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1957 Kentucky

3–⁠7 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Blanton Collier.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1957, game by game: lost at No. 11 Georgia Tech 0–13; lost vs. No. 19 Ole Miss 0–15; lost vs. Florida 7–14; lost at No. 9 Auburn 0–6; lost at No. 17 LSU 0–21; lost vs. Georgia 14–33; won vs. Memphis 53–7; lost at Vanderbilt 7–12; won vs. Xavier 27–0; won vs. No. 12 Tennessee 20–6+46−21Lost 0–13 at No. 11 Georgia Tech-13No. 11 Georgia TechLost 0–15 vs. No. 19 Ole Miss-15No. 19 Ole MissLost 7–14 vs. Florida-7FloridaLost 0–6 at No. 9 Auburn-6No. 9 AuburnLost 0–21 at No. 17 LSU-21No. 17 LSULost 14–33 vs. Georgia-19GeorgiaWon 53–7 vs. Memphis+46MemphisLost 7–12 at Vanderbilt-5VanderbiltWon 27–0 vs. Xavier+27XavierWon 20–6 vs. No. 12 Tennessee+14No. 12 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21at11Georgia TechL 0–⁠1326%
Sep 28vs19Ole MissL 0–⁠1548%
Oct 5vsFloridaL 7–⁠1449%
Oct 12at9AuburnL 0–⁠628%
Oct 19at17LSUL 0–⁠2137%
Oct 26vsGeorgiaL 14–⁠3365%
Nov 2vsMemphisW 53–⁠773%
Nov 9atVanderbiltL 7–⁠1229%
Nov 16vsXavierW 27–⁠078%
Nov 23vs12TennesseeW 20–⁠626%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 20–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20

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 1957.

Heisman voteLou Michaels, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanLou Michaels, OT/K

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠7 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
128–⁠127
Coach
Blanton Collier
Elo
1488 −65 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.5 No. 40 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 1Lou Michaels DTLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bobby CrevensBAP-2; UP-3

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

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