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1956 Kentucky

6–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Blanton Collier.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1956, game by game: lost vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech 6–14; lost vs. No. 9 Ole Miss 7–37; won at Florida 17–8; lost vs. Auburn 0–13; won vs. LSU 14–0; won at Georgia 14–7; won at Maryland 14–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 7–6; won vs. Xavier 33–0; lost at No. 2 Tennessee 7–20+33−30Lost 6–14 vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech-8No. 4 Georgia TechLost 7–37 vs. No. 9 Ole Miss-30No. 9 Ole MissWon 17–8 at Florida+9FloridaLost 0–13 vs. Auburn-13AuburnWon 14–0 vs. LSU+14LSUWon 14–7 at Georgia+7GeorgiaWon 14–0 at Maryland+14MarylandWon 7–6 vs. Vanderbilt+1VanderbiltWon 33–0 vs. Xavier+33XavierLost 7–20 at No. 2 Tennessee-13No. 2 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vs4Georgia TechL 6–⁠1442%
Sep 29vs9Ole MissL 7–⁠3733%
Oct 6atFloridaW 17–⁠839%
Oct 13vsAuburnL 0–⁠1357%
Oct 20vsLSUW 14–⁠063%
Oct 27atGeorgiaW 14–⁠750%
Nov 3atMarylandW 14–⁠046%
Nov 10vsVanderbiltW 7–⁠660%
Nov 17vsXavierW 33–⁠082%
Nov 24at2TennesseeL 7–⁠2028%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 20–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 17th-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 1956.

Consensus All-AmericanLou Michaels, OT/K

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠105
Coach
Blanton Collier
Elo
1580 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.6 No. 24 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 6J.T. Frankenberger OTWashington Redskins

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠14
Florida5–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Vanderbilt2–⁠55–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠63–⁠6–⁠1

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