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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
CaptainCurtis Sanders
Home stadiumStoll Field
Seasons
 1923
1925 
1924 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Alabama $500810
Florida201622
Georgia510730
Tulane410810
Washington and Lee411631
South Carolina320730
Sewanee *320640
Mississippi A&M320540
Virginia320540
Georgia Tech321531
Vanderbilt *330631
VPI223423
VMI231631
Kentucky230450
North Carolina230450
Auburn241441
Maryland121333
NC State141242
LSU030540
Ole Miss030450
Clemson030260
Tennessee040350
  • $ 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*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*
L 0–7[6]
November 8at AlabamaL 7–42[7]
November 15VMI
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
L 3–10[8]
November 27at TennesseeW 27–6[9]
December 6at West Virginia Wesleyan*
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.