1962 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 1962 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. 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. 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.

1962 Kentucky Wildcats football
Kentucky's "Thin Thirty" starting line-up, September 22, 1962
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–5–2 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
1962 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Ole Miss $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 5 Alabama 6 1 010 1 0
No. 7 LSU 5 1 09 1 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 07 3 1
Florida 4 2 07 4 0
Auburn 4 3 06 3 1
Georgia 2 3 13 4 3
Kentucky 2 3 13 5 2
Mississippi State 2 5 03 6 0
Tennessee 2 6 04 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 01 9 0
Tulane 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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