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1980 Kentucky

3–⁠8 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Fran Curci.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1980, game by game: won vs. Utah State 17–10; lost at No. 4 Oklahoma 7–29; lost vs. Indiana 30–36; won vs. Bowling Green 21–20; lost at No. 1 Alabama 0–45; lost vs. LSU 10–17; lost vs. No. 5 Georgia 0–27; lost at Tulane 22–24; won vs. Vanderbilt 31–10; lost vs. No. 20 Florida 15–17; lost at Tennessee 14–45+21−45Won 17–10 vs. Utah State+7Utah StateLost 7–29 at No. 4 Oklahoma-22No. 4 OklahomaLost 30–36 vs. Indiana-6IndianaWon 21–20 vs. Bowling Green+1Bowling GreenLost 0–45 at No. 1 Alabama-45No. 1 AlabamaLost 10–17 vs. LSU-7LSULost 0–27 vs. No. 5 Georgia-27No. 5 GeorgiaLost 22–24 at Tulane-2TulaneWon 31–10 vs. Vanderbilt+21VanderbiltLost 15–17 vs. No. 20 Florida-2No. 20 FloridaLost 14–45 at Tennessee-31Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsUtah StateW 17–⁠1058%
Sep 13at4OklahomaL 7–⁠2923%
Sep 20vsIndianaL 30–⁠3662%
Sep 27vsBowling GreenW 21–⁠2073%
Oct 3at1AlabamaL 0–⁠4515%
Oct 18vsLSUL 10–⁠1747%
Oct 25vs5GeorgiaL 0–⁠2737%
Nov 1atTulaneL 22–⁠2428%
Nov 8vsVanderbiltW 31–⁠1077%
Nov 15vs20FloridaL 15–⁠1747%
Nov 22atTennesseeL 14–⁠4535%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 45–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
167–⁠280
Coach
Fran Curci
Elo
1428 −97 this season
SP+ rating
-3.5 No. 85 of 133; offense No. 82, defense No. 75
SRS
−1.1 No. 74 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Ken RoarkCAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠012–⁠01
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠26
Mississippi State5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida4–⁠28–⁠4
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠35–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠53–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠53–⁠8
Auburn0–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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