1952 Michigan State Spartans football team

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1952 Michigan State Spartans football
Consensus national champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
1952 record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumMacklin Stadium
(Capacity: 51,000)
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Midwestern college football independents records
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 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

The 1952 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1952 college football season.[1][2] The Spartans were led by head coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn and recorded a perfect 9–0. The team was selected national champion by AP, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, NCF, Sagarin, UPI/coaches, and Williamson,[3]: 113  marking the school's first Consensus National Championship.[3]: 120  Five additional major selectors chose Georgia Tech as national champion. This was Michigan State's last year as an Independent, as MSU would join the Big Ten the following year.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 27at MichiganNo. 1
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
W 27–1397,239
October 4at Oregon StateNo. 1
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 17–1422,595
October 11Texas A&MNo. 2
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 48–649,123
October 18SyracuseNo. 1
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 48–738,254
October 25No. 17 Penn StateNo. 1
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
W 34–751,162
November 1at No. 8 PurdueNo. 1
W 14–749,500
November 8at IndianaNo. 1
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
W 41–1422,000
November 15No. 6 Notre DameNo. 1
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
W 21–352,472
November 22MarquetteNo. 1
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 62–1335,845
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Source[4][5]

Roster[]

1952 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Frank Kush
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • Biggie Munn
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Paul Dekker End 3 27 Washington Redskins
Dick Tamburo Center 4 47 Cleveland Browns
Ed Timmerman Back 14 160 Washington Redskins
Jim Ellis Back 25 299 Cleveland Browns

Source[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 154. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "1952 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. ^ a b 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "1952 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  5. ^ "Football Statistics Summary for 1952". msuspartans.com. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "1953 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
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