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| 1952 Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18th Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Tulane Stadium inNew Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tulane Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ed Modzelewski | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | W.R. Dukes (Southern; split crew: Southern,SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 82,271 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The1952 Sugar Bowl was a postseason Americancollege footballbowl game between theTennessee Volunteers and theMaryland Terrapins atTulane Stadium inNew Orleans,Louisiana, on January 1, 1952.[1][2] It was the eighteenth edition of the annualSugar Bowl football contest.[2] Tennessee represented theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) in the contest, while Maryland represented theSouthern Conference.[2] Both teams were unbeaten during their respective seasons.[3]
Tennessee featured theHeisman Trophy runner-up,Hank Lauricella.
In the first quarter, Maryland scored on a two-yard touchdown run byEd Fullerton, giving the Terrapins a 7–0 lead. In the second quarter, Fullerton threw a six-yard touchdown pass toBob Shemonski, as the Terrapins built a 14–0 lead.Jack Scarbath scored on a one-yard touchdown run making it 21–0. Tennessee got on the board with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Payne to Rechichar, as the score was 21–6 at halftime. In the third quarter, Fullerton scored on a 46-yard interception return making it 28–6. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee's Payne scored on a 2-yard touchdown run making the final score 28–13.Ed Modzelewski was named the game MVP.
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