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1952 Iowa

2–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Western Conference), coached by Forest Evashevski.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1952, game by game: lost at Pittsburgh 14–26; lost at Indiana 13–20; lost at No. 16 Purdue 14–41; lost vs. No. 12 Wisconsin 13–42; won vs. No. 14 Ohio State 8–0; lost at Minnesota 7–17; lost vs. Illinois 13–33; won at Northwestern 39–14; lost vs. No. 9 Notre Dame 0–27+25−29Lost 14–26 at Pittsburgh-12PittsburghLost 13–20 at Indiana-7IndianaLost 14–41 at No. 16 Purdue-27No. 16 PurdueLost 13–42 vs. No. 12 Wisconsin-29No. 12 WisconsinWon 8–0 vs. No. 14 Ohio State+8No. 14 Ohio StateLost 7–17 at Minnesota-10MinnesotaLost 13–33 vs. Illinois-20IllinoisWon 39–14 at Northwestern+25NorthwesternLost 0–27 vs. No. 9 Notre Dame-27No. 9 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atPittsburghL 14–⁠2639%
Oct 4atIndianaL 13–⁠2042%
Oct 11at16PurdueL 14–⁠4125%
Oct 18vs12WisconsinL 13–⁠4227%
Oct 25vs14Ohio StateW 8–⁠030%
Nov 1atMinnesotaL 7–⁠1739%
Nov 8vsIllinoisL 13–⁠3329%
Nov 15atNorthwesternW 39–⁠1433%
Nov 22vs9Notre DameL 0–⁠2726%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 27–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 115th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
121–⁠220
Coach
Forest Evashevski
Elo
1414 −41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.9 No. 59 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Fenton
Most valuable player
Bill Fenton

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

  • Bill FentonDEAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠111
Purdue4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠3–⁠218
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠317
Michigan4–⁠25–⁠4
Minnesota3–⁠1–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Illinois2–⁠54–⁠5
Northwestern2–⁠52–⁠6–⁠1
Iowa2–⁠52–⁠7
Indiana1–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.