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'I953 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Game Site Starting Time
Sept. 19 Texas A S; M — Lexington .....i..,. , ...... , 44..,,4....... . .... 8:00 p.m. A
Sept. 26 *l\/lississippi — Oxford, Miss. ..............   ......‘ . ........... 2:00 p.m.
Oct. 3 *Florida —— Lexington ............ . ........ . ..... . .,................... 8:00 p.m. 1
Oct. 10 *Lousiana State — Baton Rouge, La. ...................... . .... 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 17 *l\/lississippi State — Lexington ...................................... 8:00 p.m.
Oct. 24 Villanova — Lexington ..............................., . .......t....... 8:00 p.m.
Oct. 31 Rice — Houston, Texas ......l..................l...................... 8:00 p.m.
Nov. 7 *Vanderbilt — Nashville, Tenn. ............ . ...................l.. 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 14 Memphis State — Lexington ........................................ 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 21 *Tennessee (HC) — Lexington ............ . ..,.................... 1:30 p.m.
* Southeastern Conference Game (HC)-Homecoming Game
All Times Are Central Standard
RESULTS — 1952
Date Team Site UK Opp. Crowd
Sept. 20 Villanova .. .. ...... . .................   6 25 33,000
Sept. 27 *Mississippi . .............................. (H) 13 13 29,000
Oct. 4 Texas A Se M ..... . ....................   10 7 25,000 (
Oct. 11 *L. S. U. ......................................   7 34 28,000 l
Oct. 18 *Miss. State ................l................. (A) 14 27 18,000 (
Oct. 25 Cincinnati .................................. (A) 14 6 27,000
Oct. 31 Miami ...,.................................... (A) 29 0 26,000
Nov. 8 *Tulane ...... . ........,..... . ................   27 6 31,000
Nov. 15 Clemson ..... . ,..,.. . ..................... (H) 27 14 25,000
Nov. 22 *Tennessee .........,........................ (A) 14 14 35,000
Dec. 6 *1?lorida ............... . ...................... (A) 0 27 29,000
TOTALS ..................l......................... 161 173 306,000
* Conference Game (Home —- 146,000)

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University of Kentucky
I Football Brochure
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PUBLISHED BY: University of Kentucky
Athletic Association
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PREPARED AND EDITED BY:
KEN KUHN
Sports Publicity Editor
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PHOTOGRAPHY: Mack Hughes Studio
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l COMPOSITION AND PRINTING BY: The Kernel Press,
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SPORTS PUBLICITY OFFICE TELEPHONES
Dept. of Public Relations Dept. of Athletics
205 Administration Bldg., Memorial Coliseum
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Here is your copy of the Kentucky Wildcats football facts booklet \
for 1953 which we sincerely hope will aid you in covering U. of K. _
this season. If you desire additional information or art, please feel ex
free to contact the Sports Publicity Office.  
Applications for working press and radio tickets should be directed _
to the Sports Publicity Office as far in advance as possible. Tickets ,· Q
will be mailed or you will be notified to pick up at the Information   _QJ
Window in Memorial Coliseum, directly across the street from the   \b
stadium. Admission to the press box is limited to male personnel. [
If you intend to file from the press box, please so advise when re- `
questing passes in order that you may be assigned a seat adjacent to your 4
Hfestern Union operator. It is advisable also to make advance re-
servations with the Lexington office of \N’estern Union. l
Radio stations desiring to broadcast from Stoll Field must first se-  
` cure a permit from the University Radio Director outlining sponsors, l
i fees paid, and any network arrangement. Booth assignment and l
tickets will be issued by the Sports Publicity Office upon approval of
application by the Radio Director. Spotters are available if requested  
in advance. Stations should order lines installed by contacting the l
Lexington Telephone Company. l
Televising of games is restricted as follows: Simultaneous telecast- i
ing is prohibited except in the event the contest has been selected for \
showing to the NCAA-approved network and express permission has ,
been granted by the University Radio Director and Athletic Director. ’
Filmed highlights of the game not exceeding 10 minutes in length may i
be televised immediately following the game and, upon official ap- l
proval, a complete game film may be shown after l2 noon on the Sun» i
day immediately following the contest.
