Inside The Numbers: Kentucky vs. Ole Miss
By Corey Price
Today at 12:21 p.m. on the SEC Network the Kentucky Wildcats will try to rebound from their embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Florida Gators with yet another SEC game on the road when they take on the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford. Here are some numbers and facts of interest headed into today’s game:
Various Records
Kentucky’s overall record vs. Ole Miss: 13-26-1 (.338) (won 3 of the last 10 meetings)
Kentucky’s record vs. Ole Miss in Oxford: 2-7 (.222) (lost last 4 meetings, last win in Oxford was 1978)
Kentucky’s record playing in the month of October: 233-230-18 (.503) (won 3 of their last 10 games played in October)
Kentucky’s record playing on October 2nd: 11-5 (.688) (won 5 of their last 10 games played on October 2nd)
Kentucky’s record vs. Ole Miss when Kentucky has a better record than Ole Miss entering the game: 2-4 (.333)
Kentucky’s record vs. Ole Miss in the month of October: 5-6 (.455)
Kentucky’s record vs. Ole Miss when playing the Rebels the week after playing Florida: 0-2 (.000)
Rebounding From Gainesville?
This past Saturday Kentucky was dismantled by Florida by a score of 48-14. It was the 10th time that Florida has defeated Kentucky by at least 30 points. Of the previous 9 defeats by at least 30 points to Florida, I decided to see how Kentucky fared the week after the game to see if they rebounded from the loss or still had a hangover. Here’s what I found:
1972: Lost to Florida 40-0 on November 18th, Lost to #12 Tennessee 17-7 on November 25th
1975: Lost to #14 Florida 48-7 on November 15th, Lost to Tennessee 17-13 on November 22nd
1990: Lost to #6 Florida 47-15 on November 17th, Lost to #10 Tennessee 42-28 on November 24th
1994: Lost to #2 Florida 73-7 on September 10th, Lost to Indiana 59-29 on September 17th
1995: Lost to #5 Florida 42-7 on September 9th, Defeated Indiana 17-10 on September 16th
1996: Lost to #1 Florida 65-0 on September 28th, Lost to #13 Alabama 35-7 on October 5th
2001: Lost to #2 Florida 44-10 on September 22nd, Lost to Ole Miss 42-32 on September 29th
2008: Lost to #5 Florida 63-5 on October 25th, Defeated Mississippi State 14-13 on November 1st
2009: Lost to #1 Florida 41-7 on September 26th, Lost to #3 Alabama 38-20 on October 3rd
So Kentucky is only 2-7 (.222) in the week following a 30+ point loss to Florida, not a good sign for the Wildcats.
Wildcats Starting SEC Play On The Road
With today’s game against the Ole Miss Rebels being played in Oxford, this will mark the 9th time in school history that Kentucky will play their first two SEC games in a season away from Lexington. Here’s how Kentucky fared in the previous eight occurrences:
2007: Defeated Arkansas 42-29 in Fayetteville, Lost to #11 South Carolina 38-23 in Columbia
2000: Lost to #3 Florida 59-31 in Gainesville, Lost to Ole Miss 35-17 in Oxford
1998: Lost to #8 Florida 51-35 in Gainesville, Lost to #22 Arkansas 27-20 in Little Rock
1996: Lost to #1 Florida 65-0 in Gainesville, Lost to #13 Alabama 35-7 in Tuscaloosa
1960: Lost to Georgia Tech 23-13 in Atlanta, Lost to #1 Ole Miss 21-6 in Memphis
1949: Defeated LSU 19-0 in Baton Rouge, Defeated Ole Miss 47-0 in Oxford
1940: Tied Vanderbilt 7-7 in Nashville, Tied Georgia 7-7 in Athens
1939: Defeated Vanderbilt 21-13 in Nashville, Defeated Georgia 13-6 in Louisville
The Wildcats are 5-9-2 (.375) in those 16 games, but only 1-9 (.100) in the last 10 games.
Kentucky Players Moving Up The Charts
- Derrick Locke needs 442 rushing yards to tie George Adams for 5th place on the Kentucky career rushing yards list
- Derrick Locke needs 22 all-purpose yards to tie George Adams for 6th place on the Kentucky career all-purpose yards list
- Randall Cobb needs 4 touchdowns to tie Craig Yeast for the school record for career touchdowns scored
- Randall Cobb needs 12 rushing yards to tie Terry Samuels for 31st place on the Kentucky career rushing yards list
- Mike Hartline needs 35 passing yards to tie Pookie Jones for 8th place on the Kentucky career passing yards list
Kentucky Individual Game Records vs. Ole Miss
Passing Yards: 290, Andre Woodson (2006)
Receiving Yards: 185, Rick Kestner (1964)
Rushing Yards: 192, Mark Higgs (1987)
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