1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team
| 1950 Kentucky Wildcats football | |
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Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Oklahoma | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| Record | 11–1 (5–1 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Stoll Field/McLean Stadium |
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| No. 7 Kentucky $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Alabama | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Tulane | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1950 college football season. The offense scored 393 points while the defense allowed 69 points. Led by head coach Bear Bryant, the Wildcats were the SEC champions and by winning the Sugar Bowl were listed as the #1 ranked team 40 years later in a computer ranking produced by Jeff Sagarin, declaring them national champions.
The 1950 Kentucky team concluded its season with a victory over Bud Wilkinson's #1 ranked and NCAA champion Oklahoma Sooners in the Sugar Bowl. The living players from the 1950 Wildcats team were honored during halftime of a game during the 2005 season as the #1 ranked team for the 1950 season, even though they finished the season ranked #7 by the AP. In 1990, Jeff Sagarin released a retroactive ranking of teams for the 1950 season and Kentucky was listed #1.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 16 | North Texas State* | No. 13 | W 25–0 | ||
| September 23 | LSU | No. 13 |
| W 14–0 | |
| September 30 | Ole Miss | No. 13 |
| W 27–0 | |
| October 7 | Dayton* | No. 6 |
| W 40–0 | |
| October 14 | Cincinnati* | No. 5 |
| W 41–7 | |
| October 21 | at Villanova* | No. 4 | W 34–7 | ||
| October 28 | at Georgia Tech | No. 4 | W 28–14 | 35,000 | |
| November 4 | No. 17 Florida | No. 5 |
| W 40–6 | |
| November 11 | at Mississippi State | No. 4 |
| W 48–21 | |
| November 18 | North Dakota* | No. 5 |
| W 83–0 | |
| November 25 | at No. 9 Tennessee | No. 3 | L 0–7 | ||
| January 1 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* | No. 7 | W 13–7 | 80,206 | |
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1951 NFL Draft
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Bob Gain | Tackle | 1 | 5 | Green Bay Packers |
| Walt Yowarsky | Tackle | 3 | 29 | Washington Redskins |
| Al Bruno | End | 3 | 32 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Bob Hope | Tackle | 11 | 130 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Bill Leskovar | Back | 14 | 163 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Clay Webb | Back | 15 | 176 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Bill Wanamaker | Guard | 15 | 179 | New York Yanks |
| Dom Fucci | Back | 18 | 210 | Washington Redskins |
| Dick Martin | Back | 28 | 331 | Chicago Cardinals |
Awards and honors
- Bob Gain, Outland Trophy[4]
- Bob Gain, All-America selection
References
- ^ 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide
- ^ "Kentucky in the 1950 AP polls at AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1951.htm
- ^ http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/outlandtrophy.htm
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