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1935 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1935 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJim Long
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 LSU $ 5 0 0 9 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 0 7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 1 0 9 3 0
No. 15 Auburn 5 2 0 8 2 0
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 0 6 2 1
Tulane 3 3 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0 5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 0 5 5 0
Mississippi State 2 3 0 8 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 0 4 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 6 0 3 7 0
Sewanee 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 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 1935 college football season. In their second season under head coach Chet A. Wynne, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 3–3 against conference opponents, tied for sixth place in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 167 to 94.[1] The team played its home games at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Maryville*W 60–0[2]
September 27at Xavier*
W 21–715,000[3]
October 5at Ohio State*L 6–1956,686[4]
October 12Georgia Tech
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 25–6[5]
October 19at AuburnL 0–238,000[6]
November 2at AlabamaL 0–1314,500[7]
November 9Florida
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 15–68,000[8]
November 16at TulaneL 13–208,000[9]
November 28Tennessee
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 27–016,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1935 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kentucky Wildcats swamp Maryville College, 60 to 0". The Knoxville Journal. September 22, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kentucky defeats Xavier, 21–7, as Schmidt watches". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. September 29, 1935. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ohio State overcomes Kentucky, 19–6". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 6, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kentuckians make Wreck of Rambling Wreck, 25–6". The News and Observer. October 13, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tigers smash Wildcat line for 23–0 win". The Huntsville Times. October 20, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kentucky's errors lead to victory for Tide". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 3, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Davis stars as Kentucky beats Gators". Pensacola News Journal. November 10, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Passes enable Green Wave to trim Kentucky, 20–13". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 17, 1935. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Kentucky eleven sweeps to 27-to-0 victory over Tennessee in annual football tussle". The Lexington Leader. November 29, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.