1914 Kentucky

1–⁠2 (1–⁠1 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association), coached by Alpha Brumage. The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠3, over eight games to the three on file here.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1914, game by game: won vs. Mississippi State 19–13; lost at Purdue 6–40; lost at Tennessee 6–23+7−34Won 19–13 vs. Mississippi State+6Mississippi Sta…Lost 6–40 at Purdue-34PurdueLost 6–23 at Tennessee-17Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 17vsMississippi StateW 19–⁠1345%
Nov 7atPurdueL 6–⁠4041%
Nov 26atTennesseeL 6–⁠2325%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 23–⁠6; tied for 7th in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists five games of Kentucky’s 1914 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 26vsWilmington (OH)W 87–⁠0Kentucky’s article
Oct 3vsMaryville (TN)W 80–⁠0Kentucky’s article
Oct 24vsEarlhamW 81–⁠3Kentucky’s article
Oct 31atCincinnatiL 7–⁠14Kentucky’s article
Nov 14vsLouisvilleW 42–⁠0Kentucky’s article
Record
1–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠1 tied for 7th in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
31–⁠76
Coach
Alpha Brumage
Elo
1463 −20 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jim Park

1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠09–⁠0
Ole Miss2–⁠05–⁠4–⁠1
Auburn4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠0–⁠1
Florida3–⁠15–⁠2
Mississippi State4–⁠26–⁠2
Alabama3–⁠25–⁠4
Clemson2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky1–⁠11–⁠2
Georgia1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
LSU0–⁠1–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
The Citadel0–⁠32–⁠5
Vanderbilt0–⁠22–⁠6
Wofford0–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Samford0–⁠10–⁠1
Mercer0–⁠20–⁠3
Chattanooga0–⁠20–⁠3

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.