1952 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1952 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 20
Record5–4–2 (1–3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 7 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 8 Tennessee 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
No. 7 Ole Miss 4 – 0 – 2 8 – 1 – 2
No. 9 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Georgia 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 15 Florida 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Tulane 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
No. 20 Kentucky 1 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
LSU 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1952 college football season. The Wildcats scored 181 points while allowing 180 points. Kentucky finished the season ranked #20 in the final AP Poll.[1] It was the seventh consecutive winning season for the Wildcats with Bear Bryant as the head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Villanova*
L 6–2533,000[2]
September 27Ole Miss
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
T 13–1329,000[3]
October 4at No. 11 Texas A&M*
W 10–725,000[4]
October 11LSU
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 7–34[5]
October 18at Mississippi State
L 14–2718,000[6]
October 25at Cincinnati*
W 14–627,000[7]
October 31at Miami (FL)*
W 29–025,918[8]
November 8Tulane
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–631,000[9]
November 15Clemson*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–1425,000[10]
November 24at No. 7 Tennessee
T 14–1430,000[11]
December 6at No. 17 FloridaNo. 19
L 0–2729,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1953 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Bob Fry Tackle 3 36 Los Angeles Rams
Gene Donaldson Guard 3 37 Cleveland Browns
Ralph Charney Back 11 125 Chicago Bears
Ray Correll Guard 23 269 Pittsburgh Steelers
Ralph Paolone Back 29 344 Philadelphia Eagles

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Awards and honors

  • Steve Mellinger, Defensive End, All-America selection

References

  1. ^ "Final 1952 AP poll at AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  2. ^ "Villanova blasts Kentucky". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "U.K. ties Ole Miss 13–13 on 2-tally push in 4th". The Courier-Journal. September 28, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kentucky clips Aggies as rally fails, 10 to 7". The Austin American-Statesman. October 5, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Louisiana State raps Kentucky". The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Parker gets State past Kentucky, 27–14". The Birmingham News. October 19, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kentucky hands Cincinnati first defeat of season 14 to 0". The Owensboro Messenger. October 26, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Miami victim of Cats' prank on Halloween". Tallahassee Democrat. November 2, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "U.K. tramples Tulane 27–6". The Courier-Journal. November 9, 1952. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Kentucky Wildcats uncork attack that crushes Clems on Tigers, 27–14". Florence Morning News. November 16, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Kentucky counts twice in fourth period to tie Tennessee, 14–14". The Owensboro Messenger. November 23, 1952. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Florida shames punchless Kentucky, 27–0". The Miami Herald. December 7, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "College Football @ Sports-Reference.com".
  14. ^ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
  15. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.


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