 1 4 1 3 5 2
Auburn 0 7 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1952 NCAA football season. Led by head coach Bobby Dodd, the Yellow Jackets went undefeated including a victory in the 1953 Sugar Bowl.[1] Coach Bobby Dodd and the Yellow Jackets were awarded a split National Championship, winning the 1952 INS National Championship poll, sharing the Championship with the Michigan State Spartans.[2] The team was selected national champion by Berryman, Billingsley, INS, Poling, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess).[3]

  1. ^ Clarke, Michael (September 16, 2005) Football Program Builds on Strong History. The Technique. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Information Please Database (2007) 1952 College Football Recap. infoplease. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  3. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 113. Retrieved December 7, 2018.