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1959 Kentucky

4–⁠6 (1–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Blanton Collier.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1959, game by game: lost vs. Georgia Tech 12–14; lost vs. No. 4 Ole Miss 0–16; won at Detroit Mercy 32–7; lost at No. 14 Auburn 0–33; lost vs. No. 1 LSU 0–9; lost vs. Georgia 7–14; won at Miami 22–3; lost at Vanderbilt 6–11; won vs. Xavier 41–0; won vs. No. 20 Tennessee 20–0+41−33Lost 12–14 vs. Georgia Tech-2Georgia TechLost 0–16 vs. No. 4 Ole Miss-16No. 4 Ole MissWon 32–7 at Detroit Mercy+25Detroit MercyLost 0–33 at No. 14 Auburn-33No. 14 AuburnLost 0–9 vs. No. 1 LSU-9No. 1 LSULost 7–14 vs. Georgia-7GeorgiaWon 22–3 at Miami+19MiamiLost 6–11 at Vanderbilt-5VanderbiltWon 41–0 vs. Xavier+41XavierWon 20–0 vs. No. 20 Tennessee+20No. 20 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsGeorgia TechL 12–⁠1456%
Sep 26vs4Ole MissL 0–⁠1634%
Oct 2atDetroit MercyW 32–⁠739%
Oct 10at14AuburnL 0–⁠3326%
Oct 17vs1LSUL 0–⁠930%
Oct 24vsGeorgiaL 7–⁠1448%
Oct 30atMiamiW 22–⁠341%
Nov 7atVanderbiltL 6–⁠1143%
Nov 14vsXavierW 41–⁠082%
Nov 21vs20TennesseeW 20–⁠050%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 38th-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 1959.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
140–⁠107
Coach
Blanton Collier
Elo
1532 +24 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.9 No. 15 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia7–⁠010–⁠15
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠12
LSU5–⁠19–⁠23
Alabama4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠210
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠119
Kentucky1–⁠64–⁠6
Tulane0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠72–⁠7

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