1952 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 20

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. It was the seventh consecutive winning season for the Wildcats with Bear Bryant as the head coach.

Season

• In the Border Battle, Tennessee and Kentucky tied, and Tennessee kept the Beer Barrel as they had won the previous year.

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

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

Awards and honors

• Steve Mellinger, Defensive End, All-America selection