1945 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1945 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–8 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainRoger Yost
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
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 was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1945 college football season. In their first year under head coach Bernie Shively, the Wildcats complied an overall record of 2–8, with a conference record of 0–5, and finished 12th in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21vs. Ole Miss
L 7–2118,000[2]
September 29Cincinnati*
W 13–711,000[3]
October 6at Michigan State*
L 6–79,300[4]
October 13Georgia
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 6–4813,000[5]
October 20at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• L 6–1910,000[6]
    October 27at Cincinnati
    		L 7–1621,000[7]
    November 3vs. No. 4 Alabama
    		L 19–6011,000[8]
    November 10at West Virginia*
    		W 19–615,000[9]
    November 17Marquette*
    • McLean Stadium
    • Lexington, KY
    		L 13–197,000[10]
    November 24No. 14 Tennessee
    		L 0–1412,000[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    1. ^ "1945 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
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