1944 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1944 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1945 →
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0 8 3 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 0 1 7 1 1
Georgia 4 2 0 7 3 0
Alabama 3 1 2 5 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0 6 2 0
LSU 2 3 1 2 5 1
Ole Miss 2 3 0 2 6 0
Tulane 1 2 0 4 3 0
Kentucky 1 5 0 3 6 0
Florida 0 3 0 4 3 0
Auburn 0 4 0 4 4 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 3 0 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1944 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Ole MissW 27–7[2]
September 30at Tennessee L 13–2615,000 [3]
October 7Michigan State*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–210,000[4]
October 13at GeorgiaL 12–13[5]
October 20VMI*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 26–28,000[6]
October 27at AlabamaL 0–4116,000[7]
November 4at No. 18 Mississippi StateL 0–26[8]
November 18West Virginia*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 40–9[9]
November 25 No. 15 Tennessee
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 7–21[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1944 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Second-quarter spree gives Kentucky 27–7 win over Ole Miss". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. September 24, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vols open 1944 gridiron campaign with 26–13 win over Cats". The Knoxville Journal. October 1, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Spartans Score Safety to Squeeze Out a 2-0 Victory Over Kentucky". Detroit Free Press. October 8, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia 4th-quarter rally beats Kentucky, 13 to 12". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wildcats trim scrappy team from VMI 26–2". Daily Press. October 22, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bama trounces Wildcats, 41 to 0". The Birmingham News. October 28, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "State Maroons capitalize on Kentucky fumbles and McWilliams to win easy". Clarion-Ledger. November 5, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rejuvenated Wildcats bury West Virginia under decisive 40–9 score". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 19, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tennessee uses power to stun Kentucky 21–7". The Courier-Journal. November 26, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.