1989 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1989 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1989 record 6-5 (2-5 SEC)
Head coach Jerry Claiborne
Home stadium Commonwealth Stadium
1989 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Tennessee + 6 – 1 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#9 Alabama + 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#6 Auburn + 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
Florida 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 4 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Georgia 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 5 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
LSU 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 6 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 7 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Wildcats scored 212 points while allowing 220 points.[1] This was Jerry Claiborne's eighth and final season as Kentucky's head coach.

Season

Kentucky opened with wins against Indiana and North Carolina, lost to Alabama and Auburn, beat Rutgers and LSU, lost at Georgia, beat Cincinnati and Vanderbilt, and lost to Florida and Tennessee.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 9 Indiana* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 17–14   58,216
September 16 North Carolina* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 13–6   50,174
September 23 at No. 15 Alabama Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 3–15   70,123
October 7 No. 11 Auburn Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY L 12–24   55,688
October 14 Rutgers* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 33–26   54,771
October 21 LSU Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 27–21   53,967
October 28 at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 23–34   81,987
November 4 Cincinnati* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 31–0   46,195
November 11 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN W 15–11   39,876
November 18 at Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 28–38   71,432
November 11 No. 11 Tennessee Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) L 10–31   55,237
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[3][4]

Team players in the 1990 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Oliver BarnettDefensive end 3 55 Atlanta Falcons
Donnie GardnerDefensive end 7 171 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Andy MurrayRunning back 7 185 Houston Oilers

[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "1989 Kentucky Wildcats results". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  2. ↑ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168, 209
  3. ↑ "College Football Reference". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  4. ↑ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168
  5. ↑ "1990 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  6. ↑ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.166
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.