1953 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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.

1953 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 16
1953 record7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStoll Field/McLean Stadium
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 0 36 3 3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 1 19 2 1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 1 17 2 1
Ole Miss 4 1 17 2 1
No. 17 Auburn 4 2 17 3 1
Mississippi State 3 1 35 2 3
Tennessee 3 2 16 4 1
LSU 2 3 35 3 3
Florida 1 3 23 5 2
Vanderbilt 1 5 03 7 0
Georgia 1 5 03 8 0
Tulane 0 7 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 19Texas A&M*L 6–7
September 26at Ole MissL 6–22
October 3Florida
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 26–13
October 10at No. 17 LSUT 6–6
October 17No. 20 Mississippi State
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 32–13
October 24Villanova*No. 16
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 19–0
October 31at No. 12 RiceNo. 19W 19–13
November 7at VanderbiltNo. 14W 40–14
November 14Memphis State*No. 13
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 20–7[1]
November 21TennesseeNo. 13
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 27–21[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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 ProffittEnd
Howard SchnellenbergerEnd
Duke CurnutteOffensive Line
Ray CorrellOffensive Line
Harry KirkOffensive Line
Joe KochOffensive Line
Ray CallahanFull Back

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Awards and honors

  • Ray Correll, guard, All-America selection
  • Steve Meilinger, end, All-America selection

1954 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Steve MeilingerEnd18Washington Redskins
Tommy AdkinsCenter17197Baltimore Colts

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References

  1. "Kentucky has to struggle for 20–7 edge over surprising Memphis State". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 15, 1953. Retrieved September 21, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Kentucky gains first victory in 18 years over Tennessee". The Owensboro Messenger. November 22, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "College Football @ Sports-Reference.com".
  4. 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
  5. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".
  6. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".


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