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1986 Kentucky

5–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jerry Claiborne.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1986, game by game: tied vs. Rutgers 16–16; won vs. Kent State 37–12; won at Cincinnati 37–20; won vs. Southern Miss 32–0; lost at Ole Miss 13–33; lost vs. No. 12 LSU 16–25; lost vs. Georgia 9–31; lost at Virginia Tech 15–17; won vs. Vanderbilt 34–22; won vs. Florida 10–3; lost at Tennessee 9–28+32−22Tied 16–16 vs. Rutgers0RutgersWon 37–12 vs. Kent State+25Kent StateWon 37–20 at Cincinnati+17CincinnatiWon 32–0 vs. Southern Miss+32Southern MissLost 13–33 at Ole Miss-20Ole MissLost 16–25 vs. No. 12 LSU-9No. 12 LSULost 9–31 vs. Georgia-22GeorgiaLost 15–17 at Virginia Tech-2Virginia TechWon 34–22 vs. Vanderbilt+12VanderbiltWon 10–3 vs. Florida+7FloridaLost 9–28 at Tennessee-19Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsRutgersT 16–⁠1664%
Sep 20vsKent StateW 37–⁠1275%
Sep 27atCincinnatiW 37–⁠2050%
Oct 4vsSouthern MissW 32–⁠063%
Oct 11atOle MissL 13–⁠3353%
Oct 18vs12LSUL 16–⁠2543%
Oct 25vsGeorgiaL 9–⁠3144%
Nov 1atVirginia TechL 15–⁠1731%
Nov 8vsVanderbiltW 34–⁠2275%
Nov 15vsFloridaW 10–⁠337%
Nov 22atTennesseeL 9–⁠2832%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

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

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
228–⁠207
Coach
Jerry Claiborne
Elo
1502 +2 this season
SP+ rating
3.7 No. 47 of 101; offense No. 64, defense No. 32
SRS
3.1 No. 42 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 5Marc Logan RBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 5Tony Mayes DBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Joe WorleyKAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠19–⁠310
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠26
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠39
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Florida2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10

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