1952 Purdue Boilermakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1952
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| CoachRank = 12
| APRank = 18
| record = 4–3–2
| conf_record = 4–1–1
| head_coach = Stu Holcomb
| hc_year = 6th
| mvp = Earl Heninger
| captain = Bernie Flowers
| captain2 = Dale Samuels
| stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| champion = Big Ten co-champion
}}
{{1952 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=1952 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1952-schedule.html}}
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.{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|access-date=February 10, 2015|page=6|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222163944/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1952
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Penn State
| site_stadium = New Beaver Field
| site_cityst = State College, PA
| score = 20–20
| attend = 20,506
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 15
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 21–14
| attend = 75,417
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 41–14
| attend = 34,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 14–26
| attend = 49,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 40–12
| attend = 71,119
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = Michigan State
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 7–14
| attend = 49,500
| source = {{cite news|title=Michigan State Stops Purcue, 14-7|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|author=George S. Alderton|date=November 2, 1952|pages=61, 65|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99040715/michigan-state-stops-purcue-14-7/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = t
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 14–14
| attend = 53,193
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 10
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank = 20
| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| score = 10–21
| attend = 58,964
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = w
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket
| score = 21–16
| attend = 40,000
}}
}}
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
Game summaries
=Ohio State=
- Max Schmaling 23 rushes, 139 yards
=Illinois=
- Earl Heninger 17 rushes, 112 yards
- Max Schmaling 16 rushes, 112 yards
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Purdue Boilermakers football navbox}}
{{Big Ten Conference football champions}}
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