1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
1952 record	7–2–1
Head coach	Frank Leahy (10th season)
Captain	Jack Alessandrini
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1952 NCAA independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Michigan State			–					9	–	0	–	0
Southern Miss			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	1
No. 14 Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Rivalries

• Notre Dame lost to Michigan State in the battle for the Megaphone Trophy.
• Notre Dame beat Purdue.
• Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	at No. 12 Penn	No. 10	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	74,518
October 4	at No. 5 Texas	No. 19	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 14–3	67,666
October 11	Pittsburgh	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 19–22	45,507
October 18	at No. 9 Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 26–14	49,000
October 25	North Carolina	No. 16	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 34–14	54,338
November 1	vs. Navy	No. 13	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	W 17–6	61,927
November 8	No. 4 Oklahoma	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 27–21	57,446
November 15	at No. 1 Michigan State	No. 6	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	L 3–21	52,472
November 22	at Iowa	No. 9	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 27–0	46,600
November 29	No. 2 USC	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 9–0	58,394
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.

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Position

Round

Pick

Franchise

References

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