The 1952 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State College (ETSC)—now known as East Tennessee State University—as a member of the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC) during the 1952 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Star Wood, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 6–1–2. East Tennessee State's made the program first bowl game appearance a with victory in the Burley Bowl over the Emory and Henry by the score of 34–16. The team captains were Hal Morrison and Cecil Maddux.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	9:00 p.m.	at Austin Peay	Municipal Stadium Clarksville, TN	T 6–6	3,000	[1][2]
September 27	8:00 p.m.	Morehead State*	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	W 34–0	4,000	[3][4]
October 4	3:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina*	College Field Cullowhee, NC	W 13–7	2,000	[5][6]
October 11	8:00 p.m.	Maryville (TN)*	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	W 33–13	5,000	[7][8]
October 18	9:00 p.m.	at Carson–Newman	Jefferson City, TN	W 14–7		[9][10]
October 25		at Appalachian State*	College Field Boone, NC	T 27–27		[11][12]
November 8		at Tennessee Tech*	Overall Field Cookeville, TN	W 21–13	4,000	[13][14]
November 15	8:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	L 14–28	2,500	[15][16]
November 27	2:15 p.m.	vs. Emory and Henry*	Roosevelt Memorial Stadium Johnson City, TN (Burley Bowl)	W 34–16	10,000	[17][18][19]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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