1952 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1952 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–7 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWilliam Fenton
CaptainWilliam Fenton
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
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 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1952 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Forest Evashevski's first season as head coach; he was previously the head coach at Washington State.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 27at Pittsburgh*
L 14–26
October 4at Indiana
L 13–20
October 11at No. 16 Purdue
L 14–4134,000
October 18No. 12 Wisconsin
L 13–4245,050
October 25No. 14 Ohio Statedagger
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 8–045,000
November 1at Minnesota
L 7–1760,376
November 8Illinois
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 13–3344,855
November 15at Northwestern
W 39–1440,000
November 22No. 9 Notre Dame*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–2746,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Illinois

Following the loss to Illinois, which was full of penalties and a couple of ejections for fighting, Iowa students began to throw fruit, cans, and bottles at the officials and Illinois' team as they left the field. One Iowa student was also punched by an Illinois player in the melee. Iowa and Illinois were not scheduled to play in 1953 and 1954, but their athletic directors decided to expand that timeline to 1958 in order to allow for a "cooling-off" period. That time frame was eventually extended until 1967, which created a 14-season gap in the series between the conference schools.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Dochterman, Scott (June 11, 2011). "Special report: How pass interference, a jawbreaker and tossed apples nearly canned the Iowa-Illinois football rivalry". The Gazette. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  2. ^ http://www.winsipedia.com/games/illinois/vs/iowa Illinois vs. Iowa All-Time. Winsipedia.


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