1952 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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.

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
1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
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 StateL 14–27
October 25at Cincinnati*W 14–6
October 31at Miami (FL)*W 29–0
November 8Tulane
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–6
November 15Clemson*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–14
November 24at No. 7 TennesseeT 7–7
December 6at No. 17 FloridaNo. 19L 0–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1953 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bob FryTackle336Los Angeles Rams
Gene DonaldsonGuard337Cleveland Browns
Ralph CharneyBack11125Chicago Bears
Ray CorrellGuard23269Pittsburgh Steelers
Ralph PaoloneBack29344Philadelphia 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. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  3. 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
  4. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1953.htm


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