1979 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1979 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–6 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Fran Curci (7th season)
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Florida	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 15	Miami (OH)*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 14–15
September 22	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 10–18
September 29	Maryland*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	W 14–7
October 6	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 6–10
October 13	Ole Miss	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	W 14–3
October 20	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 19–23
October 27	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 6–20
November 3	Bowling Green*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	W 20–14
November 10	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, NY	W 29–10
November 17	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 31–3
November 24	Tennessee	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 17–20
*Non-conference game