1952 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1952 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1952 record	2-6-1 (2–5 Big 10)
Head coach	Bob Voigts (6th year)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)

1952 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#11 Wisconsin +	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
#18 Purdue +	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
#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 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1952 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Bob Voigts, the Wildcats compiled a 2-6-1 record (2–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 252 to 166.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26, 1952	at #16 USC*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 0-31	59,756
October 4, 1952	Vanderbilt*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		T 20-20	35,000
October 11, 1952	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		L 26-27	46,732
October 18, 1952	Michigan		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 14-48	40,000
October 25, 1952	Indiana		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 23-13	30,000
November 1, 1952	Ohio State		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 21-24	35,000
November 8, 1952	at #18 Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		L 20-24	52,131
November 15, 1952	Iowa		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 14-39	40,000
November 22, 1952	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)		W 28-26	41,214
*Non-conference game.