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1995 Kentucky

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Curry.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1995, game by game: lost vs. Louisville 10–13; lost vs. No. 5 Florida 7–42; won at Indiana 17–10; won at South Carolina 35–30; lost vs. No. 13 Auburn 21–42; won vs. LSU 24–16; lost at Georgia 3–12; lost at Mississippi State 32–42; lost at Vanderbilt 10–14; won vs. Cincinnati 33–14; lost vs. No. 4 Tennessee 31–34+19−35Lost 10–13 vs. Louisville-3LouisvilleLost 7–42 vs. No. 5 Florida-35No. 5 FloridaWon 17–10 at Indiana+7IndianaWon 35–30 at South Carolina+5South CarolinaLost 21–42 vs. No. 13 Auburn-21No. 13 AuburnWon 24–16 vs. LSU+8LSULost 3–12 at Georgia-9GeorgiaLost 32–42 at Mississippi State-10Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–14 at Vanderbilt-4VanderbiltWon 33–14 vs. Cincinnati+19CincinnatiLost 31–34 vs. No. 4 Tennessee-3No. 4 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsLouisvilleL 10–⁠1334%
Sep 9vs5FloridaL 7–⁠4218%
Sep 16atIndianaW 17–⁠1020%
Sep 23atSouth CarolinaW 35–⁠3028%
Sep 30vs13AuburnL 21–⁠4228%
Oct 14vsLSUW 24–⁠1637%
Oct 21atGeorgiaL 3–⁠1227%
Oct 28atMississippi StateL 32–⁠4238%
Nov 4atVanderbiltL 10–⁠1450%
Nov 11vsCincinnatiW 33–⁠1440%
Nov 18vs4TennesseeL 31–⁠3417%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 34–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 101st-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 1995.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
223–⁠269
Coach
Bill Curry
Elo
1418 +45 this season
SP+ rating
4.9 No. 51 of 107; offense No. 61, defense No. 38
SRS
2.1 No. 49 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Elliot Uzelac
Defensive coordinator
Mike Archer
Captains
Barry Jones, Mike Schlegel, David Snardon and James Tucker
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 3Moe Williams RBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 7Reggie Rusk DBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida8–⁠012–⁠12
Tennessee7–⁠111–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama5–⁠38–⁠321
Auburn5–⁠38–⁠422
LSU4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠56–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠56–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠64–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9

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