1952 Michigan State Spartans football team

1952 Michigan State Spartans football
Consensus national champion
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1952 record	9–0
Head coach	Biggie Munn (6th season)
Home stadium	Macklin Stadium (Capacity: 51,000)

The 1952 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1952 college football season.^[1]^[2] The Spartans were led by head coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn, had a perfect undefeated season and were recognized as the National Champions by most major polling organizations including the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll.^[3] This was Michigan State's last year as an Independent, as MSU would join the Big Ten the following year.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	at Michigan	No. 1	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	W 27–13	97,239
October 4	at Oregon State	No. 1	Bell Field • Corvallis, OR	W 17–14	22,595
October 11	Texas A&M	No. 2	Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 48–6	49,123
October 18	Syracuse	No. 1	Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 48–7	38,254
October 25	Penn State	No. 1	Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Rivalry)	W 34–7	51,162
November 1	at Purdue	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 14–7	49,500
November 8	at Indiana	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Rivalry)	W 41–14	22,000
November 15	Notre Dame	No. 1	Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Rivalry)	W 21–3	52,472
November 22	Marquette	No. 1	Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 62–13	35,845

Schedule Source:^[4]

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Paul Dekker	End	3	27	Washington Redskins
Dick Tamburo	Center	4	47	Cleveland Browns
Ed Timmerman	Back	14	160	Washington Redskins
Jim Ellis	Back	25	299	Cleveland Browns

Reference:^[5]

References

↑ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 154. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
↑ "1952 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "National Poll Champions" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 72. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
↑ "Football Statistics Summary for 1952". msuspartans.com. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
↑ "1953 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2013.

1952 Michigan State Spartans football—consensus national champions
Leroy Bolden Hank Bullough Paul Dekker Chuck Fairbanks Frank Kush Gary Lowe Earl Morrall Jerry Planutis Dick Tamburo Willie Thrower Doug Weaver Billy Wells Tom Yewcic Bert Zagers Head coach: Clarence Munn Assistant coaches: Duffy Daugherty Dan Devine Earle Edwards Dewey King Steve Sebo

Michigan State Spartans football
Venues	Old College Field (1902–1922) Spartan Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) Notre Dame (Megaphone Trophy) Ohio State Penn State (Land Grant Trophy)
Culture & lore	Sparty "Victory for MSU" Marching band Zeke the Wonder Dog Winged football helmet 1966 "Game of the Century" Clockgate 2006 Northwestern game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army (AP, HS) / Oklahoma A&M (AFCA) 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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