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Kentucky Wildcats Football History, Records and Database

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Mark Stoops
Head Coach
First Year: 2013
School: Kentucky
Nickname: Wildcats
Current Conference: SEC
Former Conference(s): SIAA,  Southern Conference
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
First year of football: 1881

STADIUM

Name: Kroger
Year built: 1973
Capacity: 67,942
Playing Surface: Artificial Turf
Kroger Field

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEARCHAMPION(S)CONFERENCE
1976Georgia, KentuckySEC
1950KentuckySEC

KENTUCKY YEAR BY YEAR SCHEDULES AND SCORES


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Kentucky Football Schedules & Scores
1890s1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s
1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
Kentucky Wildcats Football Database

KENTUCKY BOWL RECORD

SCHOOLWINSLOSSESTIESTOTALWIN%
Kentucky1290210.571

KENTUCKY BOWL HISTORY

BOWLDATEWINNERPOINTSLOSERPOINTS
Music City31-Dec-2022Iowa21Kentucky0
Citrus1-Jan-2022Kentucky20Iowa17
Gator02-Jan-2021Kentucky23NC State21
Belk31-Dec-2019Kentucky37Virginia Tech30
Citrus01-Jan-2019Kentucky27Penn State24
Music City29-Dec-2017Northwestern24Kentucky23
Gator31-Dec-2016Georgia Tech33Kentucky18
Birmingham08-Jan-2011Pittsburgh27Kentucky10
Music City27-Dec-2009Clemson21Kentucky13
Liberty02-Jan-2009Kentucky25East Carolina19
Music City31-Dec-2007Kentucky35Florida State28
Music City29-Dec-2006Kentucky28Clemson20
Music City29-Dec-1999Syracuse20Kentucky13
Outback01-Jan-1999Penn State26Kentucky14
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl31-Dec-1993Clemson14Kentucky13
All-American29-Dec-1984Kentucky20Wisconsin19
All-American22-Dec-1983West Virginia20Kentucky16
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl31-Dec-1976Kentucky21North Carolina0
Cotton01-Jan-1952Kentucky20TCU7
Sugar01-Jan-1951Kentucky13Oklahoma7
Orange02-Jan-1950Santa Clara21Kentucky13
Great Lakes06-Dec-1947Kentucky24Villanova14

KENTUCKY AP FINISHES

Sorted by Year, Rank and Team

194911Kentucky
19507Kentucky
195115Kentucky
195220Kentucky
195316Kentucky
197618Kentucky
19776Kentucky
198419Kentucky

Sorted by Year, Rank and Team

201812Kentucky
202118Kentucky

KENTUCKY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

YearCHAMPIONS
1950Kentucky: Sagarin*
Oklahoma: AP, Berryman, Helms, Litkenhous, UPI, Williamson
Princeton: Boand, Poling
Tennessee: Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)*

KENTUCKY HEAD COACHES

Year(s)CoachYearsGamesWinLossTieWin %School
1881-1891Unknown241300.250Kentucky
1890-1890No Team111001.000Kentucky
1892-1892Professor A.M. Miller172410.286Kentucky
1893-1893John A. Thompson185210.625Kentucky
1894-1894W.P. Finney175200.714Kentucky
1895-1895Charles B. Mason194500.444Kentucky
1896-1896Dudley Short193600.333Kentucky
1897-1897Lyman B. Eaton162400.333Kentucky
1898-1899W.R. Bass21612220.750Kentucky
1900-1901W.H. Kiler21971110.368Kentucky
1902-1902E.W. McLeod193510.333Kentucky
1903-1903Charles A. "Jack" Wright187100.875Kentucky
1904-1905F.E. Schact22015500.750Kentucky
1906-1908J. White Guyn32517710.680Kentucky
1911-1911P.P. Douglass1107300.700Kentucky
1909-1912Edwin R. Sweetland32823500.821Kentucky
1913-1914Alpha Brumage21611500.688Kentucky
1915-1916John J. Tigert21510230.667Kentucky
1917-1917S.A. Boles193510.333Kentucky
1918-1919Thomas A. "Andy" Gill2115510.455Kentucky
1920-1922William J. "Bill" Juneau325131020.520Kentucky
1923-1923John J. "Jack" Winn194320.444Kentucky
1924-1926Frederick James "Fred" Murphy327121410.444Kentucky
1927-1933Harry G. Gamage762322550.516Kentucky
1934-1937Chet A. Wynne439201900.513Kentucky
1938-1944A.D. Kirwan656242840.429Kentucky
1945-1945Bernie Shively1102800.200Kentucky
1946-1953Paul W. "Bear" Bryant888602350.682Kentucky
1954-1961Blanton Collier880413630.513Kentucky
1962-1968Charlie Bradshaw770254140.357Kentucky
1969-1972John Ray443103300.233Kentucky
1973-1981Fran Curci9100475120.470Kentucky
1982-1989Jerry Claiborne890414630.456Kentucky
1990-1996Bill Curry778265200.333Kentucky
1997-2000Hal Clay Mumme446202600.435Kentucky
2001-2002Guy Morriss22391400.391Kentucky
2003-2009Rich Brooks786394700.453Kentucky
2010-2012Joker Phillips337132400.351Kentucky
2013-PRESMark Stoops9112595300.527Kentucky

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