1944 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Ole Miss	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 27–7		^[2]
September 30	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–26	15,000	^[3]
October 7	Michigan State*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 0–2	10,000	^[4]
October 13	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 12–13		^[5]
October 20	VMI*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 26–2	8,000	^[6]
October 27	at Alabama	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	L 0–41	16,000	^[7]
November 4	at No. 18 Mississippi State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–26		^[8]
November 18	West 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

^ "1944 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results".
^ "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.
^ "Vols open 1944 gridiron campaign with 26–13 win over Cats". The Knoxville Journal. October 1, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.
^ "Georgia 4th-quarter rally beats Kentucky, 13 to 12". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wildcats trim scrappy team from VMI 26–2". Daily Press. October 22, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bama trounces Wildcats, 41 to 0". The Birmingham News. October 28, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State Maroons capitalize on Kentucky fumbles and McWilliams to win easy". Clarion-Ledger. November 5, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rejuvenated Wildcats bury West Virginia under decisive 40–9 score". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 19, 1944. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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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