1952 Purdue Boilermakers football team
American college football season
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The 1952 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1952 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Stu Holcomb, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–3–2 record, finished in a tie with Wisconsin for first place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 188 to 151.[1]
| 1952 Purdue Boilermakers football | |
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Big Ten co-champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 4–3–2 (4–1–1 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Earl Heninger |
| Captains | |
| Home stadium | Ross–Ade Stadium |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notable players on the 1952 Purdue team included quarterback Dale Samuels, end Bernie Flowers, center Walter Cudzik, and tackle Fred Preziosio. Flowers was selected as a consensus first-team end on the 1952 College Football All-America Team.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | at Penn State* | T 20–20 | 20,506 | |||
| October 4 | at No. 15 Ohio State | W 21–14 | 75,417 | |||
| October 11 | Iowa | No. 16 | W 41–14 | 34,000 | ||
| October 18 | Notre Dame* | No. 9 |
| L 14–26 | 49,000 | |
| October 25 | at Illinois | W 40–12 | 71,119 | |||
| November 1 | No. 1 Michigan State* | No. 8 |
| L 7–14 | 49,500 | [3] |
| November 8 | at Minnesota | No. 9 | T 14–14 | 53,193 | ||
| November 15 | at No. 20 Michigan | No. 10 | L 10–21 | 58,964 | ||
| November 22 | Indiana |
| W 21–16 | 40,000 | ||
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Game summaries
Ohio State
- Max Schmaling 23 rushes, 139 yards
Illinois
- Earl Heninger 17 rushes, 112 yards
- Max Schmaling 16 rushes, 112 yards
Roster
- Johnny Allen, C
- Frank Angelotti, T
- Tom Bettis, G
- Rex Brock, HB
- Wayne Browning, T
- Bill Bruner, T
- Dan Crncic, E
- Walt Cudzik, C
- Phil Ehrman, HB
- Roy Evans, QB
- Bernie Flowers, E
- Froncie Gutman, QB
- Allen Hager, G
- Earl Heninger, HB
- Jack Houston, G
- Curt Jones, HB
- John Kerr, E
- Philip Klezek, HB
- Joe Krupa, T
- Bob Leonard, HB-FB
- Fred Locke, E
- Phil Mateja, QB
- Tom McNamee, E-QB
- Norman Montgomery, FB
- Ray Pacer, T
- Ken Panfil, T
- Fred Preziosio, T-G
- Tom Redinger, HB-E
- James Reichert, FB-K
- Tom Roggeman, G
- Dale Samuels, QB
- Max Schmaling, FB-HB
- Jerald Stupeck, C
- Jerry Thorpe, HB-FB
- Walt Viellieu, T
- Dale Whiteaker, T-E
- Jim Wojciehowski, E
- Joe Wojtys, T
- Ed Zembal, HB