1952 California Golden Bears football team

1952 California Golden Bears football
1952 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	7–3 (3–3 PCC)
Head coach	Pappy Waldorf (6th season);
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1952 college football season. Under sixth-year head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Golden Bears compiled an overall record of 7–3 (3–3 in PCC, fourth).^[1]^[2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

1952 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 6 UCLA	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Idaho	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Pacific (CA)*	No. 8	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 34–13
September 27	Missouri*	No. 8	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 28–14
October 4	at Minnesota*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 49–13	55,204	^[3]
October 11	at Oregon	No. 3	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 41–7
October 18	Santa Clara*	No. 3	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 27–7	33,000	^[4]
October 25	at No. 7 USC	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–10	94,677	^[5]
November 1	No. 7 UCLA	No. 11	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	L 7–28	80,000
November 8	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–22	50,046	^[6]
November 15	Washington State		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 28–13	26,000	^[7]
November 22	Stanford		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 26–0
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game