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1965 Kentucky

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Bradshaw.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1965, game by game: won at Missouri 7–0; won vs. Ole Miss 16–7; lost at Auburn 18–23; won vs. Florida State 26–24; lost at LSU 21–31; won vs. No. 10 Georgia 28–10; won vs. West Virginia 28–8; won at Vanderbilt 34–0; lost at Houston 21–38; lost vs. Tennessee 3–19+34−17Won 7–0 at Missouri+7MissouriWon 16–7 vs. Ole Miss+9Ole MissLost 18–23 at Auburn-5AuburnWon 26–24 vs. Florida State+2Florida StateLost 21–31 at LSU-10LSUWon 28–10 vs. No. 10 Georgia+18No. 10 GeorgiaWon 28–8 vs. West Virginia+20West VirginiaWon 34–0 at Vanderbilt+34VanderbiltLost 21–38 at Houston-17HoustonLost 3–19 vs. Tennessee-16Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atMissouriW 7–⁠030%
Sep 25vsOle MissW 16–⁠744%
Oct 2atAuburnL 18–⁠2344%
Oct 9vsFlorida StateW 26–⁠2448%
Oct 16atLSUL 21–⁠3132%
Oct 23vs10GeorgiaW 28–⁠1046%
Oct 30vsWest VirginiaW 28–⁠866%
Nov 6atVanderbiltW 34–⁠061%
Nov 13atHoustonL 21–⁠3867%
Nov 20vsTennesseeL 3–⁠1958%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 19–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 10
  2. Wk 3: 6
  3. Wk 8: 10
  4. Wk 9: 10

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 1965.

Led the nationLarry Seiple: yards per catch (23.5)

Consensus All-AmericanSam Ball, OT

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
202–⁠160
Coach
Charley Bradshaw
Elo
1534 +44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.0 No. 15 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Sam Ball and Rick Norton

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 1Sam Ball OTBaltimore Colts
Rd 2Bob Windsor TESan Francisco 49ers
Rd 2Rick Norton QBCleveland Browns
Rd 3Rick Kestner WRBaltimore Colts
Rd 5Doug Davis OTMinnesota Vikings

All-SEC

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠11
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Ole Miss5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee2–⁠1–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
LSU3–⁠38–⁠38
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8

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