Kentucky at Miami

Friday, October 31, 1952

Kentucky beat Miami 29–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayKentucky5–⁠4–⁠2 in 1952
29
HomeMiami4–⁠7 in 1952
0

FinalAttendance 25,918

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Miami Upset as Kentucky Moves End 10 Quarterback

    Evening star, November 1, 1952, page 13

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    Miami Upset as Kentucky Moves End 10 Quarterback MIAMI. Fla. Nov. 1.-The Uni versity Of Kentucky’s football team has a new star quarterback, although he already is well known to Wildcat rooterS as a great pass catching end. Coach Bear Bryant Of Kentucky surprised favored University OF Miami last night by shifting Wingman Steve Meilinger to quarterback. He directed his team. 7-point underdog, to their first score in the second period and then moved into his familiar end post to catch a pass for q 1870 halftime lead. Miami was so demoralized that Kentucky had . pushover in the second half and got a 29–⁠0 victory. Meilinger was back at quarter back in the final period to set uu “a touchdown with q 49-yard pass. He scored 1t himself with q 1-yard smash.

  • The The Key West citizen's story: SEC Sets Top Action Sat.

    The Key West citizen, Florida, November 4, 1952, page 3 (results column)

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    SEC Sets Top Action Sat. RssocIafed Press Sports Writer Eight games-two of them slight ly faded intersectional affairs = viii be played this week by South eastern Conference football teams. Two and three years ago when the Georgia Tech5Army and the Georgia. Pennsylvania games were scheduled, they were supposed to be hot stuff. Since then lot of glamour has been knocked off. The Cribbing affair cut Army from a mighty power and the Cadets still are rebuilding. Penn hasn’t shown as strongly as expected. The 14–⁠7 loss to Penn State Saturday was a shock. And then there is, Georgia = undermined, crippled and playing schedule no team could be expected to navigate without beat ings. Georgia has lost three so far and doubtless more to come. The Tech.Army game is in At lanta and the Georgia. Penn game in Philadelphia. Both are Saturday afternoon. OF the four actors in the two In tended football melodramas, only Tech is living up to its advance billing. The Engineers are unbeaten-, united and apparently about to accept a bowl bid, probably to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Other interconference games are Chattanooga Alabama at Tuscaloosa; Mississippi Houston at Houston, and Vanderbilt-Miami at Mi ami. Vandy’s game will be Friday night; Mississippi plays Saturday night, and Alabama Saturday aft ernoon. SEC games are Mississippi State at Auburn’s Homecoming, Tulane at Kentucky and Tennessee at Baton Rouge against L. S. U. Florida is idle but the Gators deserve a rest. Bob Woodruff S son and needs only six more to SCI son and need only six more to set an all-time Florida record. The 1852 output is tops for the SEC. After a weel; of rest Florida goes back to work against Tennessee, Miami and Kentucky. Last Saturday Florida got from behind a 40 lag against Auburn and won 31–⁠21. A solid round of victories over out of league teams last week end moved the SECS intersectional and interconference won-lost percent age to a fat TIA for the season. The mark is 24’ victories, seven defeats. Tech made the most notable contribution Saturday, a 28–⁠7 victory over unbeaten Duke. Tennessee Clipped in with a ALA slaughter Of North Carolina. Kentucky was supposed to lose to Miami but won instead, 29–⁠0. No one expected Vandy to win by any such 67–⁠7 scor, over Washington and Lee. But Bill Edwards hard working crew did the trick. Other scores were Alabama “a Georgia 10; Mississippi 2S L. S. U, 0, and Tulane “a Mississippi State 21.

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)

Miami 60% to win. Kentucky won as Elo’s underdog.

Kentucky leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1963Miami 20, Kentucky 14
1962Miami 25, Kentucky 17
1961Miami 14, Kentucky 7
1959Kentucky 22, Miami 3
1952Kentucky 29, Miami 0
1951Kentucky 32, Miami 0

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