The 1984 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

 in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season

1984 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Brigham Young University winning their first national championship by beating an unranked Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl...

. The Wildcats scored 293 points while allowing 221 points. Kentucky won the 1984 Hall of Fame Classic Bowl

1984 Hall of Fame Classic Bowl

1984 Hall of Fame Classic Bowl was the seventh installment of the Hall of Fame Bowl. The game featured the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference and the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin was ranked #20 in the AP poll prior to the game...

.

Season

Kentucky opened with a 42-0 win over Kent State, followed by a 48-14 win at Indiana. A 30-26 win at Tulane was followed by a 27-14 win over Rutgers, which put Kentucky into the AP poll at #19. The Wildcats then won their conference opener at Mississippi State, 17-13, to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 1950. Kentucky was then ranked #16 in the AP poll.

Kentucky then dropped two conference games against ranked opponents, to #10 LSU 36-10 and to #13 Georgia 37-7. The Wildcats clinched a winning season with a 31-7 win against North Texas and then defeated Vanderbilt 27-18. A 25-17 loss to #5 Florida followed. Kentucky then closed out the regular season with a 17-12 victory at Tennessee.

Kentucky closed its season with a 20-19 victory over #19 Wisconsin in the 1984 Hall of Fame Classic Bowl

1984 Hall of Fame Classic Bowl

1984 Hall of Fame Classic Bowl was the seventh installment of the Hall of Fame Bowl. The game featured the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference and the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin was ranked #20 in the AP poll prior to the game...

. As a result, Kentucky finished the season ranked #19 in the final AP poll, with a record of 9-3.

In the Border Battle, Kentucky beat Tennessee by a 17-12 margin.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Wildcats points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 8	Kent State Kent State Golden Flashes football The Kent State Golden Flashes football team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, USA. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference East division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Football Bowl Subdivision...	Win	42	0	1-0
2	Sept. 15	at Indiana Indiana Hoosiers football The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference.-Bowl games:...	Win	48	14	2-0
3	Sept. 22	at Tulane Tulane Green Wave football The Tulane Green Wave football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents Tulane University in New Orleans. The team is a member of Conference USA and is led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, who took over on October 18, 2011, when fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo resigned...	Win	30	26	3-0
4	Oct. 6	Rutgers Rutgers Scarlet Knights football The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represents Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision play...	Win	27	14	4-0, #19
5	Oct. 13	at Mississippi State Mississippi State Bulldogs football The Mississippi State Bulldogs football program represents Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State has produced 38 All-Americans, 171 All-SEC selections, and 124...	Win	17	13	5-0, #16
6	Oct. 20	#10 Louisiana State LSU Tigers football The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...	Loss	10	36	5-1
7	Oct. 27	#13 Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...	Loss	7	37	5-2
8	Nov. 3	North Texas North Texas Mean Green football The North Texas Mean Green football team represents the University of North Texas in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-FBS college football and competes as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Mean Green have attained several conference championships, including four...	Win	31	7	6-2
9	Nov. 10	Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Commodores football The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...	Win	27	18	7-2
10	Nov. 17	#5 Florida	Loss	17	25	7-3
11	Nov. 24	at Tennessee 1984 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1984 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 327 points while the defense allowed 276 points. Led by head coach Johnny Majors, the Volunteers competed in the .-Schedule:-Team players...	Win	17	12	8-3
11	Dec. 29	#19 Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers football The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...	Win	20	19	9-3, #19

Team players in the 1985 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
George Adams George Adams (American football) George Wallace Adams is a former professional American football running back.Adams played college football at Kentucky and was a first round pick in the 1985 NFL Draft....	Running back	1	19	New York Giants 1984 New York Giants season The 1984 New York Giants season was the 60th season for the club in the National Football League. With a 9–7 record, the Giants finished in a tie for second in the National Football Conference East Division and qualified for the playoffs. In the Wild Card round, New York traveled to Anaheim Stadium...
Cam Jacobs	Linebacker	5	136	Pittsburgh Steelers 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers season - Schedule :- Week 1 : vs. Kansas City Chiefs :at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania* Game time: 1:00 pm EDT* Game weather:* Game attendance: 56,709* Referee: Jerry Seeman...
Oliver White	Tight end	10	268	Pittsburgh Steelers 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers season - Schedule :- Week 1 : vs. Kansas City Chiefs :at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania* Game time: 1:00 pm EDT* Game weather:* Game attendance: 56,709* Referee: Jerry Seeman...
Jeff Smith	Defensive tackle	11	291	San Diego Chargers 1984 San Diego Chargers season The 1984 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 6–10 record in 1983.-Schedule:-Standings:-See also:*1984 NFL season...