1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1952 college football season.

1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJack Alessandrini
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1952 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at No. 12 PennNo. 10
T 7–774,518[1]
October 4at No. 5 TexasNo. 19
W 14–367,660[2]
October 11PittsburghNo. 8
L 19–2245,507
October 18at No. 9 Purdue
W 26–1449,000
October 25North CarolinaNo. 16
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 34–1454,338
November 1vs. NavyNo. 13
W 17–661,927
November 8No. 4 OklahomaNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 27–2157,446
November 15at No. 1 Michigan StateNo. 6
L 3–2152,472[3]
November 22at IowaNo. 9
W 27–046,600
November 29No. 2 USCNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 9–058,394
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise

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References
  1. Ward, Arch (September 28, 1952). "Penn Ties Notre Dame, 7-7". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Notre Dame wins, 14–3". Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 5, 1952. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. George Alderton (November 16, 1952). "MSC Defense Shines In 21 to 3 Decision". Lansing State Journal. pp. 1, 57 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.


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