1952 Cotton Bowl Classic

December 2025 August 2023 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic 1952.png Cotton Bowl Classic 16th Cotton Bowl Classic 1951 Kentucky Wildcats University of Kentucky TCU Horned Frogs Texas Christian University 7–4 SEC 6–4 SWC Bear Bryant Dutch Meyer 15 17 11 10 7 6 0 7 0 0 7 0 January 1 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas HB Emery Clark (Kentucky)G Ray Correll (Kentucky)QB Babe Parilli (Kentucky)FB Keith Flowers (TCU) Cliff Shaw (SWC;split crew: SWC, SEC) 75,349 thumb|The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic. The 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic was the sixteenth installment of the Cotton Bowl Classic. Background 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.Final 1952 AP poll at AP Poll Archive.com https://web.archive.org/web/20091003140753/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1951 2009-10-03 Kentucky (7-4, 3-3 SEC) had been ranked as high as #6 in the AP poll during the seasonKentucky in the 1952 AP polls at AP Poll Archive.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120243/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/teams/by_season.cfm?seasonid=1951&teamid=58 2012-03-28 but was ranked #15 entering the game. Game summary 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.2002 University of Kentucky football media guide, p.176 In the second quarter, a 57-yard Kentucky drive ended when Parilli completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Clark. 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. 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. Keith Flowers' point after made it Kentucky 13, Texas Christian 7 with 1:12 left in the third quarter. 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. Kentucky's Emery Clark, Babe Parilli and Ray Correll were named the MVPs of the game.1996 University of Kentucky football media guide, p.177 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.1996 University of Kentucky football media guide, p.17926-37.pmd http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1952/rsrc/1952-Classic-Recap.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150105195858/http://media.attcottonbowl.com/resource/history/1952/rsrc/1952-Classic-Recap.pdf 2015-01-05 live 2014-12-28 References Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Cotton Bowl Classic Category:Kentucky Wildcats football bowl games Category:TCU Horned Frogs football bowl games Cotton Bowl Category:January 1952 sports events in the United States