Kentucky at Cincinnati

Saturday, October 25, 1952

Kentucky beat Cincinnati 14–⁠6. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 14–⁠2.

AwayKentucky5–⁠4–⁠2 in 1952
14
HomeCincinnati2–⁠1–⁠1 in 1952
6

FinalHigh 70°F, low 39°FAttendance 27,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kentucky Scores Late, Tops Cincinnati, 14-6

    Evening star, October 26, 1952, page 68

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    Kentucky Scores Late, Tops Cincinnati, 14–⁠6 CINCINNATI. Oct. 25.-A fun bling University of Kentucky football team gathered itself together today for two last half touchdowns and a rough and bruising 14-to-6 victory over the University of Cincinnati. The Wildcats from Kentucky who never had the ball inside Cincinnati’s 40-yard line during the first half, struck swiftly in the third quarter. They registered their first touchdown on a pass from Herb Hunt to Steve Meilinger covering “a yards. Hunt got the other marker in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard plunge which climaxed a 51-yard march. Cincinnati, which reached the Wildcat 1-yard line in the first period and the 4-yard stripe in the second quarter without scoring, finally got it’s only touchdown with less than two minutes to go as Gene Rossi completed seven passes in a 66-yard drive. The last one was a 10-yard toss to Glenn Dillhoff.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Cincinnati 63% to win. Kentucky won as Elo’s underdog.

Kentucky leads 19–⁠4–⁠1 in 24 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1996Cincinnati 24, Kentucky 3
1995Kentucky 33, Cincinnati 14
1992Cincinnati 17, Kentucky 13
1991Kentucky 20, Cincinnati 17
1989Kentucky 31, Cincinnati 0
1986Kentucky 37, Cincinnati 20

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