1952 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1952 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1952 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bernie Crimmins, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1952 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at No. 20 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 13–33	70,208
October 4	Iowa	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 20–13
October 11	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–28	53,840
October 18	Temple*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 33–0	28,000	^[1]
October 25	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 13–23	30,000
November 1	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–28
November 8	No. 1 Michigan State*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 14–41	22,000	^[2]
November 15	No. 15 Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 14–37	22,000
November 22	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 16–21	40,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game