Your press-radio—phot0 pass admits your car to the reserved parking 1
space along the circular campus drive west of the stadium enclosure. l
The pass also entitles you to enter any stadium gate on your way to ,
the press box. When leaving the box late after the game, you will i
find gate number one open. This gate, under Section A at the left j
- end of the stands on the opposite side of the field from the press box,  
is an exit to Avenue of Champions in front of Memorial Coliseum, (
KEN KUHN  
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Q) U. of K. Recruiting Policy .......... . ...........................,........,......,.........,..,.......,.... 4
. U. K. General Information .......... . ................r.........r........................,..... . .......... 5
_l   Outlook For 1953 .......................................,.,..........................,......................... 6-7
  _QiJ Director of Athletics .......4........ . .4.................. , .................................................. 8-9
"J Athletics At Kentucky .......................4..........................V . ..................................... 1 0
  Paul (Bear) Bryant ......,...,.......................,.,.......................,.............,............. 11-13
` Bryant’s Record At Kentucky ..........,..........................,............................,....... 13
{ Coaching Staff Sketches .......4.,.,..........,....................................................... 14-16
; Profile of All-America Candidate Meilinger .............................,,................. 17-18
i Origin of "Wi|dcats" Nickname ............,...........................,.,.........,..,.,................ 18
I Kentucky's Colors ..............,..............,.,...........................,..,....... . ........,............. 18
  How They Compare With '52 ....... , ...........,.,.........................,............................ 19
  Lettermen Lost ...,,......................................................,......................,................. 20
` Lettermen Returning .......................................................................................   21
l Composite SEC Standings ....,...........,...4..................4....................,...,.......,........... 21
l Football —- Wildcat Style .,................,.,..,.........................,..,.,............,..r........... 22
1 Bryant On One-Platoon Football .......4..........,.................................,.........,....... 23
` Birmingham News Poll of Coaches .................................................................... 24
l Kentucky All-Americans, ALL SEC players . ........ . ..........r..,.r.........,......,............. 25
‘ Kentucky Captains and Coaches Through Years .... . ................................... 26-27
, National Records Set By Kentucky .....,.............................................................. 28
l Kentucky's Modern Record At A Glance ......................................,........r.......... 29
, PariIli’s Career Totals ..,..........,.......................................................................... 29
SEC Records Held By Kentucky ...........................................................,,......, 30-32
I Kentucky's Bowl Record ...........................,.r...............,.,.................................... 32
` Stoll FieId—McLean Stadium ................,.,............................,........................,... 33
l Roster .,.....,........................................r........................................................... 34-35
{ Background Briefs .............. . .................... . ........,............................,.,............ 36-45
Composite Opponent Schedule   ......... . ..................,......................................... 46
i Schedule Details ....r,.,.......................,..................,................. . ....................... 47-57
‘ 1952 Final UK Football Statistics ...............,..........................,..........,.......... 58-61
{ University of Kentucky ...............................................,...................................... 62
5 Press-Radio-TV Outlets ..,............................................,...................................... 63
U. of K. All-Time Football Record ........... . ......................... . ........................ 64-70
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. U. OF K. RECRUITING POLICY .  
. Within an hour after the Kentucky football squad retumed to the cam- tl
V pus from its New Year’s Day 1952 triumph over Texas Christian in the  
Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Coach Paul Bryant startled the grid world with a ’
y challenging new recruiting policy. I
The Wildcat mentor decreed a unique plan to “cease all recruiting
of football players outside the state of Kentucky.”
Bryant, who in seven seasons at the Bluegrass school has produced four l
·· bowl teams and enjoyed triumphs in three of the post—season classics, invited  
i other colleges and universities to adopt the plan as a step towards elimina— y
I tion of “all the evils attendant on recruiting.” It is believed that*the Bryant `
· plan was the first such major corrective step, short of outright de-emphasis
j or abandonment, to be adopted by any major football power in the country.
