The 1952 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the

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as a member of the

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(SoCon). However, during the 1952 season, Maryland underwent sanctions by the Southern Conference that disallowed the team from playing any conference opponents.David Ungrady,
Tales from the Maryland Terrapins
', p. 77–78, Sports Publishing LLC, 2003, . This was in response to Maryland's violation of a newly instituted ban on postseason play the year prior by its participation in the 1952 Sugar Bowl.K. Adam Powell and Woody Durham, ''Border Wars: The First Fifty Years of Atlantic Coast Conference Football'', p. xvi, Scarecrow Press, , 2004.

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served as the head coach for the sixth season of his nine-year tenure. The team compiled a 7–2 record The loss against 14th-ranked

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ended Maryland's school-record 22-game winning streak.Year-by-Year Results
PDF), ''2008 Maryland Football Media Guide'', University of Maryland, 2008. Accessed 2009-06-15. 2009-06-17. After the season, Maryland left the Southern Conference in order to become a founding member of the

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(ACC).

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff

, head coach * Bob Ward, line coach *

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, defensive line coach * Warren Giese, ends coach *

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, backfield coach *

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, defensive backfield coach *Emmett Cheek, freshman coach *Vern Seibert, assistant freshman coach *

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, head trainer *John Lacey, assistant trainer

Footnotes

References

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