1952 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1952 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl vs. Syracuse, W 61–6
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
1952 record	10–2 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Harold Drew (6th year)
Captain	Bobby Wilson
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium Cramton Bowl
Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

1952 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
#8 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
#7 Ole Miss	4	–	0	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
#9 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
#15 Florida	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
#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

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi Southern 0 6 0 0 6 • Alabama 7 6 7 0 20 Date: September 19 Location: Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL Game attendance: 12,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total LSU 0 7 6 7 20 • Alabama 0 14 0 7 21 Date: September 27 Location: Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA Game attendance: 34,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 7 7 7 21 Miami 0 7 0 0 7 Date: October 3 Location: Burdine Stadium Miami, FL Game attendance: 53,916 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total VPI 0 0 0 0 0 • #18 Alabama 14 13 0 6 33 Date: October 11 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 16,000 Source:

Third Saturday in October

1 2 3 4 Total #18 Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 • Tennessee 6 0 0 14 20 Date: October 18 Location: Shields-Watkins Field Knoxville, TN Game attendance: 55,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi State 7 0 12 0 19 • Alabama 7 14 7 14 42 Date: October 25 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 25,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia 6 6 0 7 19 • #19 Alabama 7 7 7 13 34 Date: November 1 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 34,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Chattanooga 7 0 0 21 28 • #16 Alabama 0 21 21 0 42 Date: November 8 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 18,000 Source:

The 1952 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1952 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 58th overall and 19th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham, Ladd Stadium in Mobile and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and with a victory over Syracuse in the Orange Bowl.

After a 5–6 campaign for the 1951 season, Alabama bounced back in 1952 to have its best season of the decade and finished 10–2. However, losses to Tennessee, for the fifth consecutive year without a victory, and Georgia Tech cost Alabama the SEC title. The Crimson Tide ended the season in its first bowl game in five years, against Syracuse in the Orange Bowl. The 61–6 Alabama victory set a school record for most points scored in a bowl game and an Orange Bowl record for points scored until the 2012 Orange Bowl. The 55-point margin of victory stood as the all-time record for margin of victory in a bowl game through the 2008 GMAC Bowl.

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