1952 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1952 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 20
1952 record5–4–2 (1–3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStoll Field/McLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 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[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 20Villanova*
L 6–25
September 27Ole Miss
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
T 13–13
October 4at No. 11 Texas A&M*
W 10–7
October 11LSU
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 7–34
October 18at Mississippi State
L 14–27
October 25at Cincinnati*
W 14–6
October 31at Miami (FL)*
W 29–0
November 8Tulane
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–6[2]
November 15Clemson*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–14
November 24at No. 7 Tennessee
T 7–7
December 6at No. 17 FloridaNo. 19
L 0–27
  • *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 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  2. ^ "U.K. tramples Tulane 27–6". The Courier-Journal. November 9, 1952. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "College Football @ Sports-Reference.com".
  4. ^ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
  5. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".


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