1952 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

1952 Abilene Christian Wildcats football
1952 Abilene Christian Wildcats football
Texas Conference champion
Conference	Texas Conference
Record	6–3–1 (4–0 Texas)
Head coach	Garvin Beauchamp (3rd season);
Captains	Wally Bullington; Don Smith;
Home stadium	Fair Park Stadium
	Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian College—now known as Abilene Christian University—as a member of the Texas Conference during the 1952 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Garvin Beauchamp, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the Texas Conference title for the third consecutive season.^[1]

1952 Texas Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Abilene Christian $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
McMurry	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Texas A&I	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Howard Payne	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Austin	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13		at Southwest Texas State*	Evans Field San Marcos, TX	W 20–7		^[2]
September 19		East Texas State*	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	L 0–21	6,000	^[3]^[4]
September 26		at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–28	8,000	^[5]
October 4		vs. Midwestern (TX)*	Stamford High School Stadium Stamford, TX	W 21–0	3,000–4,000	^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
October 18	8:00 p.m.	at McMurry	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	W 26–0	8,000	^[10]^[11]
October 25		at West Texas State*	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	L 18–20	4,000	^[12]
November 1	2:00 p.m.	Texas A&I	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	W 48–13		^[13]^[14]
November 8	8:00 p.m.	at Austin	Sherman, TX	W 38–13		^[15]^[16]
November 15		at Fort Sam Houston*	Leonard Wood Field San Antonio, TX	T 21–21	2,000	^[17]^[18]
November 27	2:00 p.m.	Howard Payne	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	W 62–6	2,500	^[19]^[20]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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