1953 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1953 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern
Ranking
Coaches No. 15
AP No. 16
1953 record 7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach Bear Bryant (8th season)
Home stadium Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
1953 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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.[1]

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultWildcats pointsOpponentsRecord
1Sept. 19Texas A&MLoss670-1-0
2Sept. 26at MississippiLoss6220-2-0
3Oct. 3FloridaWin26131-2-0
4Oct. 10at #14 Louisiana StateTie661-2-1
5Oct. 17#20 Mississippi StateWin32132-2-1
6Oct. 24VillanovaWin1903-2-1
7Oct. 31at #12 RiceWin19134-2-1
8Nov. 7at VanderbiltWin40145-2-1
9Nov. 14MemphisWin2076-2-1
10Nov. 21TennesseeWin27217-2-1

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1954 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Steve MeilingerEnd18Washington Redskins
Tommy AdkinsCenter17197Baltimore Colts

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Awards and honors

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

1953 Kentucky Player Roster

PlayerPositionSummary
Steve MeilingerEnd
Tommy AdkinsCenter
Bob HardyQuarterback24 Cmp, 47 Att, 418 Yds, 5 TD
Ralph PaoloneRunning Back108 Att, 620 Yds, 5.7 Avg
Tom FillionRunning Back
Jim ProffittWide Receiver
Howard SchnellenbergerWide Receiver
Duke CurnutteOffensive Line
Tommy AdkinsOffensive Line
Ray CorrellOffensive Line
Harry KirkOffensive Line
Joe KochOffensive Line

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References


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