1993 Kentucky

6–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Curry.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1993, game by game: won vs. Kent State 35–0; lost vs. No. 7 Florida 20–24; lost at Indiana 8–24; won at South Carolina 21–17; won vs. Ole Miss 21–0; won vs. LSU 35–17; lost at Georgia 28–33; won at Mississippi State 26–17; lost at Vanderbilt 7–12; won vs. East Carolina 6–3; lost vs. No. 7 Tennessee 0–48; lost vs. No. 24 Clemson 13–14+35−48Won 35–0 vs. Kent State+35Kent StateLost 20–24 vs. No. 7 Florida-4No. 7 FloridaLost 8–24 at Indiana-16IndianaWon 21–17 at South Carolina+4South CarolinaWon 21–0 vs. Ole Miss+21Ole MissWon 35–17 vs. LSU+18LSULost 28–33 at Georgia-5GeorgiaWon 26–17 at Mississippi State+9Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–12 at Vanderbilt-5VanderbiltWon 6–3 vs. East Carolina+3East CarolinaLost 0–48 vs. No. 7 Tennessee-48No. 7 TennesseeLost 13–14 vs. No. 24 Clemson-1No. 24 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsKent StateW 35–⁠070%
Sep 11vs7FloridaL 20–⁠2432%
Sep 18atIndianaL 8–⁠2429%
Sep 23atSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠1727%
Oct 2vsOle MissW 21–⁠034%
Oct 16vsLSUW 35–⁠1768%
Oct 23atGeorgiaL 28–⁠3330%
Oct 30atMississippi StateW 26–⁠1741%
Nov 6atVanderbiltL 7–⁠1258%
Nov 13vsEast CarolinaW 6–⁠376%
Nov 20vs7TennesseeL 0–⁠4828%
Dec 31vs24ClemsonPeach BowlL 13–⁠1437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 14–⁠13 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 70th-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 1993.

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
220–⁠209
Coach
Bill Curry
Elo
1483 +59 this season
SP+ rating
5.6 No. 42 of 105; offense No. 77, defense No. 16
SRS
3.5 No. 41 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Daryl Dickey
Defensive coordinator
Mike Archer
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 6Terry Samuels TEArizona Cardinals
Rd 7Zane Beehn LBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 7Marty Moore LBNew England Patriots

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Marty MooreLBAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Marcus JenkinsSAP-2; Coaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn8–⁠011–⁠04
Florida7–⁠111–⁠25
Tennessee6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Alabama5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠114
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠55–⁠6
LSU3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Georgia2–⁠65–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠74–⁠7

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