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1982 Kentucky

0–⁠10–⁠1 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jerry Claiborne.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1982, game by game: lost at Kansas State 9–23; lost vs. Oklahoma 8–29; tied vs. Kansas 13–13; lost at Clemson 6–24; lost at Auburn 3–18; lost vs. No. 16 LSU 10–34; lost vs. No. 3 Georgia 14–27; lost at Virginia Tech 3–29; lost vs. Vanderbilt 10–23; lost vs. Florida 13–39; lost at Tennessee 7–28+7−26Lost 9–23 at Kansas State-14Kansas StateLost 8–29 vs. Oklahoma-21OklahomaTied 13–13 vs. Kansas0KansasLost 6–24 at Clemson-18ClemsonLost 3–18 at Auburn-15AuburnLost 10–34 vs. No. 16 LSU-24No. 16 LSULost 14–27 vs. No. 3 Georgia-13No. 3 GeorgiaLost 3–29 at Virginia Tech-26Virginia TechLost 10–23 vs. Vanderbilt-13VanderbiltLost 13–39 vs. Florida-26FloridaLost 7–28 at Tennessee-21Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atKansas StateL 9–⁠2349%
Sep 18vsOklahomaL 8–⁠2934%
Sep 25vsKansasT 13–⁠1341%
Oct 2atClemsonL 6–⁠2415%
Oct 9atAuburnL 3–⁠1824%
Oct 16vs16LSUL 10–⁠3436%
Oct 23vs3GeorgiaL 14–⁠2714%
Oct 30atVirginia TechL 3–⁠2921%
Nov 6vsVanderbiltL 10–⁠2338%
Nov 13vsFloridaL 13–⁠3924%
Nov 20atTennesseeL 7–⁠2814%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

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

Record
0–⁠10–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
96–⁠287
Coach
Jerry Claiborne
Elo
1299 −146 this season
SP+ rating
-11.8 No. 88 of 109; offense No. 101, defense No. 62
SRS
−7.1 No. 76 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Offense
I-formation
Defense
Wide-Tackle Six

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Andy MollsDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠011–⁠14
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠111
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠314
Vanderbilt4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠38–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠38–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss0–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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