1952_Cotton_Bowl_Classic
1952 Cotton Bowl Classic
College football game
The 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic was the sixteenth installment of the Cotton Bowl Classic.
| 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | HB Emery Clark (Kentucky) G Ray Correll (Kentucky) QB Babe Parilli (Kentucky) FB Keith Flowers (TCU) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Cliff Shaw (SWC; split crew: SWC, SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,349 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The game featured the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference and the Texas Christian Horned Frogs of the Southwest Conference. Texas Christian (6-4 entering the game, 5-1 in the SWC) was ranked #11 in the AP poll prior to the game.[1] Kentucky (7-4, 3-3 SEC) had been ranked as high as #6 in the AP poll during the season[2] but was ranked #15 entering the game.[1]
In the first quarter, Kentucky quarterback Babe Parilli threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Emery Clark; Harry Jones' point after gave the Wildcats a 7-0 lead.[3] In the second quarter, a 57-yard Kentucky drive ended when Parilli completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Clark.[3] The point after was no good, resulting in a halftime score of Kentucky 13, Texas Christian 0, despite Texas Christian drives that got all the way to the Kentucky 4-, 24-, 5- and 2-yard lines during the half.[3]
Texas Christian scored first in the second half after a four-play, 80-yard drive as Bobby Jack Floyd ran for a 43-yard touchdown on a sweep.[3] Keith Flowers' point after made it Kentucky 13, Texas Christian 7 with 1:12 left in the third quarter.[3]
Kentucky's Ed Hamilton scored on a 3-yard run and the Jones' point with 3:33 left in the fourth quarter resulted in the final score of Kentucky 20, Texas Christian 7.[3]
Kentucky's Emery Clark, Babe Parilli and Ray Correll were named the MVPs of the game.[4] Kentucky's Tom Fillon had a game high 73 rushing yards (on 10 attempts); Kentucky's Steve Meilinger had 61 receiving yards on 3 catches.[5][6]
- Final 1952 AP poll at AP Poll Archive.com Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Kentucky in the 1952 AP polls at AP Poll Archive.com Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- 2002 University of Kentucky football media guide, p.176
- 1996 University of Kentucky football media guide, p.177
- 1996 University of Kentucky football media guide, p.179
- "26-37.pmd" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2014.