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1970 Kentucky

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Ray.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1970, game by game: lost at North Carolina 10–20; won vs. No. 13 Kansas State 16–3; lost at No. 5 Ole Miss 17–20; lost vs. No. 12 Auburn 15–33; lost vs. Utah State 6–35; lost at No. 15 LSU 7–14; lost vs. Georgia 3–19; won vs. NC State 27–2; lost vs. Vanderbilt 17–18; lost at Florida 13–24; lost at No. 8 Tennessee 0–45+25−45Lost 10–20 at North Carolina-10North CarolinaWon 16–3 vs. No. 13 Kansas State+13No. 13 Kansas StateLost 17–20 at No. 5 Ole Miss-3No. 5 Ole MissLost 15–33 vs. No. 12 Auburn-18No. 12 AuburnLost 6–35 vs. Utah State-29Utah StateLost 7–14 at No. 15 LSU-7No. 15 LSULost 3–19 vs. Georgia-16GeorgiaWon 27–2 vs. NC State+25NC StateLost 17–18 vs. Vanderbilt-1VanderbiltLost 13–24 at Florida-11FloridaLost 0–45 at No. 8 Tennessee-45No. 8 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atNorth CarolinaL 10–⁠2032%
Sep 19vs13Kansas StateW 16–⁠335%
Sep 26at5Ole MissL 17–⁠2015%
Oct 3vs12AuburnL 15–⁠3326%
Oct 10vsUtah StateL 6–⁠3547%
Oct 17at15LSUL 7–⁠1413%
Oct 24vsGeorgiaL 3–⁠1932%
Oct 31vsNC StateW 27–⁠245%
Nov 7vsVanderbiltL 17–⁠1856%
Nov 14atFloridaL 13–⁠2418%
Nov 21at8TennesseeL 0–⁠459%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 45–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 115th-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 1970.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠233
Coach
John Ray
Elo
1366 −35 this season
SP+ rating
0.4 No. 67 of 117; offense No. 94, defense No. 26
SRS
1.4 No. 57 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dennis Fitzgerald

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 6David Hardt TENew England Patriots

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Dave RollerDTAP-1; UPI

Second team

  • Dave HardtDEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠37
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Auburn5–⁠29–⁠210
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠420
Florida3–⁠37–⁠4
Georgia3–⁠35–⁠5
Mississippi State3–⁠46–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠72–⁠9

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