1952 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1952 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #15
AP #17
1952 record 6–3 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes
Captain Bernie Skvarka
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 78,677)
1952 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#11 Wisconsin § 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
#18 Purdue § 4 – 1 – 1     4 – 3 – 2
#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 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1952-1953. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 27 Indiana #20 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 33–13   70,208
October 4 Purdue #15 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 14–21   75,417
October 11 Wisconsin Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 23–14   80,345
October 18 Washington State* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 35–7   71,280
October 25 at Iowa #14 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 0–8   45,000
November 1 at Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 24–21   35,000
November 8 Pittsburgh* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 14–21   75,120
November 15 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy) W 27–7   60,077
November 22 #12 Michigan Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) W 27–7   81,541
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Indiana


Coaching staff

1953 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Fred Bruney 3 35 Defensive Back Cleveland Browns
Tony Curcillo 6 63 Defensive Back Chicago Cardinals
Jim Ruehl 11 130 Center New York Giants
Dick Hilinski 11 131 Tackle Cleveland Browns
John Hlay 16 187 Back Green Bay Packers

References

    Win/Loss statistics
    Draft data