1952 Pepperdine Waves football team

1952 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	2–7 (0–4 CCAA)
Head coach	Duck Dowell (2nd season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium
Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College^[note 1] as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1952 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Duck Dowell and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with an overall record of 2–7 and a mark of 0–4 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the CCAA.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at San Francisco State*	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 0–21
October 4	at Fresno State	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 7–60	8,198	^[1]
October 11	at San Diego State	Balboa Stadium San Diego, CA	L 13–33	5,000	^[2]
October 17	Terminal Island Navy^[note 2]*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 33–14
October 25	at Cal Poly	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 13–39
October 31	Point Mugu Navy^[note 3]*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 14–0	1,200
November 7	Santa Barbara	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 6–27
November 15	at Humboldt State*	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 7–41		^[3]
November 21	Los Angeles State*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)	L 0–13	3,500
*Non-conference game

^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
^ Naval Air Station Terminal Island was one of several names for the Naval air station and repair facility located on Terminal Island in Los Angeles County, California from 1938 to 1997
^ Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a Naval air station located in Ventura County, California from 1942 to 2000

^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ Howard Hagen (October 12, 1952). "Aztecs Repulse Waves, 33 to 13". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.
^ "Lumberjacks Batter Pepperdine 11 By 41 To 7 Score; HSC Linemen Play Stellar Role In Big Win". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. November 17, 1952. p. 16. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1952 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.

v t e Pepperdine Waves football
Venues	Sentinel Field (1946–1947, 1949, 1959–1961) Wrigley Field (1948) Gilmore Stadium (1950) El Camino Stadium (1951–1958)
Bowls & rivalries	1947 Will Rogers Bowl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961

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