Monday, March 11, 2019

Celebrating 150 Years of College Football - Day 29 - Kentucky Wildcats


The Uni Watch Fans (Sports Aesthetics) Facebook page will be posting a minimum of 1 NCAA Football Team (Division I) a day to celebrate the 150 years of College Football. The teams will begin with the oldest team in their respective conference (Big Ten = Oldest Conference) until all the teams are listed. The team helmets will go back to the early 1960’s and their current logo will be used.

The Kentucky Wildcats football program represents the University of Kentucky in the sport of American football. The Wildcats compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats play their home games at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky and are currently led by head coach Mark Stoops.

Paul "Bear" Bryant era (1946–1953)
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant was Kentucky's head football coach for eight seasons.
Bear Bryant came to Kentucky from Maryland. Under Bryant's tutelage, the Wildcats won the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl, lost the 1950 Orange Bowl, won the 1951 Sugar Bowl and the 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic. In final AP polls, the Wildcats were ranked No. 11 in 1949, No. 7 in 1950, No. 15 in 1951, No. 20 in 1952 and No. 16 in 1953. The final 1950 poll was taken prior to the bowl games; Kentucky then defeated undefeated and No. 1 ranked Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl and finished with the number 1 ranking in 3 major polls, ending the Sooners 31-game winning streak. Bryant won SEC Coach of the Year honors in 1950 and then left after eight seasons to accept the head football coach position at Texas A&M.

All-Time Record: 615-621-44 (.498)

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Conference: SEC
Team: Kentucky Wildcats
Founded: 1881
Joined Conference: 1932

1962

1963-1968 

1970-1971

1972 

1973-1988 Logo

1973-1974 

1975-1981 

1981-1989

1989-2004 Logo


1990-1992

1990-1996

1997-2002

2001-2010

2005-2015 Logo


2004 

2011-2013

2011-2015 

2014-2015

2014-2015

2016-2018








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