1944 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1944 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJim Little
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1945 →
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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 Miss
W 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 Georgia
L 12–13[5]
October 20VMI*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 26–28,000[6]
October 27at Alabama
L 0–4116,000[7]
November 4at No. 18 Mississippi State
L 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.


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