1954 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1954 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 13 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Alabama 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 3
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Tennessee 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1954 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 1954 college football season. In their first year under head coach Blanton Collier, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 7–3, with a conference record of 5–2, and finished fourth in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18No. 3 Maryland*
L 0–2036,000[2]
September 25at No. 9
Memphis TN
L 9–2828,545[3]
October 2LSU
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 7–6[4]
October 9Auburn
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 21–14[5]
October 16at Florida
L 7–2132,000[6]
October 23at No. 15 Georgia Tech
W 13–634,000[7]
October 30Villanova*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 28–320,000[8]
November 6Vanderbilt
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 19–728,000[9]
November 13Memphis State*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 33–720,000[10]
November 20at Tennessee
W 14–1331,800[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1955 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Bob Hardy Back 11 129 Philadelphia Eagles

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References

  1. ^ "1954 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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  12. ^ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
  13. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
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