Kentucky's "Thin Thirty" starting line-up, September 22, 1962
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Record
3–5–2 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Charlie Bradshaw (1st season)
Home stadium
McLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 Ole Miss $
6
–
0
–
0
10
–
0
–
0
No. 5 Alabama
6
–
1
–
0
10
–
1
–
0
No. 7 LSU
5
–
1
–
0
9
–
1
–
1
Georgia Tech
5
–
2
–
0
7
–
3
–
1
Florida
4
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Auburn
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
1
Georgia
2
–
3
–
1
3
–
4
–
3
Kentucky
2
–
3
–
1
3
–
5
–
2
Mississippi State
2
–
5
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Tennessee
2
–
6
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Vanderbilt
1
–
6
–
0
1
–
9
–
0
Tulane
0
–
7
–
0
0
–
10
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1962 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.
^"Kentucky Historical Scores". www.jhowell.net. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009.
^University of Kentucky (2007). "Kentucky Football History and Records". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
^James Barcus (2005). "J-Club Remembers". The Chanticleeer. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
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