1952 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1952 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 17
1952 record6–3 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPFred Bruney
CaptainBernie Skvarka
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 78,677)
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Big Ten Conference football standings
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

The 1952 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1952 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 27IndianaNo. 20W 33–1370,208
October 4PurdueNo. 15
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 14–2175,417
October 11Wisconsin
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 23–1480,345
October 18Washington State*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 35–771,280
October 25at IowaNo. 14L 0–845,000
November 1at NorthwesternW 24–2135,000
November 8Pittsburgh*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 14–2175,120
November 15at IllinoisW 27–760,077
November 22No. 12 Michigan
W 27–781,541
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries[edit]

Indiana[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

1953 NFL draftees[edit]

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[edit]

Win/Loss statistics
Draft data