1952 Wisconsin Badgers football team
| 1952 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Big Ten co-champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 10 |
| AP | No. 11 |
| Record | 6–3–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Dave Suminski |
| Captain | George O'Brien |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1952 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ivy Williamson, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, sharing the Big Ten title with Purdue. Wisconsin was invited to the Rose Bowl, where they lost to USC. It was the Badgers' first bowl game. Dave Suminski was the team's MVP and George O'Brien was team captain.[1]
The Badgers offense scored 228 points while the defense allowed 150 points. Wisconsin spent one week at No. 1 in the AP Poll for the first and only time in program history.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 27 | Marquette* | No. 7 | W 42–19 | 51,303 | |
| October 4 | No. 2 Illinois | No. 8 |
| W 20–6 | 52,071 |
| October 11 | at Ohio State | No. 1 | L 14–23 | 80,345 | |
| October 18 | at Iowa | No. 12 | W 42–13 | 45,050 | |
| October 25 | No. 8 UCLA* | No. 10 |
| L 7–20 | 52,131 |
| November 1 | at Rice* | No. 18 | W 21–7 | 36,000 | |
| November 8 | Northwestern | No. 18 |
| W 24–20 | 52,131 |
| November 15 | at Indiana | No. 15 | W 37–14 | 22,000 | |
| November 22 | Minnesota | No. 13 |
| T 21–21 | 52,131 |
| January 1, 1953 | vs. No. 5 USC* | No. 11 | L 0–7 | 101,500 | |
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Wisconsin players in the NFL Draft
[edit]| Player | Position | Draft Year | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Bob Kennedy | Back | 1953 | 6 | 67 | Green Bay Packers |
| Charley Berndt | Tackle | 1953 | 10 | 111 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Harland Carl | Back | 1953 | 14 | 161 | Chicago Bears |
| Dave Suminski | Tackle | 1953 | 15 | 171 | Washington Redskins |
| Alan Ameche | Back | 1955 | 1 | 3 | Baltimore Colts |
| Jim Haluska | Back | 1954 | 34 | 340 | Chicago Bears |
References
[edit]- ^ "Wisconsin Football Fact Book" (PDF). Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. pp. 138, 143. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
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