1979 Kentucky

5–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Fran Curci. Share

Schedule and results

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 15	vsMiami (OH)	L 14–⁠15	48%
Sep 22	atIndiana	L 10–⁠18	47%
Sep 29	vsMaryland	W 14–⁠7	37%
Oct 6	atWest Virginia	L 6–⁠10	67%
Oct 13	vsOle Miss	W 14–⁠3	67%
Oct 20	atLSU	L 19–⁠23	34%
Oct 27	atGeorgia	L 6–⁠20	35%
Nov 3	vsBowling Green	W 20–⁠14	70%
Nov 10	atVanderbilt	W 29–⁠10	72%
Nov 17	atFlorida	W 31–⁠3	61%
Nov 24	vsTennessee	L 17–⁠20	59%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

1 first team, 3 second team

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Alabama	6–⁠0	12–⁠0	1
Georgia	5–⁠1	6–⁠5
Auburn	4–⁠2	8–⁠3	16
LSU	4–⁠2	7–⁠5
Tennessee	3–⁠3	7–⁠5
Kentucky	3–⁠3	5–⁠6
Ole Miss	3–⁠3	4–⁠7
Mississippi State	2–⁠4	3–⁠8
Vanderbilt	0–⁠6	1–⁠10
Florida	0–⁠6	0–⁠10–⁠1

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