While Kentucky will not conduct or condone recruiting outside the
state’s borders and immediate emphasis will be placed on encouraging the \
best Kentuckians to attend their state university, out-of-state students will
be accepted under highly-selective limitations. Bryant directed a limit of i
` "no more than five football scholarships in any one year to non-Kentuckians.”
In all instances, he pointed out, "out—of-state students must seek us out Q
and apply for scholarships. We will make absolutely no effort to recruit j
them.” The coach explained that the allowance of five non-Kentucky schol-
. arships was designed in most part to accommodate sons and brothers of 1
alumni and to keep the out-of-state ratio on the football team in line with
the ratio of non-Kentuckians in the total student population. E
Despite the fact that only 108 Kentucky high schools fielded grid
squads last year, Bryant declared "We have confidence in the ability of Ken-
tucky boys to stand toe-to-toe with those of neighboring states and hold
their own in football."
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University of Kentucky
I I General Information
`   LOCATION —LEXINGTON, a community of about 100,000 in the
* heart of Kentucky’s famed Bluegrass region. Renowned as the
il thoroughbred horse breeding center of the world, Lexington’s sur·
[ rounding countryside is dotted with famous horse farms. The city
i also is known as the world’s largest loose—leaf tobacco market. It is
( located about 80 miles east of Louisville and 85 miles south of Cin-
` cinnati, Ohio.
[ FOUNDED — 1865
` ENROLLMENT — Approximately 6,000
PRESIDENT — Dr. Herman L. Donovan ·
( VICE-PRESIDENT—Dr. Leo M. Chamberlain
1 FACULTY CHAIRMAN OF ATHLETICS —Dean A. D. Kirwan
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Southeastern
NICKNAME OF TEAMS — Wildcats
. STADIUM- McLean Stadium on Stoll Field (capacity 36,000)
GYMNASIUM — Memorial Coliseum (capacity 13,000)
( MASCOT—"Colonel" (a live Kentucky wildcat)
BAND—"Marching l00" (all male)
( FIGHT SONG—“On, On U. of K."
I COLORS — Blue and White
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* Athletic Staff
1 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR-Bernie A. Shiveley (Illinois ’27) '
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH — Paul W. Bryant (Alabama ’36)
l ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACHES—Ermal Allen (Kentucky *42),
Clarence Underwood (Marshall ’38), jim Owens (Oklahoma ’50),
Phil Cutchin (Kentucky ’43), jerry Claiborne (Kentucky ’50), and
Pat james (Kentucky ’5l).
HEAD BASKETBALL COACH —- Adolph Rupp (Kansas ’23)
ASST. BB COACH — Harry Lancaster (Georgetown ’?l2) A
TRAINER—Charles (Smoky) Harper (Mercer ’23)
EQUIPMENT MANAGER —- S. C. (Buster) Brown
TICKET SALES MANAGER- Harvey Hodges (Kentucky ’31)
Q BOOKKEEPER — David Doyle
SPORTS PUBLICITY EDITOR— Ken Kuhn (Michigan State '42)
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The Outlook For l953
Aside from the difficulties of general inexperience and a belief that
the new limited substitution rule may seriously retard the contribution
i of younger squad members, the 63rd edition of the Kentucky gridiron l
·, Wildcats promises to be one of the most challenging elevens of the `
V ;school’s post-bowl era. _
: Coach Paul Bryant, who has guided Kentucky to their first South- l
-eastern Conference championship and four bowl appearances since _
v taking the helm in 1946, looks to the coming campaign with mixed
feelings of optimism over the team’s potential and very serious worry
·over its inexperience. _
Led by native Kentuckian Co—Captains, Tommy Adkins, senior
U center from Corbin, and Ray Correll, senior guard from Somerset, the
i Big Blue will tackle a difficult schedule with a team ranked as one of
j the most inexperienced ever fielded by Bryant. Fifteen letterman will
P be missing from the two-platoon lineup that compiled a 5-¢I·2 record in
{ l952 on the basis of a late—season comeback, including all four starting
tackles, the number one offensive guard, starting center on offense and
regular offensive fullback who was the team’s leading ground gainer.
