1952 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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][2]

1952 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 18
Record4–3–2 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPEarl Heninger
CaptainBernie Flowers, Dale Samuels
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1952 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Wisconsin + 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
No. 18 Purdue + 4 –1 –14 –3 –2
No. 17 Ohio State 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
Michigan 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Minnesota 3 –1 –24 –3 –2
Illinois 2 –5 –04 –5 –0
Northwestern 2 –5 –02 –6 –1
Iowa 2 –5 –02 –7 –0
Indiana 1 –5 –02 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Penn State*
T 20–2020,506
October 4at No. 15 Ohio State
W 21–1475,417
October 11IowadaggerNo. 16
W 41–1434,000
October 18Notre Dame*No. 9
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
L 14–2649,000
October 25at Illinois
W 40–1271,119
November 1No. 1 Michigan State*No. 8
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 7–1449,500[4]
November 8at MinnesotaNo. 9
T 14–1453,193
November 15at No. 20 MichiganNo. 10
L 10–2158,964
November 22Indiana
W 21–1640,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5]

Game summaries

Ohio State
  • Max Schmaling 23 rushes, 139 yards

Illinois
  • Earl Heninger 17 rushes, 112 yards
  • Max Schmaling 16 rushes, 112 yards

References
  1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. "1952 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  4. George S. Alderton (November 2, 1952). "Michigan State Stops Purcue, 14-7". Lansing State Journal. pp. 61, 65 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 86. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
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