1952 Dayton Flyers football team

The 1952 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Joe Gavin, the Flyers compiled a 6–5 record. Dayton played their home games at UD Stadium in Dayton, Ohio.

1952 Dayton Flyers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	Joe Gavin (6th season)
Home stadium	UD Stadium

1952 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Michigan State			–					9	–	0	–	0
Michigan Tech			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carthage			–					5	–	2	–	0
Youngstown			–					4	–	3	–	1
Wabash			–					5	–	4	–	0
Dayton			–					6	–	5	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					4	–	4	–	0
Wayne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Bradley			–					4	–	5	–	0
John Carroll			–					4	–	5	–	0
Washington University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rose Poly			–					3	–	4	–	1
Xavier			–					4	–	6	–	0
Marquette			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drake			–					2	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–25	25,000
September 27	2:15 p.m.	Drake	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	W 34–13	7,000
October 4		North Texas State	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	W 20–14	6,300
October 11		at Louisville	Parkway Field Louisville, KY	W 20–0	6,000
October 18		Camp Lejeune	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	L 19–23
October 25		John Carroll	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	W 21–0	7,100
November 2		Xavier	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	L 13–14	9,500
November 8		Marshall	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	W 31–14
November 15		at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 13–27
November 23		at Xavier	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 13–0	10,500
November 27		at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–40	8,500-9,000
All times are in Eastern time Source: