1952 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team
| 1952 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–4 |
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| 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 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team represented the Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Pomona—as an independent during the 1952 college football season. Led by Duane Whitehead in his fourth and final season as head coach, Cal Poly San Dimas compiled a record of 4–4. The team was outscored by its opponents 224 to 159 for the season.
Whitehead served as the Broncos' head coach from 1948 to 1950, but had been replaced by Don Rees for the 1951 season. He finished his tenure at Cal Poly San Dimas with an overall record of 13–22–1, for a .375 winning percentage.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ?[note 1] | Palomar | ? | W 40–6 | |
| September 26 | at Chaffey | Ontario, CA | L 0–48 | |
| October 4 | Imperial Valley |
| L 7–13 | |
| October 11 | Oceanside-Carlsbad | W 40–13 | ||
| October 24 | La Verne |
| L 21–28 | |
| November 1 | at Humboldt State |
| L 0–72 | [1] |
| November 14 | at Cal Poly freshmen | San Luis Obispo, CA | no record[note 2] | [2] |
| November 21 | Caltech | W 19–18 | ||
| November 27 | at Citrus | Glendora, CA | W 32–26 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Both cfbwarehouse.com and the PDF published by Cal Poly Pomona list a game vs. Palomar JC in 1952, but no contemporaneous newspaper article has been located.
- ^ Both cfbwarehouse.com and the PDF published by Cal Poly Pomona do not list this game. No record of the result of this game has been located.
References[edit]
- ^ "Broncos Humbled by Humboldt State". Covina Argus. Covina, California. November 7, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cal Poly Will Go Against Redlands". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. November 13, 1952. p. 21. Retrieved October 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1952 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ cfbwarehouse.com and the Nevada (Reno) media guide list an additional game against University of Nevada (Reno). However, the PDF from Cal Poly Pomona and all 1952 accounts of the schedules and results for both teams do not list such a game.
