1959 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1959 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–6 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
No. 3 LSU 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 2 Ole Miss # 5 1 0 10 1 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 1 2 7 2 2
Auburn 4 3 0 7 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 2 5 3 2
Georgia Tech 3 3 0 6 5 0
Tennessee 3 4 1 5 4 1
No. 19 Florida 2 4 0 5 4 1
Kentucky 1 6 0 4 6 0
Tulane 0 5 1 3 6 1
Mississippi State 0 7 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Kentucky Wildcats football team were an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach Blanton Collier, the team compiled a 4–6 record (1–6 in the SEC).[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Georgia TechL 12–1435,000[2]
September 26 No. 4 Ole Miss
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–1633,000[3]
October 2at Detroit*W 32–720,460[4]
October 10at No. 14 AuburnL 0–3330,000[5]
October 17 No. 1 LSU
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–933,230[6]
October 24Georgia
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 7–1425,000[7]
October 30at Miami (FL)*W 22–335,547[8]
November 7at Vanderbilt L 6–1125,000[9]
November 14Xavier*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 41–0[10]
November 21 No. 20 Tennessee
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 20–038,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1959 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "UK drops opener to Tech". The Paducah Sun. September 20, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "2d-half spurt by Ole Miss tops U.K. 16–0". The Courier-Journal. September 27, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Marshall Dann (October 3, 1959). "It's Kentucky All the Way: Titan Bubble Bursts, 32-7". Detroit Free Press. p. 13.
  5. ^ "KO runback sparks Auburn". The Atlanta Journal. October 11, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "LSU shades Cats, 9–0". Arizona Daily Star. October 18, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia downs Kentucky 14–7". The Paducah Sun. October 25, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kentucky's bird ruins Miami nest". The Miami Herald. October 31, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Moore and Morris shine as Vandy nips Kentucky". Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Kentucky routs Xavier by 41–0". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. November 15, 1959. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "'Cats smite Tennessee cousins". Kingsport Times-News. November 22, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.