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1964 Kentucky

5–⁠5 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Bradshaw.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1964, game by game: won vs. Detroit Mercy 13–6; won at No. 1 Ole Miss 27–21; won vs. No. 7 Auburn 20–0; lost at Florida State 6–48; lost vs. No. 9 LSU 7–27; lost at Georgia 7–21; lost at West Virginia 21–26; won vs. Vanderbilt 22–21; lost vs. Baylor 15–17; won at Tennessee 12–7+20−42Won 13–6 vs. Detroit Mercy+7Detroit MercyWon 27–21 at No. 1 Ole Miss+6No. 1 Ole MissWon 20–0 vs. No. 7 Auburn+20No. 7 AuburnLost 6–48 at Florida State-42Florida StateLost 7–27 vs. No. 9 LSU-20No. 9 LSULost 7–21 at Georgia-14GeorgiaLost 21–26 at West Virginia-5West VirginiaWon 22–21 vs. Vanderbilt+1VanderbiltLost 15–17 vs. Baylor-2BaylorWon 12–7 at Tennessee+5Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsDetroit MercyW 13–⁠669%
Sep 26at1Ole MissW 27–⁠2118%
Oct 3vs7AuburnW 20–⁠043%
Oct 10atFlorida StateL 6–⁠4840%
Oct 17vs9LSUL 7–⁠2742%
Oct 24atGeorgiaL 7–⁠2142%
Oct 31atWest VirginiaL 21–⁠2644%
Nov 7vsVanderbiltW 22–⁠2165%
Nov 14vsBaylorL 15–⁠1751%
Nov 21atTennesseeW 12–⁠733%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 12–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 5

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 1964.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 5
Points
150–⁠194
Coach
Charley Bradshaw
Elo
1485 +11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.5 No. 63 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠010–⁠11
Florida4–⁠27–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠25–⁠5
LSU4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠17
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Ole Miss2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tennessee1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠43–⁠7

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