1953 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 16

1953 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	3	–	3
No. 8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	1	–	3			5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	3			5	–	3	–	3
Florida	1	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1953 college football season. The team scored 201 points while allowing 116 points. This was Bear Bryant's final season as head coach at Kentucky.

Season

• In the Border Battle, Kentucky beat Tennessee by a score of 27-21 to claim the Beer Barrel.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Wildcats points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 19	Texas A&M	Loss	6	7	0-1-0
2	Sept. 26	at Mississippi	Loss	6	22	0-2-0
3	Oct. 3	Florida	Win	26	13	1-2-0
4	Oct. 10	at #14 Louisiana State	Tie	6	6	1-2-1
5	Oct. 17	#20 Mississippi State	Win	32	13	2-2-1
6	Oct. 24	Villanova	Win	19	0	3-2-1
7	Oct. 31	at #12 Rice	Win	19	13	4-2-1
8	Nov. 7	at Vanderbilt	Win	40	14	5-2-1
9	Nov. 14	Memphis	Win	20	7	6-2-1
10	Nov. 21	Tennessee	Win	27	21	7-2-1

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Steve Meilinger	End	1	8	Washington Redskins
Tommy Adkins	Center	17	197	Baltimore Colts

Awards and honors

• Ray Correll, Guard, All-America selection
• Steve Mellinger, Defensive End, All-America selection