1952 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1952 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fresno State     8 2 0
Pacific (CA)     7 3 1
San Jose State     6 3 0
La Verne     5 3 1
Hawaii     5 5 2
Cal Poly San Dimas     4 4 0
Nevada     2 2 0
Santa Clara     2 6 1

The 1952 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1952 college football season.

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1952. The team was led by third-year head coach Bob Bronzan, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 251–164 for the season.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at ColoradoL 14–2019,998
September 27at San Diego StateW 47–68,500[1]
October 4at Arizona StateW 21–14
October 10Fresno StateW 40–6
October 18at Pacific (CA)W 26–21
November 1at StanfordL 13–35
November 7BYU
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 44–27
November 14Montana
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 39–20
November 27Santa Clara
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 7–1512,924[2]

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Team players in the NFL[edit]

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1953 NFL Draft.[4][5]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Jim Psaltis Defensive back 2 15 Chicago Cardinals
George Porter Tackle 12 142 Philadelphia Eagles
Stan Wacholz End 18 212 San Francisco 49ers
Paul Held Quarterback 19 229 Detroit Lions

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Howard Hagen (September 28, 1952). "S.J. Mauls State, 47-6". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.
  2. ^ Harry M. Hayward (November 28, 1952). "Broncs Score Upset! Spartans Bow, 15-7". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "1953 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.