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1952 Ball State Cardinals football
ConferenceIndiana Collegiate Conference
Record3–5–1 (3–2 ICC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBall State Field
Seasons← 19511953 →
1952 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler + 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Valparaiso + 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Indiana State 2 – 1 – 2 4 – 1 – 3
Ball State 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Evansville 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1952 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State Teachers College (later renamed Ball State University) in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1952 college football season. In its 17th and final season under head coach John Magnabosco, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and finished in fourth place out of six teams in the ICC.

In April 1953, Ball State's long-time coach Magnabasco suffered a heart attack. Three months later, Magnabosco was replaced as head coach. He had been Ball State's head football coach since 1935.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Hanover*Hanover, INT 7–7
September 27at Michigan State Normal*L 14–26
October 4DePauw*L 25–40
October 11Butler
  • Ball State Field
  • Muncie, IN
L 6–28
October 18at Indiana StateW 33–0
October 25at ValparaisoValparaiso, INL 13–14
November 1at Saint Joseph's (IN)Rensselaer, INW 21–6
November 8Wabash*
  • Ball State Field
  • Muncie, IN
L 19–39
November 15at EvansvilleEvansville, INW 26–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2007 Ball State Football Media Guide". Ball State University. 2007. p. 96. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  2. Bob Barnet (April 14, 1953). "Magnabosco Improving After Heart Attacks". The Muncie Star. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Bob Barnet (July 7, 1953). "New Coaching Assignments at College". The Muncie Star. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Hurons Defeat Ball Staters, 26 to 14, in Aerial". The Muncie Star. September 28, 1952. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
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