1952 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

1952 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1952 record27 (15 Big Ten)
Head coachBernie Crimmins (1st season)
MVPGene Gedman
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1952 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Wisconsin + 4 1 1  6 3 1
No. 18 Purdue + 4 1 1  4 3 2
No. 17 Ohio State 5 2 0  6 3 0
Michigan 4 2 0  5 4 0
Minnesota 3 1 2  4 3 2
Illinois 2 5 0  4 5 0
Northwestern 2 5 0  2 6 1
Iowa 2 5 0  2 7 0
Indiana 1 5 0  2 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 27at No. 20 Ohio StateL 13–3370,208
October 4Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 20–13-
October 11at MichiganL 13–2853,840
October 18Temple*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 33–0-
October 25at Northwestern
L 13–2330,000
November 1at Pittsburgh*
L 7–28-
November 8No. 1 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon)
L 14–4122,000
November 15No. 15 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 14–3722,000
November 22at PurdueL 16–21-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

1953 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Gene GedmanBack225Detroit Lions
Pete RussoTackle20230Baltimore Colts

[2]

References

  1. "1952 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1953.htm


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