Florida at Tennessee

Saturday, November 15, 1952

No. 7 Tennessee beat No. 18 Florida 26–⁠12. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 9–⁠0.

Away18Florida8–⁠3 in 1952
12
Home7Tennessee8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1952
26

FinalHigh 64°F, low 43°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kozor's Injury Blow To VOL, but He May Play in Cotton Bowl

    Evening star, November 17, 1952, page 19

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    Kozor’s Injury Blow To VOL, but He May Play in Cotton Bowl KNOAvILIE, Tenn. Nov. IT, Andy Knza4, Tennessee’s ALL America fLllback candidate, suffered small chip fracture of the Ipelvis IN the Vols 26–⁠12 victory over Florida Saturday and is lost for the remainder of the season, Bob Neyland, the coach. said. “Kozar’s loss is a terrific blow to us, Neyland added yesterday. He has been outstanding in every game this tall” The 210-pound senior fullback from st Michael, Pa, was hurt in a line plunge in the third period but not before he scored Ten nessee’s fist two touchdowns and piled up Ill yards rushing in Is runs. Kozar has been Tennessee’s leading scorer and ground-gainer this fall. He scored 42 points and netted 66O yards in 122 rushes for a 5.4-yard average. He had runs of 81. 10 IA and 10 yards against Florida. Neyland said doctors told him Kozar might be able to play against Texas in the Cotton Bowl New Year Day.

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)

Tennessee 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Florida leads 32–⁠23 in 55 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Tennessee 31, Florida 11
2024Tennessee 23, Florida 17
2023Florida 29, Tennessee 16
2022Tennessee 38, Florida 33
2021Florida 38, Tennessee 14
2020Florida 31, Tennessee 19

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