1954 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1954 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern
Record	7–3 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach	Blanton Collier (1st season)
Home stadium	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

1954 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Ole Miss $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
No. 13 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Alabama	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	6	–	1			1	–	6	–	3
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1954 college football season. The team scored 151 points while allowing 125 points. This was Blanton Collier's first season as Kentucky's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	No. 3 Maryland*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 0–20	36,000
September 25	at No. 9 Ole Miss	Crump Stadium Memphis TN	L 9–28
October 2	LSU	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 7–6
October 9	Auburn	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 21–14
October 16	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 7–21
October 23	at No. 15 Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 13–6	34,000
October 30	Villanova*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 28–3
November 6	Vanderbilt	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 19–7
November 13	Memphis State*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 33–7
November 20	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 14–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1955 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bob Hardy	Back	11	129	Philadelphia Eagles