1962 Kentucky Wildcats football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1962 Kentucky Wildcats football Thin30.jpg 285 Kentucky's "Thin Thirty" starting line-up, September 22, 1962 Southeastern Conference SEC 3–5–2 2–3–1 Charlie Bradshaw 1st McLean Stadium The 1962 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.https://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Kentucky.htm#1962 Kentucky Historical Scores www.jhowell.net https://web.archive.org/web/20091006084341/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Kentucky.htm live 2009-10-06 Coached by Charlie Bradshaw, a Bear Bryant disciple, the team was thinned by his brutal methods from 88 players to just 30. The team was thus known as the Thin Thirty.http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_article_id=7166&change_well_id=2 Kentucky Football History and Records October 3, 2007 University of Kentucky 2007 University of Kentucky https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185850/http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_article_id=7166&change_well_id=2 September 30, 2007 dead While the team's record was just 3–5–2, it did include a dramatic victory in the season finale against Tennessee in Knoxville, 12–10. The winning margin was provided by a field goal by Clarkie Mayfield, one of the heroes of the game, who later died in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire on May 28, 1977.http://media.www.thechanticleeronline.com/media/storage/paper670/news/2005/10/20/News/JClub.Remembers-1026170.shtml J-Club Remembers October 3, 2007 The Chanticleeer 2005 James Barcus dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081521/http://media.www.thechanticleeronline.com/media/storage/paper670/news/2005/10/20/News/JClub.Remembers-1026170.shtml September 28, 2007 Players on the Kentucky team included Tom Hutchinson, Dale Lindsey, and Herschel Turner, all of whom later played in the NFL. Bob Kosid and Junior Hawthorne later played in the CFL. Two assistant coaches on the 1962 Kentucky staff, Leeman Bennett and Chuck Knox, later had success as NFL head coaches. Assistants Homer Rice (Cincinnati Bengals, University of Cincinnati and Rice University), Bud Moore (Kansas University) and Dave Hart (University of Pittsburgh) were all later head coaches. Lindsey went on to become a successful NFL assistant coach, working with the Chicago Bears. Schedule 1962 AP y y September 22 Florida State<ncg> McLean Stadium Lexington, KY T 0–0 34,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-its-hit-an/133342156/ The Knoxville News-Sentinel It's 'hit-and-miss' for U-K in scoreless duel with FSU September 23, 1962 October 12, 2023 Newspapers.com September 29 at No. 7 Ole Miss Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS L 0–14 42,000 Ole Miss Wins Uphill Fight Against Kentucky Cats 14-0 The Clarion-Ledger Carl Walters September 30, 1962 1C, 3C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99111180/ole-miss-wins-uphill-fight-against/ Newspapers.com October 6 Auburn McLean Stadium Lexington, KY L 6–16 33,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-journal-woodall-boots-fi/133342297/ The Selma Times-Journal Woodall boots field goals as Auburn annexes, 16–6 October 7, 1962 October 12, 2023 Newspapers.com October 12 at Detroit<ncg> University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI W 27–8 14,548 Kentucky Rips Titans, 27-8: U-D Runs into Wildcat Detroit Free Press Jack Berry October 13, 1962 1B, 2B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121075889/kentucky-rips-titans-27-8-u-d-runs/ Newspapers.com October 20 No. 4 LSU McLean Stadium Lexington, KY L 0–7 37,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lima-citizen-lsu-nips-pesky-kentucky/133342422/ The Lima Citizen LSU nips pesky Kentucky October 21, 1962 October 12, 2023 Newspapers.com October 27 at Georgia Sanford Stadium Athens, GA T 7–7 32,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-georgia-gets-77-deadlock-wi/133342554/ Daily Press Georgia gets 7–7 deadlock with Kentucky October 28, 1962 October 12, 2023 Newspapers.com November 2 at Miami (FL)<ncg> Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL L 17–25 43,614 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-miami-overcomes/133342647/ The Atlanta Constitution Miami overcomes Kentucky, 25–17 November 3, 1962 October 12, 2023 Newspapers.com November 10 Vanderbilt (rivalry) McLean Stadium Lexington, KY W 7–0 26,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-kentuckys-ground-game-t/133340865/ St. Petersburg Times Kentucky's ground game turns back Vandy 7–0 November 11, 1962 October 12, 2023 Newspapers.com November 17 Xavier<ncg> McLean Stadium Lexington, KY L 9–14 20,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-kentucky-upset-by-xavier/124368899/ Kentucky upset by Xavier The Paducah Sun-Democrat November 18, 1962 May 10, 2023 Newspapers.com November 24 at Tennessee (rivalry) Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN W 12-10 34,172 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100540893/kentucky-springs-upset-on-tennessee/ Messenger-Inquirer Kentucky springs upset on Tennessee November 25, 1962 April 26, 2022 Newspapers.com Book The 1962 Kentucky football team is the subject of a book, The Thin Thirty, by Shannon Ragland, published in August, 2007. The focus of the book is the '62 roster of players under first-year coach Charlie Bradshaw—a Bear Bryant disciple—who ended up thinning the team from 88 to 30 players via his brutal conditioning tactics and exploitation of players. It places this in the backdrop of racial and economic tensions of the South and its impact on several players. The book asserts that several members of the 1962 team became involved in a gay sex scandal involving actor Rock Hudson, and that a crucial game was fixed that year.http://www.setshotpress.com/ThinThirtyExcept.pdf The Thin Thirty - Excerpt October 3, 2007 The Set Shot Press 2007 Shannon Ragland .PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929052112/http://www.setshotpress.com/ThinThirtyExcept.pdf September 29, 2007 It then finished by following up with what happened to the players afterward. Reception The Thin Thirty received reviews in several publications, including the Voice-Tribune, the Charleston Post & Courier, the Louisville Courier-Journal and by Professor Weldon Johnson, the author of Chokehold.http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/sep/30/book_details_scandalous_activities_gay_w17692/ Book details scandalous activities of gay wrestling promoter October 3, 2007 Charleston Post and Courier 2007 Mike Mooneyham dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071015160449/http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/sep/30/book_details_scandalous_activities_gay_w17692/ October 15, 2007 Eric Crawford 2007 Book recounts abuse at UK under Bradshaw http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710031041 October 3, 2007 The Courier-JournalOctober 2010 H3llBot yes Jon Johnston from CornNation praises the research and epilogue, but finds the back story at 100-pages was long, the writing was redundant at times, and the assertion of the Xavier game being fixed without evidence "damages the credibility" of the book.Johnston Jon 5 March 2008 Review: 'The Thin Thirty' - Charlie Bradshaw's 1962 Kentucky Wildcats https://www.cornnation.com/2008/3/5/04149/49965 References Kentucky Category:Kentucky Wildcats football seasons Kentucky Wildcats football