Also, absent will be some valuable reserves like place-kicking specialist
Bob Bassitt, the freshman whose educated toe won the Texas A lk M
game and made possible the upset tie of Tennessee last season.
liVhile 30 varsity “K" winners will be returning for another year
of action, Coach Bryant hastens to point out that only Five or six saw
the equivalent of as much as five games total experience. Only two-
end jim Proffitt, Louisville senior, and Steve (Mr. Anywhere) Meilinger, _
All—America halfback-quarterback—end candidate from Bethlehem, Pa.-
have any appreciable experience as two-way players. The top prospect
at every other position will be handicapped by lack of familiarity with `
one phase of play at his post under the new limited substitution rules.
In an effort to retain the best feature of the two-platoon system and
- offset the fatiguing effect of the new limited substitution plan, Coach
. Bryant expects to follow a system of alternating two teams in the game.
y The "shock troops" operation stems from the Ulildcat mentor’s conten. ,
4 tion that more than ever before physical condition will be the key to  
gridiron success. `
ln the overall picture, the VVildcats could be slightly improved l
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lessons well and if the backlield consolidates along lines indicated by
the many experiments of last season.
The biggest of these backheld experiments, in both the sense of
the gamble involved and physical size, returns for a final campaign of
i haunting Kentucky rivals. All-America handyman Steve Meilinger,
end—turned-backfield—star who has proven himself capable of handling
Q any position on the ball club with ease, is expected to give the \Vildcats
their greatest offensive punch since the departure of the great Babe
· Parilli. The lumbering, six-foot—three, 220—pound end-quarterback-half
back seems ready to settle down, at least temporarily, at left half. Not.
to be discounted in opponent defense planning is the probability that
he will continue his roving trouble-shooter role with part-time duty at
both quarterback and end. About the only thing Big Steve will not be
doing is catching his own passes.
Aside from the backfield, which will be one of the heaviest in Ken-
tucky history when Meilinger is operating out of it, the equad in gen-
eral will be a relatively light one. General team speed should be
slightly improved.
The VVildcats’ passing game, one of the biggest problems of last
season, should be more consistent next season, if not actually somewhat
improved. Since the Split—T style of attack, adopted for the first time
by UK last year, will be the vogue again in 1953, the aerial artistry
probably will play second fiddle to the ground maneuvers except under
appropriate circumstances.
Defensively, the situation is something of an unknown quality, but
- possibly will be a little better in some departments, such as pass defense
where the secondary men are back with a year’s experience to aid them.
_ If the spring intra-squad game is any indication, defense could be one
of the team’s strong points. The boys on both sides hit harder than in
any spring game in recent years as they battled to a one-touchdown-to-
none decision.
The kicking gamc also should show some improvement.
y Facing a rugged schedule of 10 games, six of them after—dark en—
Q counters, the 1953 \*Vildcats will need sharp eyes and some help from
I unexpected sources to see their way clear of the numerous obstacles in
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BERNIE A. SHIVELY
Supervising the steady growth and balanced development of one
·of the nation’s top atheltic programs is the I-lerculean task being car-
ried out successfully by Bernie A. Shively_
Few who have observed the untiring efforts of the tall, silver-
haired former All—America footballer in the service of the University I
ol Kentucky as Director of Athletics since 1938 will argue his fitness
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biggest evils, the Kentucky chieftan voluntarily took the lead in re-
stricting recruiting of players to home-state boundaries. He decreed a
“Kentucky first" plan that limited out-of-state scholarship grants to five
per year and ordered that in all cases the non—resident "must seek us
l out voluntarily."
_ That the amazing Mr. Bryant has been right before pleases his
followers and worries his opponents. In 1946, when he gave up the \
= reins at Maryland after a successful first season as head coach, Bear
` asked for a five-year contract. He explained that it would take that
time to get the l/Vildcats established in winning ways. The final chap-
V ter of Bryant’s "Five-Year Plan" was written in 1950 with a sensational  
flourish. As predicted, Kentucky hit its winning stride by capturing the t
school’s first Southeastern Conference championship on a 10-1 record `
and pulled the upset-of»the-century in knocking off national-champion j
,. Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.
