1952 UMass Redmen football team

1952 UMass Redmen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	4–3–1 (1–2 YC)
Head coach	Charlie O'Rourke (1st season)
Home stadium	Alumni Field

1952 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Connecticut +	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Maine +	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island +	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
UMass	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Vermont	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1952 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1952 college football season as a member of the NCAA's Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1952 season was O'Rourke's first as coach of the Minutemen, and was his only winning season with the team. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–3–1 overall and 1–2 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27	Bates*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	W 39–6
October 4	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 13–26
October 11	Springfield*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	T 20–20
October 18	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 7–26
October 25	Northeastern*	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 26–40
November 1	at Brandeis*	Brandeis Stadium Waltham, MA	L 26–6
November 8	New Hampshire	Alumni Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	W 26–13
November 15	at Tufts*	Tufts Oval Somerville, MA	W 32–0
*Non-conference game