Michigan at Stanford
Saturday, October 4, 1952 Share
Stanford beat Michigan 14–7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 59°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 6, 1952, page 5
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drive, but the grandstand quarter backs couldn’t see it that way. To be coach you have to listen to what the people say but at least you don’t have to do what they want. The series was exciting till Mize hit the homerun, then it was all over, at least for me. The Stamford Michigan game was a great thrill, for both schools have excellent coaches and also stand out players in various positions. Stanford won the game by a score of 14–7 on straight foot ball which few colleges do now days. One important thing which was the first time since | picked up football some IS years ago, was the defensive team for Stanford getting into huddle at the line of scrimmage before each play and as Michigan came up to the line they Immediately got into their type of defense. This seemed to keep the players, at least the offensive team of Michigan in a quandry as to what Stanford was going to do. The system proved favorable, at least in my viewpoint. 1t looks like more schools would adopt the same sys- TEN. More on this win be covered later. 18th HOLE Due to another scheduled tournament being held, the regular Sum day Big League was cut down to nine holes and as the case usually is, Joey Lopez Jr., mine in row for the young son of the PROF., Glenn Price, Hy Altman and Joe Foley took first prize with point score OF 48. Next Sunday a four-ball tournament viii be held and all players that want TO participate are asked to call the clubhouse and give their name. ~

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1952, page 69
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Interference Penalty Gives Indians Victory In Fourth Quarter PALO ALTO. Calf, Oct. A. Stanford capitalized on the breaks today to rack up 14–7 victory over Michigan in a nationally televised football game. The intersectional clash before $4,000 highlighted smashing offensivesand d lot Of fumbling by the Indians. The Indians turned a pass interference penalty in the fourth
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Stanford 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Michigan–Stanford gameMichigan leads 6–3–1 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1976 | Michigan 51, Stanford 0 | |
| 1975 | Stanford 19, Michigan 19 | |
| 1974 | Michigan 27, Stanford 16 | |
| 1973 | Michigan 47, Stanford 10 | |
| 1971 | Stanford 13, Michigan 12 | Rose Bowl |
| 1952 | Stanford 14, Michigan 7 |
Around this game
Michigan
- Next gamevs. IndianaOct. 11, 1952
- SeasonMichigan in 1952
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Stanford
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateOct. 11, 1952
- SeasonStanford in 1952
- ProgramStanford history and records

