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1958 Kentucky

5–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Blanton Collier.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1958, game by game: won vs. Hawai’i 51–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 13–0; lost vs. No. 9 Ole Miss 6–27; lost vs. No. 1 Auburn 0–8; lost at No. 9 LSU 7–32; lost at Georgia 0–28; won vs. Mississippi State 33–12; tied vs. Vanderbilt 0–0; won vs. Xavier 20–6; won at Tennessee 6–2+51−28Won 51–0 vs. Hawai’i+51Hawai’iWon 13–0 vs. Georgia Tech+13Georgia TechLost 6–27 vs. No. 9 Ole Miss-21No. 9 Ole MissLost 0–8 vs. No. 1 Auburn-8No. 1 AuburnLost 7–32 at No. 9 LSU-25No. 9 LSULost 0–28 at Georgia-28GeorgiaWon 33–12 vs. Mississippi State+21Mississippi Sta…Tied 0–0 vs. Vanderbilt0VanderbiltWon 20–6 vs. Xavier+14XavierWon 6–2 at Tennessee+4Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsHawai’iW 51–⁠091%
Sep 20vsGeorgia TechW 13–⁠047%
Sep 27vs9Ole MissL 6–⁠2732%
Oct 11vs1AuburnL 0–⁠835%
Oct 18at9LSUL 7–⁠3226%
Oct 25atGeorgiaL 0–⁠2846%
Nov 1vsMississippi StateW 33–⁠1242%
Nov 8vsVanderbiltT 0–⁠045%
Nov 15vsXavierW 20–⁠684%
Nov 22atTennesseeW 6–⁠243%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 6–⁠2; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 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 1958.

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
136–⁠115
Coach
Blanton Collier
Elo
1511 +19 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.2 No. 33 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Bobby CravensRBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU6–⁠011–⁠01
Auburn6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠14
Ole Miss3–⁠29–⁠211
Vanderbilt2–⁠1–⁠35–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee4–⁠34–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠114
Georgia Tech2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠63–⁠6

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