1952 LSU Tigers football team

1952 LSU Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–7 (2-5 SEC)
Head coach	Gaynell Tinsley (5th season)
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium

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 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1952 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	No. 11 Texas*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 14–35
September 27	at Alabama	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 20–21	34,000
October 4	at No. 17 Rice*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 27–7
October 11	at No. 13 Kentucky	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 34–7
October 18	Georgia	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 14–27
October 25	at No. 2 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 6–34	30,000
November 1	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 0–28
November 8	Tennessee	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 3–22
November 15	Mississippi State	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 14–33
November 29	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Rag)	W 16–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game