1952 Football Team
| Overall Record: 5-4 | Conference Record: 4-2 |
| Conference Finish: 4th place tie | |
| Coach: Bennie G. Oosterbaan | |
| Captain: Merritt Green | |
| All-Conference: Roger Zatkoff, Art Walker, Bob Timm, Dick O'Shaughnessy | |
| Most Valuable Player: Ted Topor | |
| Meyer Morton Award: Gene Knutson | |
| Trainer: Jim Hunt | |
| Assistant coaches: Jack Blott, George Ceithaml, Clifford Keen, Bill Orwig, Don Robinson, Walter Weber, J.T. White | |
| Manager: Gerry Dudley | |
| Opponent | Rank | Date | Site | Result | Attend. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | -/1 | 09/27 | H | L | 13-27 | 96,490 |
| Stanford | -/- | 10/04 | A | L | 7-14 | 25,000 |
| Indiana | -/- | 10/11 | H | W | 28-13 | 53,840 |
| Northwestern | -/- | 10/18 | A | W | 48-14 | 40,000 |
| Minnesota (HC) | 19/- | 10/25 | H | W | 21-0 | 72,404 |
| Illinois | 15/- | 11/01 | H | L | 13-22 | 65,595 |
| Cornell | -/- | 11/08 | H | W | 49-7 | 48,614 |
| Purdue | 20/10 | 11/15 | H | W | 21-10 | 58,964 |
| Ohio State | 12/- | 11/22 | A | L | 7-27 | 81,541 |
| Total Points | 207-134 | 542,448 | ||||
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| left end | Lowell Perry (9) | |
| left tackle |
Dick Strozewski (5) Donald Bennett (4) | |
| left guard |
Bob Timm (8) Ted Cachey | |
| center | Dick O'Shaughnessy (9) | |
| right guard |
Richard Beison (8) Ted Cachey | |
| right tackle |
Bernhardt Pederson (6) Ralph Stribe (2) Roger Zatkoff | |
| right end | Thad Stanford (9) | |
| quarterback |
Ted Topor (9)
| |
| fullback |
Richard Balzhiser (5) Fred Baer (3) Robert Hurley | |
| left halfback | Ted Kress (9) | |
| right halfback |
Tony Branoff (6) Frank Howell (3) |
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| left end | Merritt Green (9) | |
| left tackle | Art Walker (9) | |
| left guard |
Ronald Williams (7) Robert Matheson (2) | |
| rignt guard | George Dutter (9) | |
| right tackle |
James Balog (8) Herbert Geyer (1) | |
| right end | Gene Knutson (9) | |
| linebacker | Roger Zatkoff (9) | |
| linebacker | Laurence LeClair (9) | |
| left haflback |
David Tinkham (9)
| |
| right halfback |
Don Oldham (4) Russell Rescorla (3) Stanley Knickerbocker (2) | |
| safety |
Lowell Perry (4) Don Oldham (2) Dan Cline (2) Frank Howell (1) |
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1952 Team Photo
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- Back Row
- Don Oldham, Robert Hurley, Stanley Knickerbocker, Fred Baer, James Bates, Art Walker, Lowell Perry, Tom Witherspoon
- 4th Row
- Ted Cachey, Cline Daniel, George Dutter, Duncan McDonald, Herb Geyer, Eugene Knutson, Robert Topp, Robert Strozewski, Tony Branoff
- 3rd Row
- trainer Jim Hunt, Bill Billings, Ted Kress, Richard Balzhiser, Don Bennett, Jim Balog, Thad Stanford, Frank Howell, Ron Wiliams, student manager Gerry Dudley
- 2nd Row
- Robert Matheson, Dave Tinkham, Laurence Leclair, Wayne Melchiori, Roger Zatkoff, Robert Timm, Robert Dingman, Russell Rescorla, Donald Dugger
- Front Row
- Don Bennett, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Fritz Crisler, Merritt Green, Bennie Oosterbaan, Richard Beison, Ralph Stribe, Ted Topor