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    1924 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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    1924 Kentucky Wildcats football
    ConferenceSouthern Conference
    Record4–5 (2–3 SoCon)
    Head coach
    • Fred J. Murphy (1st season)
    CaptainCurtis Sanders
    Home stadiumStoll Field
    Seasons
    ← 1923
    1925 →
    1924 Southern Conference football standings
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    		 Conf. Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Alabama $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Florida 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
    Georgia 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Tulane 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Washington and Lee 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
    South Carolina 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Sewanee * 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Mississippi A&M 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Virginia 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Georgia Tech 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
    Vanderbilt * 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
    VPI 2 – 2 – 3 4 – 2 – 3
    VMI 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
    Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    North Carolina 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Auburn 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
    Maryland 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 3
    NC State 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
    LSU 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Ole Miss 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Clemson 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Tennessee 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    • * – co-member of SIAA

    The 1924 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1924 college football season. In their first year under head coach Fred J. Murphy, the team compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, tying for 14th place in the SoCon.[1]

    Schedule

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    DateOpponentSiteResultSource
    October 4Louisville*
    • Stoll Field
    • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
    		W 29–0[2]
    October 11Georgetown (KY)*
    • Stoll Field
    • Lexington, KY
    		W 42–0[3]
    October 18Washington and Lee
    • Stoll Field
    • Lexington, KY
    		L 7–10[4]
    October 25Sewanee
    • Stoll Field
    • Lexington, KY
    		W 7–0[5]
    November 1Centre*
    • Stoll Field
    • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
    		L 0–7[6]
    November 8at Alabama
    • Denny Field
    • Tuscaloosa, AL
    		L 7–42[7]
    November 15VMI
    • Stoll Field
    • Lexington, KY
    		L 3–10[8]
    November 27at Tennessee
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		W 27–6[9]
    December 6at West Virginia Wesleyan*
    • Laidley Field
    • Charleston, WV
    		L 7–24[10]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

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    1. ^ "1924 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
    2. ^ "Wildcats win opening game". The News-Democrat. October 5, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. ^ "Kentucky eleven spurts in closing quarter, and swamps Georgetown 42–0". The Courier-Journal. October 12, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    4. ^ "Generals beat Kentucky 10 to 7". Winston-Salem Journal. October 19, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    5. ^ "Kentucky vanquishes Sewanee 7 to 0". The Courier-Journal. October 26, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    6. ^ "Praying Colonels defeat Kentucky "U" 7 to 0". The Owensboro Messenger. November 2, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    7. ^ "Alabama batters Kentucky". The Times-Picayune. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. November 9, 1924. p. 10.
    8. ^ "V.M.I. Cadets triumph 10–3". The Knoxville Journal and Tribune. November 16, 1924. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    9. ^ "Wildcats take annual Tennessee game, 27 to 6, as kittens lick lieutenants". The Lexington Herald. November 28, 1924. Retrieved August 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    10. ^ "'Cats suffer bad breaks in postseason tilt with Wesleyan and lose, 24–7". The Courier-Journal. December 7, 1924. Retrieved August 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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