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1969 Kentucky

2–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Ray.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1969, game by game: lost vs. No. 14 Indiana 30–58; won vs. No. 8 Ole Miss 10–9; lost at Auburn 3–44; won at Virginia Tech 7–6; lost vs. No. 9 LSU 10–37; lost at No. 13 Georgia 0–30; lost vs. West Virginia 6–7; lost at Vanderbilt 6–42; lost at No. 15 Florida 6–31; lost vs. No. 9 Tennessee 26–31+7−41Lost 30–58 vs. No. 14 Indiana-28No. 14 IndianaWon 10–9 vs. No. 8 Ole Miss+1No. 8 Ole MissLost 3–44 at Auburn-41AuburnWon 7–6 at Virginia Tech+1Virginia TechLost 10–37 vs. No. 9 LSU-27No. 9 LSULost 0–30 at No. 13 Georgia-30No. 13 GeorgiaLost 6–7 vs. West Virginia-1West VirginiaLost 6–42 at Vanderbilt-36VanderbiltLost 6–31 at No. 15 Florida-25No. 15 FloridaLost 26–31 vs. No. 9 Tennessee-5No. 9 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs14IndianaL 30–⁠5849%
Sep 27vs8Ole MissW 10–⁠932%
Oct 4atAuburnL 3–⁠4422%
Oct 11atVirginia TechW 7–⁠629%
Oct 18vs9LSUL 10–⁠3725%
Oct 25at13GeorgiaL 0–⁠3013%
Nov 1vsWest VirginiaL 6–⁠730%
Nov 8atVanderbiltL 6–⁠4236%
Nov 15at15FloridaL 6–⁠3115%
Nov 22vs9TennesseeL 26–⁠3115%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 31–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
104–⁠295
Coach
John Ray
Elo
1351 −92 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.5 No. 72 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dennis Fitzgerald

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Dave RollerDT

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠215
LSU4–⁠19–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠320
Florida3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠38
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt2–⁠34–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠53–⁠7

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