The 1952 McNeese State Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented McNeese State College (now known as McNeese State University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1952 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Albert I. Ratcliff, the team compiled an overall record of 7âÂÂ3 with a mark of 2âÂÂ3 in conference play, and finished fourth in the GSC.