The 1952 Dartmouth Indians football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

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. In their tenth season under head coach

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, the Indians compiled a 2–7 record, and were outscored 198 to 116. Peter Reich was the team captain. Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in

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