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1977 Kentucky

10–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Fran Curci, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1977, game by game: won vs. North Carolina 10–7; lost at Baylor 6–21; won vs. No. 17 West Virginia 28–13; won at No. 4 Penn State 24–20; won vs. Mississippi State 23–7; won at No. 16 LSU 33–13; won at Georgia 33–0; won vs. Virginia Tech 32–0; won at Vanderbilt 28–6; won at Florida 14–7; won vs. Tennessee 21–17+33−15Won 10–7 vs. North Carolina+3North CarolinaLost 6–21 at Baylor-15BaylorWon 28–13 vs. No. 17 West Virginia+15No. 17 West VirginiaWon 24–20 at No. 4 Penn State+4No. 4 Penn StateWon 23–7 vs. Mississippi State+16Mississippi Sta…Won 33–13 at No. 16 LSU+20No. 16 LSUWon 33–0 at Georgia+33GeorgiaWon 32–0 vs. Virginia Tech+32Virginia TechWon 28–6 at Vanderbilt+22VanderbiltWon 14–7 at Florida+7FloridaWon 21–17 vs. Tennessee+4Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsNorth CarolinaW 10–⁠767%
Sep 17atBaylorL 6–⁠2151%
Sep 24vs17West VirginiaW 28–⁠1355%
Oct 1at4Penn StateW 24–⁠2029%
Oct 8vsMississippi StateW 23–⁠756%
Oct 15at16LSUW 33–⁠1347%
Oct 22atGeorgiaW 33–⁠043%
Oct 29vsVirginia TechW 32–⁠085%
Nov 5atVanderbiltW 28–⁠685%
Nov 12atFloridaW 14–⁠762%
Nov 19vsTennesseeW 21–⁠1786%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 21–⁠17; No. 6 in the final AP poll; tied for first in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 16
  2. Wk 6: 12
  3. Wk 7: 8
  4. Wk 8: 7
  5. Wk 9: 7
  6. Wk 10: 7
  7. Wk 11: 7
  8. Wk 12: 7
  9. Wk 13: 7
  10. Final: 6

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 1977.

Consensus All-AmericanArt Still, DE

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 shared first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 6
Points
252–⁠111
Coach
Fran Curci
Elo
1736 +164 this season
SP+ rating
23.6 No. 9 of 140; offense No. 32, defense No. 1
SRS
21.8 No. 10 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Perry Moss
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Bailey

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Art Still DEKansas City Chiefs
Rd 5Derrick Ramsey TEOakland Raiders

All-SEC

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dave TrosperWRAP-2
  • Jerry BlantonDTAP-2
  • Richard JaffeMGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠12
Kentucky6–⁠010–⁠16
LSU4–⁠28–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠25–⁠6
Florida3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠6
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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