1952 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1952 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 20
Record5–4–2 (1–3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium McLean Stadium
Seasons
←  1951
1953  →
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 7 –0 –012 –0 –0
No. 8 Tennessee 5 –0 –18 –2 –1
No. 7 Ole Miss 4 –0 –28 –1 –2
No. 9 Alabama 4 –2 –010 –2 –0
Georgia 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
No. 15 Florida 3 –3 –08 –3 –0
Mississippi State 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Tulane 3 –5 –05 –5 –0
No. 20 Kentucky 1 –3 –25 –4 –2
LSU 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –4 –13 –5 –2
Auburn 0 –7 –02 –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.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Villanova *
L 6–2533,000 [2]
September 27 Ole Miss
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
T 13–1329,000 [3]
October 4at No. 11 Texas A&M *
W 10–725,000 [4]
October 11 LSU
  • 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 8 Tulane
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–631,000 [9]
November 15 Clemson *
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–1425,000 [10]
November 24at No. 7 Tennessee
T 14–1430,000 [11]
December 6at No. 17 Florida No. 19
L 0–2729,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[13] [14]

1953 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bob Fry Tackle336 Los Angeles Rams
Gene DonaldsonGuard337 Cleveland Browns
Ralph CharneyBack11125 Chicago Bears
Ray CorrellGuard23269 Pittsburgh Steelers
Ralph PaoloneBack29344 Philadelphia Eagles

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Awards and honors

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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