1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Summary

The 1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1952 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Frank Leahy, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1.

1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJack Alessandrini
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Michigan State     9 0 0
No. 3 Notre Dame     7 2 1
Carthage     5 2 0
Youngstown     4 3 1
Wabash     5 4 0
Dayton     6 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace     4 4 0
Wayne     4 4 0
Bradley     4 5 0
John Carroll     4 5 0
Washington University     4 5 0
Rose Poly     3 4 1
Xavier     4 6 0
Marquette     3 5 1
Drake     2 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at No. 12 PennNo. 10T 7–774,518[1]
October 4at No. 5 TexasNo. 19W 14–367,660[2]
October 11PittsburghNo. 8L 19–2245,507
October 18at No. 9 PurdueW 26–1449,000
October 25North CarolinaNo. 16
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 34–1454,338
November 1vs. NavyNo. 13W 17–661,927
November 8No. 4 OklahomaNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 27–2157,446
November 15at No. 1 Michigan StateNo. 6L 3–2152,472[3]
November 22at IowaNo. 9W 27–046,600
November 29No. 2 USCNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 9–058,394
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL edit

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise

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References edit

  1. ^ Ward, Arch (September 28, 1952). "Penn Ties Notre Dame, 7-7". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Notre Dame wins, 14–3". Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 5, 1952. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ George Alderton (November 16, 1952). "MSC Defense Shines In 21 to 3 Decision". Lansing State Journal. pp. 1, 57 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.