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1955 Kentucky

6–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Blanton Collier.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1955, game by game: lost at LSU 7–19; won vs. Ole Miss 21–14; won vs. Villanova 28–0; tied vs. Auburn 14–14; lost vs. Mississippi State 14–20; won vs. Florida 10–7; won vs. Rice 20–16; lost at Vanderbilt 0–34; won vs. Memphis 41–7; won vs. Tennessee 23–0+34−34Lost 7–19 at LSU-12LSUWon 21–14 vs. Ole Miss+7Ole MissWon 28–0 vs. Villanova+28VillanovaTied 14–14 vs. Auburn0AuburnLost 14–20 vs. Mississippi State-6Mississippi Sta…Won 10–7 vs. Florida+3FloridaWon 20–16 vs. Rice+4RiceLost 0–34 at Vanderbilt-34VanderbiltWon 41–7 vs. Memphis+34MemphisWon 23–0 vs. Tennessee+23Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atLSUL 7–⁠1954%
Sep 24vsOle MissW 21–⁠1443%
Oct 1vsVillanovaW 28–⁠081%
Oct 8vsAuburnT 14–⁠1452%
Oct 15vsMississippi StateL 14–⁠2060%
Oct 22vsFloridaW 10–⁠760%
Oct 29vsRiceW 20–⁠1658%
Nov 5atVanderbiltL 0–⁠3455%
Nov 12vsMemphisW 41–⁠795%
Nov 19vsTennesseeW 23–⁠055%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 23–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 19
  2. Wk 5: 20
  3. Wk 8: 17

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 1955.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
178–⁠131
Coach
Blanton Collier
Elo
1571 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.3 No. 26 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Howard SchnellenbergerEAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Bob HardyQBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt4–⁠38–⁠3
Mississippi State4–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
LSU2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Florida3–⁠54–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama0–⁠70–⁠10

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