1934 Kentucky

5–⁠5 (1–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by C.A. Wynne.

Kentucky, 1934
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1934, game by game: won vs. Maryville (TN) 26–0; lost vs. Washington and Lee 0–7; won at Cincinnati 27–0; won vs. Clemson 7–0; lost at North Carolina 0–6; won vs. Auburn 9–0; lost vs. Alabama 14–34; won at Rhodes 33–0; lost vs. Tulane 7–20; lost at Tennessee 0–19+33−20Won 26–0 vs. Maryville (TN)+26Maryville (TN)Lost 0–7 vs. Washington and Lee-7Washington and …Won 27–0 at Cincinnati+27CincinnatiWon 7–0 vs. Clemson+7ClemsonLost 0–6 at North Carolina-6North CarolinaWon 9–0 vs. Auburn+9AuburnLost 14–34 vs. Alabama-20AlabamaWon 33–0 at Rhodes+33RhodesLost 7–20 vs. Tulane-13TulaneLost 0–19 at Tennessee-19Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 19–⁠0; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1934.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠3 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
123–⁠86
Coach
C.A. Wynne
Elo
1453 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.6 No. 61 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Joe Rupert

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Joe RupertEAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulane8–⁠010–⁠1
Alabama7–⁠010–⁠0
Tennessee5–⁠18–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠36–⁠3
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky1–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee0–⁠42–⁠7
Georgia Tech0–⁠61–⁠9

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