Florida at Tennessee
Saturday, November 15, 1952 Share
No. 7 Tennessee beat No. 18 Florida 26–12. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 9–0.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 43°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Florida–Tennessee gameFlorida leads 32–23 in 55 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.
| 2025 | Tennessee 31, Florida 11 | |
| 2024 | Tennessee 23, Florida 17 | |
| 2023 | Florida 29, Tennessee 16 | |
| 2022 | Tennessee 38, Florida 33 | |
| 2021 | Florida 38, Tennessee 14 | |
| 2020 | Florida 31, Tennessee 19 |
Around this game
Florida
- Next gamevs. MiamiNov. 22, 1952
- SeasonFlorida in 1952
- ProgramFlorida history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. KentuckyNov. 22, 1952
- SeasonTennessee in 1952
- ProgramTennessee history and records

