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1972 Kentucky

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Ray.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1972, game by game: won vs. Villanova 25–7; lost at No. 7 Alabama 0–35; lost vs. Indiana 34–35; won vs. Mississippi State 17–13; lost at North Carolina 20–31; lost at No. 7 LSU 0–10; lost vs. Georgia 7–13; lost at Tulane 7–18; won vs. Vanderbilt 14–13; lost at Florida 0–40; lost at No. 12 Tennessee 7–17+18−40Won 25–7 vs. Villanova+18VillanovaLost 0–35 at No. 7 Alabama-35No. 7 AlabamaLost 34–35 vs. Indiana-1IndianaWon 17–13 vs. Mississippi State+4Mississippi Sta…Lost 20–31 at North Carolina-11North CarolinaLost 0–10 at No. 7 LSU-10No. 7 LSULost 7–13 vs. Georgia-6GeorgiaLost 7–18 at Tulane-11TulaneWon 14–13 vs. Vanderbilt+1VanderbiltLost 0–40 at Florida-40FloridaLost 7–17 at No. 12 Tennessee-10No. 12 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsVillanovaW 25–⁠746%
Sep 23at7AlabamaL 0–⁠3515%
Sep 30vsIndianaL 34–⁠3562%
Oct 7vsMississippi StateW 17–⁠1360%
Oct 14atNorth CarolinaL 20–⁠3124%
Oct 21at7LSUL 0–⁠1012%
Oct 28vsGeorgiaL 7–⁠1330%
Nov 4atTulaneL 7–⁠1833%
Nov 11vsVanderbiltW 14–⁠1355%
Nov 18atFloridaL 0–⁠4023%
Nov 25at12TennesseeL 7–⁠179%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 17–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 109th-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 1972.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠232
Coach
John Ray
Elo
1383 −29 this season
SP+ rating
-0.3 No. 67 of 121; offense No. 95, defense No. 36
SRS
2.0 No. 56 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Darryl BishopDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠15
LSU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠111
Tennessee4–⁠210–⁠28
Georgia4–⁠37–⁠4
Florida3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State1–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠63–⁠8

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