Coaching Staff | Team Captains | Record
Head Coach: J. Quinn Decker
Assistant Coaches: Dave Barnett ‘51 – Jack Huddle ‘50 – Bunzy O’Neal – Ephie Seabrook ‘29
Captains: Sam Rubino ’52
Record: Overall 4-6-0 | SoCon 1-3-0
Team Roster
| Name | No | Class | Pos. | Ht | Wt | Yr | Home Town |
| William Baldwin | 33 | 1952 | FB | 5’11” | 186 | Sr | Sumter, SC |
| Bufort Blanton | 23 | 1954 | HB | 5’10” | 169 | So | Summerville, SC |
| Joe Bost | 67 | 1952 | G | 6′ 1″ | 190 | Sr | Concord, NC |
| Curtis Bozeman | 24 | 1953 | FB/HB | 6′ 1″ | 185 | Jr | Rome, GA |
| Richard Brewer | 44 | 1952 | DB | 5’11” | 176 | Sr | N. Charleston, SC |
| Terry Britt | 87 | 1952 | E | 6′ 4″ | 200 | Sr | Elizabethtown, NC |
| Harmon Brownlow | 1953 | E | 6’2″ | 195 | Jr | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| A.P. Brunner | 1954 | G | 195 | So | St. Matthews, SC | ||
| Jack Cantrell | 1954 | T | So | McMinnville, TN | |||
| Alvin Carinha | 31 | 1954 | HB | 5’10” | 172 | So | Honolulu, HI |
| Jack Candler | 15 | 1952 | QB | 6′ 1″ | 183 | Sr | Sumter, SC |
| Paul Chapman | 25 | 1953 | LB/HB | 5’9″ | 172 | Jr | Hartsville, SC |
| Robert Carter | 45 | 1952 | S/HB | 5’11” | 165 | Sr | E. Pittsburg, TN |
| Norman Clyne | 76 | 1952 | T | 6′ 1″ | 203 | Sr | N. Charleston, SC |
| Donald Davis | 79 | 1952 | T | 6′ 1″ | 205 | Sr | Dallas, TX |
| Arlis Denny | 82 | 1955 | E | 5’11” | 170 | Fr | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Harvey Dick | 53 | 1953 | C | 6′ 1″ | 199 | Jr | Washington, DC |
| Jim Doss | 50 | 1952 | C | 6’2″ | 197 | Sr | Rome, GA |
| Paul Drews | 86 | 1953 | E | 5’11” | 172 | Jr | Charleston, SC |
| Johnny Droze | 1954 | PK/G | 181 | So | Charleston, SC | ||
| Boncil Dyches | 75 | 1952 | T | 6′ 0″ | 195 | Sr | Columbia, SC |
| Jack Ellis | 90 | 1953 | G | 5’11” | 205 | Jr | Atlanta, GA |
| Gus Englehart | 89 | 1953 | E | 6′ 0″ | 190 | Jr | New Orleans, LA |
| Amos Fox | 66 | 1952 | G | 6′ 0″ | 187 | Sr | Birmingham, AL |
| Buddy Friedlin | 43 | 1953 | QB | 5’10” | 158 | Jr | Jacksonville, FL |
| Charles Harvey | 88 | 1954 | FB | 6′ 0″ | 185 | So | Charleston, SC |
| William Hicks | 1954 | G | So | Gastonia, NC | |||
| Marc Hill | 65 | 1954 | G | 6′ 1″ | 203 | So | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Lester Irwin | 51 | 1954 | C | 6’2″ | 186 | So | Nashville, TN |
| Charles Jenkins | 1954 | HB | 170 | So | Walhalla, SC | ||
| Bryant Johnson | 85 | 1953 | E | 5’11” | 177 | Jr | Charleston, SC |
| Elvin Kennedy | 41 | 1953 | HB | 5’8″ | 167 | Jr | Charleston, SC |
| Jack Knox | 72 | 1953 | T | 6’2″ | 200 | Jr | Nashville, TN |
| Robert Laufer | 1952 | E/FL | 6’2″ | 190 | Sr | Glenolden, PA | |
| Al Malacarne | 62 | 1952 | G | 5’10” | 178 | Sr | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| John Mamajek | 11 | 1953 | HB | 5’9″ | 180 | Jr | Pittsburgh, PA |
| C.W. Martin | 55 | 1954 | E | 6’2″ | 187 | So | Charleston, SC |
| Robert McDowell | 56 | 1955 | C | 6’2″ | 190 | Fr | Polo Alto, CA |
| Leslie McElwee | 81 | 1953 | E | 5’11” | 183 | Jr | East Orange, NJ |
| Robert McGinn | 77 | 1952 | T | 6′ 1″ | 206 | Sr | Swissvalle, PA |
| Bill Morgan | E | Elizabethtown, NC | |||||
| Al Morsch | 1954 | QB | 168 | So | Jacksonville, FL | ||
| Ken Parson | 1955 | E | 168 | Fr | Unionville, CT | ||
| Paul Petrich | 80 | 1953 | T | 6’2″ | 192 | Jr | Summit Hill, PA |
| Robert Redditt | 73 | 1952 | T | 5’11” | 195 | Sr | New Orleans, LA |
| Ralph Renken | 71 | 1954 | G | 6′ 1″ | 208 | So | Charleston, SC |
| Wiley Rodman | 1954 | C | 175 | So | Washington, NC | ||
| Sam Rubino | 54 | 1952 | C | 6′ 0″ | 195 | Sr | Monaca, PA |
| Duby Ryerson | 26 | 1955 | HB | 5’9″ | 168 | Fr | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Leonard Smith | 27 | 1953 | FB | 5’9″ | 176 | Jr | New Orleans, LA |
| Jerry Thayer | 63 | 1954 | T | 6′ 4″ | 225 | So | Ellwood, PA |
| Robert Tucker | 59 | 1954 | HB | 5’10” | 168 | So | Lynchburg, VA |
| Fred Wackym | 69 | 1953 | G | 5’10” | 194 | Jr | Columbia, SC |
| Ken Walker | 12 | 1954 | E | 5’10” | 176 | So | |
| Rudy Willcox | 42 | 1953 | HB | 5’10” | 165 | Jr | Florence, SC |
| Bill Williams | 60 | 1953 | G | 5’10” | 190 | Jr | N. Augusta, SC |
| Wofford Williams | 16 | 1954 | QB | 5’10” | 171 | So | Jacksonville, FL |
| King Willis | 84 | 1952 | E | 6’2″ | 185 | Sr | Concord, NC |
| Frank Wyman | 1954 | G | 196 | So | Columbia, SC | ||
| Richard Zelinski | 14 | 1952 | E | 5’10” | 182 | Sr | Pittsburg, PA |
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Score | Site | Notes | ||
| 9-22 | Florida | L | 7 | 27 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 9-29 | South Carolina * | L | 7 | 26 | Columbia, SC | |
| 6-Oct | Davidson * | W | 34 | 14 | Davidson, NC | |
| 12-Oct | Newberry | W | 41 | 7 | Charleston, SC | |
| 19-Oct | Furman * | L | 14 | 35 | Orangeburg, SC | State Fair |
| 27-Oct | Presbyterian | W | 35 | 0 | Charleston, SC | Parents’ Day |
| 3-Nov | Virginia | L | 0 | 39 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 10-Nov | Army | L | 6 | 27 | West Point, NY | |
| 17-Nov | VMI * | L | 21 | 27 | Charleston, SC | Homecoming |
| 24-Nov | East Carolina | W | 21 | 7 | Charleston, SC | |
| *Denotes Conference Game | ||||||