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1952 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
1952 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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

September 27Marquette*No. 7

W 42–1951,303 October 4No. 2 IllinoisNo. 8

  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI

W 20–652,071 October 11at Ohio StateNo. 1

L 14–2380,345 October 18at IowaNo. 12

W 42–1345,050 October 25No. 8 UCLA*No. 10

  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI

L 7–2052,131 November 1at Rice*No. 18

W 21–736,000 November 8NorthwesterndaggerNo. 18

  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI

W 24–2052,131 November 15at IndianaNo. 15

W 37–1422,000 November 22MinnesotaNo. 13

T 21–2152,131 January 1vs. No. 5 USC*No. 11

L 0–7101,500

Template:CFB Schedule End

Team players in the NFL

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 1956 34 340 Chicago Bears

References