The 1952 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TPI)âÂÂnow known as Tennessee TechâÂÂas a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1952 college football season. Led by 25th-year head coach Preston Vaughn Overall, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 9âÂÂ1 with a mark of 4âÂÂ1 in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Western Kentucky. Tennessee Tech was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to East Texas State. The team's captain was Tom Fann and the alternative captain was Ken Broyles.