1951 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1951 Kentucky Wildcats football
Cotton Bowl Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 20-7 vs. Texas Christian
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#17
AP	#15
1951 record	8-4 (3-3 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant
Home stadium	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

1951 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	1
#1 Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
#15 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Florida	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1951 college football season. The Wildcats scored 314 points while allowing 121 points. Ranked #6 in the AP Poll at the beginning of the season,^[1] the team finished the season with a victory in the 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic and a #15 AP ranking.^[2]

Season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Wildcats points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 15	Tennessee Tech	Win	72	13	1-0
2	Sept. 22	at Texas	Loss	6	7	1-1
3	Sept. 29	at Mississippi	Loss	17	21	1-2
4	Oct. 6	#11 Georgia Tech	Loss	7	13	1-3
5	Oct. 13	Mississippi State	Win	27	0	2-3
6	Oct. 20	#12 Villanova	Win	35	13	3-3
7	Oct. 27	Florida	Win	14	6	4-3
8	Nov. 3	#19 Miami, Florida	Win	32	0	5-3
9	Nov. 10	Tulane	Win	37	0	6-3
10	Nov. 17	George Washington	Win	47	13	7-3
11	Nov. 24	at #1 Tennessee	Loss	0	28	7-4
12	Jan. 1	#11 Texas Christian	Win	20	7	8-4

^[3]^[4]

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Babe Parilli	Quarterback	1	4	Green Bay Packers
Jim MacKenzie	Tackle	6	71	New York Giants
Ed Hamilton	End	13	149	Philadelphia Eagles
John Griggs	Center	17	205	Los Angeles Rams
Frank Fuller	Tackle	26	313	Los Angeles Rams
Doug Moseley	Center	28	326	New York Yanks

^[5]

Awards and honors

Ray Correll, Guard, Cotton Bowl Classic co-Most Valuable Player
Emery Clark, Halfback, Cotton Bowl Classic co-Most Valuable Player
Babe Parilli, Quarterback, All-America selection
Babe Parilli, Cotton Bowl Classic co-Most Valuable Player
Doug Moseley, Center, All-America selection

References

↑ Kentucky in the 1951 AP polls, AP Poll Archive
↑ Final 1951 AP Poll
↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=184&season=1951
↑ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1952.htm

Kentucky Wildcats football

Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Commonwealth Stadium (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band Thin Thirty 2003 Arkansas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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