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1975 Kentucky

2–⁠8–⁠1 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Fran Curci.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1975, game by game: won vs. Virginia Tech 27–8; lost vs. Kansas 10–14; tied vs. No. 20 Maryland 10–10; lost at No. 10 Penn State 3–10; lost vs. Auburn 9–15; lost at LSU 14–17; lost at Georgia 13–21; won vs. Tulane 23–10; lost at Vanderbilt 3–13; lost at No. 14 Florida 7–48; lost vs. Tennessee 13–17+19−41Won 27–8 vs. Virginia Tech+19Virginia TechLost 10–14 vs. Kansas-4KansasTied 10–10 vs. No. 20 Maryland0No. 20 MarylandLost 3–10 at No. 10 Penn State-7No. 10 Penn StateLost 9–15 vs. Auburn-6AuburnLost 14–17 at LSU-3LSULost 13–21 at Georgia-8GeorgiaWon 23–10 vs. Tulane+13TulaneLost 3–13 at Vanderbilt-10VanderbiltLost 7–48 at No. 14 Florida-41No. 14 FloridaLost 13–17 vs. Tennessee-4Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsVirginia TechW 27–⁠867%
Sep 20vsKansasL 10–⁠1472%
Sep 27vs20MarylandT 10–⁠1048%
Oct 4at10Penn StateL 3–⁠1024%
Oct 11vsAuburnL 9–⁠1558%
Oct 18atLSUL 14–⁠1747%
Oct 25atGeorgiaL 13–⁠2131%
Nov 1vsTulaneW 23–⁠1061%
Nov 8atVanderbiltL 3–⁠1349%
Nov 15at14FloridaL 7–⁠4819%
Nov 22vsTennesseeL 13–⁠1745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 17–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 82nd-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 1975.

Record
2–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠183
Coach
Fran Curci
Elo
1458 −94 this season
SP+ rating
6.5 No. 51 of 132; offense No. 100, defense No. 19
SRS
4.3 No. 52 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jon Mirilovich
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Bailey

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 2Sonny Collins RBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 5Wally Pesuit OTDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida5–⁠19–⁠3
Ole Miss5–⁠16–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
LSU1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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