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1945 Kentucky

2–⁠8 (0–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bernie Shively.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1945, game by game: lost vs. Ole Miss 7–21; won vs. Cincinnati 13–7; lost at Michigan State 6–7; lost vs. Georgia 6–48; lost at Vanderbilt 6–19; lost at Cincinnati 7–16; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 19–60; won at West Virginia 19–6; lost vs. Marquette 13–19; lost vs. No. 14 Tennessee 0–14+13−42Lost 7–21 vs. Ole Miss-14Ole MissWon 13–7 vs. Cincinnati+6CincinnatiLost 6–7 at Michigan State-1Michigan StateLost 6–48 vs. Georgia-42GeorgiaLost 6–19 at Vanderbilt-13VanderbiltLost 7–16 at Cincinnati-9CincinnatiLost 19–60 vs. No. 4 Alabama-41No. 4 AlabamaWon 19–6 at West Virginia+13West VirginiaLost 13–19 vs. Marquette-6MarquetteLost 0–14 vs. No. 14 Tennessee-14No. 14 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsOle MissL 7–⁠2156%
Sep 29vsCincinnatiW 13–⁠774%
Oct 6atMichigan StateL 6–⁠734%
Oct 13vsGeorgiaL 6–⁠4840%
Oct 20atVanderbiltL 6–⁠1930%
Oct 27atCincinnatiL 7–⁠1655%
Nov 3vs4AlabamaL 19–⁠6020%
Nov 10atWest VirginiaW 19–⁠639%
Nov 17vsMarquetteL 13–⁠1952%
Nov 24vs14TennesseeL 0–⁠1422%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 114th-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 1945.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠5 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
96–⁠217
Coach
Bernie Shively
Elo
1367 −107 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.7 No. 57 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Roger Yost

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Wash SeriniOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1945 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠010–⁠02
Tennessee3–⁠18–⁠114
LSU5–⁠27–⁠215
Georgia4–⁠29–⁠218
Ole Miss3–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia Tech2–⁠24–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠36–⁠3
Auburn2–⁠35–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠43–⁠6
Florida1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠52–⁠8

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