1952 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1952 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 20
1952 record	5-4-2 (1-3-2 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant
Home stadium	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

1952 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#8 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
#7 Ole Miss	4	–	0	–	2	8	–	1	–	2
#9 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#15 Florida	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
#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.^[2]

Season

In the Border Battle, Tennessee and Kentucky tied, and Tennessee kept the Beer Barrel as they had won the previous year.^[3]

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Wildcats points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 20	Villanova	Loss	6	25	0-1-0
2	Sept. 27	Mississippi	Tie	13	13	0-1-1
3	Oct. 4	at Texas A&M	Win	10	7	1-1-1
4	Oct. 11	Louisiana State	Loss	7	34	1-2-1
5	Oct. 18	at Mississippi State	Loss	14	27	1-3-1
6	Oct. 25	at Cincinnati	Win	14	6	2-3-1
7	Oct. 31	at Miami, FL	Win	29	0	3-3-1
8	Nov. 8	Tulane	Win	27	6	4-3-1
9	Nov. 15	Clemson	Win	27	14	5-3-1
10	Nov. 22	at #7 Tennessee	Tie	14	14	5-3-2
11	Dec. 6	at #15 Florida	Loss	0	27	5-4-2

^[4]

Team players in the NFL

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

^[5]

Awards and honors

Steve Mellinger, Defensive End, All-America selection

References

↑ Final 1952 AP poll at AP Poll Archive
↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/coach.s?id=438
↑ http://mcubed.net/ncaaf/series/tn/ky.shtml
↑ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1953.htm

Kentucky Wildcats football

Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Commonwealth Stadium (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band 2003 Arkansas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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