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1968 Kentucky

3–⁠7 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Bradshaw.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1968, game by game: won vs. Missouri 12–6; lost at Ole Miss 14–30; lost vs. Auburn 7–26; won vs. No. 20 Oregon State 35–34; lost at No. 20 LSU 3–13; lost vs. No. 8 Georgia 14–35; won at West Virginia 35–16; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–6; lost vs. Florida 14–16; lost at No. 8 Tennessee 7–24+19−21Won 12–6 vs. Missouri+6MissouriLost 14–30 at Ole Miss-16Ole MissLost 7–26 vs. Auburn-19AuburnWon 35–34 vs. No. 20 Oregon State+1No. 20 Oregon StateLost 3–13 at No. 20 LSU-10No. 20 LSULost 14–35 vs. No. 8 Georgia-21No. 8 GeorgiaWon 35–16 at West Virginia+19West VirginiaLost 0–6 vs. Vanderbilt-6VanderbiltLost 14–16 vs. Florida-2FloridaLost 7–24 at No. 8 Tennessee-17No. 8 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsMissouriW 12–⁠641%
Sep 28atOle MissL 14–⁠3024%
Oct 5vsAuburnL 7–⁠2646%
Oct 12vs20Oregon StateW 35–⁠3433%
Oct 19at20LSUL 3–⁠1321%
Oct 26vs8GeorgiaL 14–⁠3525%
Nov 2atWest VirginiaW 35–⁠1628%
Nov 9vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠659%
Nov 16vsFloridaL 14–⁠1646%
Nov 23at8TennesseeL 7–⁠2413%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 103rd-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 1968.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
141–⁠206
Coach
Charley Bradshaw
Elo
1416 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.2 No. 39 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 4Dicky Lyons DBAtlanta Falcons

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dick PalmerDEAP-2
  • Dave RollerMGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠28
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠113
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠317
Auburn4–⁠27–⁠416
Ole Miss3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
LSU2–⁠28–⁠319
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠4–⁠10–⁠8–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠7

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