l The road to national prominence was not an easy one, but Coach ,
1 Bryant can look back to a record of never experiencing a losing cam-  
’ paign. In his very first year at the UK helm, he guided the Bluegrass
eleven, which had finished dead last in the previous season, to a sur- ·
prising record of seven wins against only three defeats. The Wildcats V
made their first post—season appearance in winning the Great Lakes  
Bowl following an 8-2 mark for the 1947 campaign. After re-building ¤
in 1948 and recording a 5-3-2 season tally, the Bryantmen experienced  
i another great year in 1949—capping off a showing of nine wins against j
two defeats by accepting a bid to the Orange Bowl. Failure in this .
venture only spurred the Wildcats to greater effort and they completed K
the round of major bowls by annexing Sugar and Cotton Bowl titles
in the following two seasons. ,
Minus the services of the stars who enabled Kentucky to taste the §
previously-denied fruits of bowl victories, the \Vi1dcats had to content
themselves in the 1952 campaign with the no mean accomplishment ‘
of tieing two bowl-bound elevens (Mississippi and Tennessee) in upsets i
highlighting an inconsistent season of five wins and four defeats in
addition to the ties.
_ The upswing in Kentucky’s grid fortunes also has resulted in per-
sonal fame and security for Bryant. He is currently working under an  
y unprecedented, 12-year pact awarded in 1951 by grateful school au- l
thorities.
A native of Fordyce, Ark., Bryant played right end on the Alabama ;
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Conference selection two seasons. His coaching career began as a
Crimson Tide assistant in 1936. Following four years with Bama, he
moved to Vanderbilt in 1940 as an assistant coach. After two seasons
with the Commodores, he entered the Navy. While in service, he was
appointed coach of the North Carolina Pre-Flight team but never had
the chance to play a regulation game. He was discharged in 1945 and
soon signed with Maryland, marking his debut as a head collegiate
mentor with a highly-successful season that led to the quick switch to
Kentucky for the 1946 campaign.
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L Year Won Lost Tied Standing Games
  1946 7 3 0 Eighth
  1947 8 3 0 Seventh Great Lakes (won)
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1949 9 3 0 Second Orange (lost)
~ 1950 11 l 0 First Sugar (won)
l 1951 8 4 0 Fifth Cotton (won)
V 1952 5 4 2 Tenth
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J ,  ··s·    -’· i   ERMAL ALLEN
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   viv __  ·..‘ R    One of Kentucky`s most famous athlete grad-
~   /``/   V v     uates, Allen at 32 has had a full career   a
*         collegiate stgr, pro—football player and success-
  "   ful college grid coach. He starred at quarter- I
E ·,·` · `·:     back for thc \Vildcat forces from 1939 to 1941 5
jr,    r.i V  and entered military service following grad-  
    nation, Returning as a graduate student zlfliiif
e·   ’``; jjj ,' ``i''`‘ ii   his discharge, Allen became the center of one I
` of the Southeastern Conferenee’s most contro-
l versial cases when he attempted to play a fourth year of football in 1946 and
· was declared ineligible after two games. Allen joined the U.K. coaching
, staff for the remainder of the ’46 season, spent the ’47 campaign as a T—quar-
terback with the professional Cleveland Browns, then re-joined the VVildcat
staff in 1948. He became head freshmen mentor in 1950 and was pro-
moted at seasonis end to {ill the backlield coach vacancy.
  CLARENCE UNDERWOOD
i   A   Assistant Coach
{       —· Friends call Underwood by the somewhat un- `
    ,   · V i respectful nickname of “Buckshot," but he has _
  V if    `_.,   .   earned high respect from players and fellow ·
  A    ,,.   _._`   ‘ coaches, alike, since he joined the Kentucky ‘
  ` ill   Staff in 1948. Besides the usual duties on the  ‘
football field, he has the sometimes difficult task -
_,   of keeping gridders eligible by prodding them §
`   to tackle the daily classroom grind with the
p same forcefulness demanded of them on the ,
l greensward. He had a successful career as a high school coach at Beckley, 4
W. Va., from 1938-43 and served three years in the Navy as a lieutenant {
during World War II. j
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       ,.   / A   JIM OWENS
  '’'‘   i ; (Okla