1945 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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American college football season

1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 15 LSU 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Auburn 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Tulane 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1945 college football season.[1] The team was led by first-year head coach Bernie Shively.

Schedule[edit]

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source
September 21 vs. Ole Miss L 7–21
September 29 Cincinnati* W 13–7
October 6 at Michigan State* L 6–7
October 13 Georgia
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
 L 6–48
October 20 at Vanderbilt L 6–19
October 27 at Cincinnati L 7–16
November 3 vs. No. 4 Alabama L 19–60 [2]
November 10 at West Virginia* W 19–6
November 17 Marquette*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
 L 13–19 8,000
November 24 No. 14 Tennessee L 0–14 [3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “1945 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results”.

  2. ^ “Bama’s running game routs Kentucky Wildcats in 60–19 scoring parade”. The Tuscaloosa News. November 4, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved September 5, 2012 – via Google News Archives.
  3. ^ “Hard-pressed Tennessee scores twice in second half to win over Kentucky, 14 to 0”. The Paducah Sun-Democrat. November 25, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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