1952 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1952 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1952 Big Ten Conference football season. The Badgers offense scored 228 points while the defense allowed 150 points.

1952 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
1952 record6–3–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDave Suminski
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

Season

  • The Badgers tied Minnesota, and neither team claimed Paul Bunyan's Axe.
  • Wisconsin played in the 1953 Rose Bowl, the program's first bowl game appearance.
  • Wisconsin spent one week at #1 in the AP Poll for the first and only time its history (since 1936, with the inception of the AP Poll).

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 27Marquette*No. 7W 42–1951,303
October 4No. 2 IllinoisNo. 8
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 20–652,071
October 11at Ohio StateNo. 1L 14–2380,345
October 18at IowaNo. 12W 42–1345,050
October 25No. 8 UCLA*No. 10
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 7–2052,131
November 1at Rice*No. 18W 21–736,000
November 8NorthwesternNo. 18
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 24–2052,131
November 15at IndianaNo. 15W 37–1422,000
November 22MinnesotaNo. 13
T 21–2152,131
January 1, 1953vs. No. 5 USC*No. 11L 0–7101,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Wisconsin players in the NFL Draft

PlayerPositionDraft YearRoundPickNFL club
Bob KennedyBack1953667Green Bay Packers
Charley BerndtTackle195310111Chicago Cardinals
Harland CarlBack195314161Chicago Bears
Dave SuminskiTackle195315171Washington Redskins
Alan AmecheBack195513Baltimore Colts
Jim HaluskaBack195434340Chicago Bears

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.