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1990 Kentucky

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Curry.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1990, game by game: won vs. Central Michigan 20–17; lost at Rutgers 8–24; lost vs. Indiana 24–45; lost at North Carolina 13–16; lost at Ole Miss 29–35; won vs. Mississippi State 17–15; lost at LSU 20–30; won vs. Georgia 26–24; won vs. Vanderbilt 28–21; lost vs. No. 6 Florida 15–47; lost at No. 14 Tennessee 28–42+7−32Won 20–17 vs. Central Michigan+3Central MichiganLost 8–24 at Rutgers-16RutgersLost 24–45 vs. Indiana-21IndianaLost 13–16 at North Carolina-3North CarolinaLost 29–35 at Ole Miss-6Ole MissWon 17–15 vs. Mississippi State+2Mississippi Sta…Lost 20–30 at LSU-10LSUWon 26–24 vs. Georgia+2GeorgiaWon 28–21 vs. Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltLost 15–47 vs. No. 6 Florida-32No. 6 FloridaLost 28–42 at No. 14 Tennessee-14No. 14 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsCentral MichiganW 20–⁠1759%
Sep 8atRutgersL 8–⁠2454%
Sep 15vsIndianaL 24–⁠4552%
Sep 22atNorth CarolinaL 13–⁠1649%
Oct 6atOle MissL 29–⁠3526%
Oct 13vsMississippi StateW 17–⁠1553%
Oct 20atLSUL 20–⁠3028%
Oct 27vsGeorgiaW 26–⁠2444%
Nov 10vsVanderbiltW 28–⁠2173%
Nov 17vs6FloridaL 15–⁠4726%
Nov 24at14TennesseeL 28–⁠4214%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 42–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

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 1990.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
228–⁠316
Coach
Bill Curry
Elo
1422 −77 this season
SP+ rating
-10.8 No. 82 of 104; offense No. 72, defense No. 81
SRS
−8.6 No. 79 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tommy Bowden
Defensive coordinator
Larry New
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Randy HolleranLBC; AP-1

Second team

  • Rodney JacksonTEAP-2
  • Joel MazzellaOGAP-2
  • Al BakerRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida6–⁠19–⁠213
Tennessee5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠28
Ole Miss5–⁠29–⁠321
Alabama5–⁠27–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠119
Kentucky3–⁠44–⁠7
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠10

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