1952 NYU Violets football team

The 1952 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1952 college football season. This was the last season that NYU fielded an NCAA team.

1952 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–1
Head coach	Hugh Devore (3rd season)
Home stadium	Triborough Stadium
Seasons ← 1951

1952 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rochester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Hofstra			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	1
No. 14 Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Lehigh	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	W 10–7	5,000	[1]
October 4	at Merchant Marine	Tomb Field Kings Point, NY	T 20–20	5,000	[2]
October 11	Holy Cross	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	L 0–35	5,000	[3]
October 25	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–34	5,000	[4]
November 1	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 14–7	6,000	[5]
November 15	at Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 7–14	5,063	[6]
November 22	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	L 14–27	6,500	[7]
November 29	vs. Fordham	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	L 0–45	10,000	[8]

^[9]