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1950 Kentucky

11–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bear Bryant, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1950, game by game: won vs. North Texas 25–0; won vs. LSU 14–0; won vs. Ole Miss 27–0; won vs. Dayton 40–0; won vs. Cincinnati 41–7; won at Villanova 34–7; won at Georgia Tech 28–14; won vs. No. 17 Florida 40–6; won at Mississippi State 48–21; won vs. North Dakota 83–0; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 0–7; won vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 13–7+83−7Won 25–0 vs. North Texas+25North TexasWon 14–0 vs. LSU+14LSUWon 27–0 vs. Ole Miss+27Ole MissWon 40–0 vs. Dayton+40DaytonWon 41–7 vs. Cincinnati+34CincinnatiWon 34–7 at Villanova+27VillanovaWon 28–14 at Georgia Tech+14Georgia TechWon 40–6 vs. No. 17 Florida+34No. 17 FloridaWon 48–21 at Mississippi State+27Mississippi Sta…Won 83–0 vs. North Dakota+83North DakotaLost 0–7 at No. 9 Tennessee-7No. 9 TennesseeWon 13–7 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma+6No. 1 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsNorth TexasW 25–⁠093%
Sep 23vsLSUW 14–⁠060%
Sep 30vsOle MissW 27–⁠069%
Oct 7vsDaytonW 40–⁠096%
Oct 14vsCincinnatiW 41–⁠774%
Oct 21atVillanovaW 34–⁠753%
Oct 28atGeorgia TechW 28–⁠1459%
Nov 4vs17FloridaW 40–⁠681%
Nov 11atMississippi StateW 48–⁠2181%
Nov 18vsNorth DakotaW 83–⁠098%
Nov 25at9TennesseeL 0–⁠752%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs1OklahomaSugar BowlW 13–⁠738%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma 13–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

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

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 5
  7. Wk 7: 4
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Final: 7

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 1950.

National championsa title the school claims

Southeastern Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Heisman voteBabe Parilli, fourth

Led the nationBabe Parilli: passing touchdowns (23 TD)

Outland TrophyBob Gain, OT

2 consensus All-AmericansBob Gain, OT; Babe Parilli, QB

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 3
Points
393–⁠69
Coach
Bear Bryant
Elo
1743 +144 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.8 No. 1 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Gain and Wilbur Jamerson

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 1Bob Gain OTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Walt Yowarsky OTWashington Redskins
Rd 3Al Bruno EPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Al BrunoEAP-2
  • Bill WannamakerOGAP-2; UP-2
  • Doug MoseleyCAP-2
  • Bill LeskovarFBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kentucky5–⁠111–⁠17
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠216
Tulane3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠120
Georgia Tech4–⁠25–⁠6
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State3–⁠44–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Ole Miss1–⁠55–⁠5
Auburn0–⁠70–⁠10

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