1952 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1952 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–7 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVP Gene Gedman
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Wisconsin + 4 1 16 3 1
No. 18 Purdue + 4 1 14 3 2
No. 17 Ohio State 5 2 06 3 0
Michigan 4 2 05 4 0
Minnesota 3 1 24 3 2
Illinois 2 5 04 5 0
Northwestern 2 5 02 6 1
Iowa 2 5 02 7 0
Indiana 1 5 02 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1952 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bernie Crimmins, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at No. 20 Ohio State L 13–3370,208
October 4 Iowa W 20–13
October 11at Michigan L 13–2853,840
October 18 Temple *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 33–028,000 [1]
October 25at Northwestern L 13–2330,000
November 1at Pittsburgh *L 7–28
November 8No. 1 Michigan State *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 14–4122,000 [2]
November 15No. 15 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 14–3722,000
November 22at Purdue L 16–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1953 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Gene Gedman Back 225 Detroit Lions
Pete Russo Tackle 20230 Baltimore Colts

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References

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  2. George S. Alderton (November 9, 1952). "State Wins Rough Tilt From Indiana: MSC Adds Hoosiers to Victim List". Lansing State Journal. p. 53 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1952 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  4. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2018-03-30.