1939 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1939 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–2–1 (2–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJoe Shepherd
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 0 0 8 2 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 0 0 8 1 1
Mississippi State 3 2 0 8 2 0
Ole Miss 2 2 0 7 2 0
Kentucky 2 2 1 6 2 1
Auburn 3 3 1 5 5 1
Alabama 2 3 1 5 3 1
Georgia 1 3 0 5 6 0
LSU 1 5 0 4 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 0 2 7 1
Florida 0 3 1 5 5 1
Sewanee 0 3 0 3 5 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 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 1939 college football season. In their second season under head coach Albert D. Kirwan, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 6–2–1 with a mark of 2–2–1 against conference opponents, finished sixth in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 64.[1]

Kentucky was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 28 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[2] and at No. 27 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

The team played its home games at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.

  1. ^ "1939 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.