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1962 Kentucky

3–⁠5–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Bradshaw.

Kentucky's "Thin Thirty" starting line-up, September 22, 1962
Kentucky’s “Thin Thirty” starting line-up, September 22, 1962Photo: Red Hill, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1962, game by game: tied vs. Florida State 0–0; lost at No. 7 Ole Miss 0–14; lost vs. Auburn 6–16; won at Detroit Mercy 27–8; lost vs. No. 4 LSU 0–7; tied at Georgia 7–7; lost at Miami 17–25; won vs. Vanderbilt 7–0; lost vs. Xavier 9–14; won at Tennessee 12–10+19−14Tied 0–0 vs. Florida State0Florida StateLost 0–14 at No. 7 Ole Miss-14No. 7 Ole MissLost 6–16 vs. Auburn-10AuburnWon 27–8 at Detroit Mercy+19Detroit MercyLost 0–7 vs. No. 4 LSU-7No. 4 LSUTied 7–7 at Georgia0GeorgiaLost 17–25 at Miami-8MiamiWon 7–0 vs. Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltLost 9–14 vs. Xavier-5XavierWon 12–10 at Tennessee+2Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsFlorida StateT 0–⁠062%
Sep 29at7Ole MissL 0–⁠1422%
Oct 6vsAuburnL 6–⁠1648%
Oct 12atDetroit MercyW 27–⁠851%
Oct 20vs4LSUL 0–⁠733%
Oct 27atGeorgiaT 7–⁠747%
Nov 2atMiamiL 17–⁠2528%
Nov 10vsVanderbiltW 7–⁠081%
Nov 17vsXavierL 9–⁠1469%
Nov 24atTennesseeW 12–⁠1036%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 12–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 61st-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 1962.

Record
3–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
85–⁠101
Coach
Charley Bradshaw
Elo
1493 −35 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.7 No. 48 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 1Tom Hutchinson WRCleveland Browns
Rd 2Tom Hutchinson TEBuffalo Bills (AFL)

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠010–⁠03
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠15
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Georgia Tech5–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠3
Kentucky2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Mississippi State2–⁠53–⁠6
Tennessee2–⁠64–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠9
Tulane0–⁠70–⁠10

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