1944 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 1944 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1944 college football season.^[1]

1944 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Albert D. Kirwan (6th season)
Captain	Jim Little
Home stadium	McLean Stadium
Seasons ← 1942 1945 →

1944 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. T–13 Georgia Tech $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Florida	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Auburn	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	0			3	–	0	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Ole Miss	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 27–7		[2]
September 30	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–26	15,000	[3]
October 7	Michigan State*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 0–2	10,000	[4]
October 13	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 12–13		[5]
October 20	VMI*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 26–2	8,000	[6]
October 27	at Alabama	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	L 0–41	16,000	[7]
November 4	at No. 18 Mississippi State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–26		[8]
November 18	West Virginia*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 40–9		[9]
November 25	No. 15 Tennessee	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 7–21		[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game