1961 Kentucky
5–5 (2–4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Blanton Collier. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Florida State 20–0Nov 4
By 20 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs Miami | L 7–14 | 65% |
| Sep 30 | vs Ole Miss | L 6–20 | 32% |
| Oct 7 | at Auburn | W 14–12 | 28% |
| Oct 14 | vs Kansas State | W 21–8 | 79% |
| Oct 21 | at LSU | L 14–24 | 30% |
| Oct 28 | at Georgia | L 15–16 | 45% |
| Nov 4 | vs Florida State | W 20–0 | 63% |
| Nov 11 | at Vanderbilt | W 16–3 | 56% |
| Nov 18 | vsXavier | W 9–0 | 69% |
| Nov 25 | vs Tennessee | L 16–26 | 60% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 26–16; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 31st-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 1961.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 2–4 8th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 138–123
- Coach
- Blanton Collier
- Elo
- 1542 −9 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 7.9 No. 35 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1962
The 1962 draft| Rd 1 | Irv Goode OG | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Rd 4 | Irv Goode OG | Dallas Texans (AFL) |
All-SEC
1 first teamFirst team
Tom HutchinsonEAP-1; UPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1961 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alabama | 7–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| LSU | 6–0 | 10–1 | 4 |
| Ole Miss | 5–1 | 9–2 | 5 |
 Georgia Tech | 4–3 | 7–4 | 13 |
| Tennessee | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
 Florida | 3–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Auburn | 3–4 | 6–4 | |
| Kentucky | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| Georgia | 2–5 | 3–7 | |
 Mississippi State | 1–5 | 5–5 | |
 Tulane | 1–5 | 2–8 | |
| Vanderbilt | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.