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1991 Kentucky

3–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Curry.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1991, game by game: won vs. Miami (OH) 23–20; lost at Indiana 10–13; won vs. Kent State 24–6; lost vs. Ole Miss 14–35; lost at Mississippi State 6–31; lost vs. LSU 26–29; lost at No. 24 Georgia 27–49; won vs. Cincinnati 20–17; lost at Vanderbilt 7–17; lost at No. 5 Florida 26–35; lost vs. No. 10 Tennessee 7–16+18−25Won 23–20 vs. Miami (OH)+3Miami (OH)Lost 10–13 at Indiana-3IndianaWon 24–6 vs. Kent State+18Kent StateLost 14–35 vs. Ole Miss-21Ole MissLost 6–31 at Mississippi State-25Mississippi Sta…Lost 26–29 vs. LSU-3LSULost 27–49 at No. 24 Georgia-22No. 24 GeorgiaWon 20–17 vs. Cincinnati+3CincinnatiLost 7–17 at Vanderbilt-10VanderbiltLost 26–35 at No. 5 Florida-9No. 5 FloridaLost 7–16 vs. No. 10 Tennessee-9No. 10 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsMiami (OH)W 23–⁠2056%
Sep 21atIndianaL 10–⁠1337%
Sep 28vsKent StateW 24–⁠674%
Oct 5vsOle MissL 14–⁠3537%
Oct 12atMississippi StateL 6–⁠3132%
Oct 19vsLSUL 26–⁠2953%
Oct 26at24GeorgiaL 27–⁠4922%
Nov 2vsCincinnatiW 20–⁠1758%
Nov 9atVanderbiltL 7–⁠1742%
Nov 16at5FloridaL 26–⁠358%
Nov 23vs10TennesseeL 7–⁠1619%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 16–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 110th-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 1991.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
190–⁠268
Coach
Bill Curry
Elo
1376 −72 this season
SP+ rating
-3.7 No. 67 of 104; offense No. 71, defense No. 58
SRS
−4.8 No. 66 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rick Rhoades
Defensive coordinator
Larry New
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Doug PelfreyKAP-1

Second team

  • Joey CouchDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida7–⁠010–⁠27
Alabama6–⁠111–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠29–⁠314
Georgia4–⁠39–⁠317
Mississippi State4–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠6
LSU3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠55–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠65–⁠6
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠8

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