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1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1950
team	Kentucky Wildcats
sport	football
image	1950 Kentucky Wildcats football media guide.pdf
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	7
APRank	7
record	11–1
conf_record	5–1
head_coach	Bear Bryant
hc_year	5th
captain	Bob Gain
captain2	Wilbur Jamerson
stadium	McLean Stadium
champion	National champion (Sagarin)
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
bowl	[Sugar Bowl](1951-sugar-bowl)
bowl_result	W 13–7 vs. [Oklahoma](1950-oklahoma-sooners-football-team)

SEC champion Sugar Bowl champion 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 won the 1951 Sugar Bowl over the 10–0 No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners.

Quarterback Babe Parilli ranked third nationally in passing yardage (1,627) and finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.

The living players from the 1950 Wildcats team were honored during halftime of a game during the 2005 season as national champions for the 1950 season, as determined by the #1 ranking in Jeff Sagarin's computer ratings released in 1990. The University of Kentucky claims this national championship.

The team ranked second in major college football in total defense, allowing an average of only 172.3 yards per game.

Schedule

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Awards and honors

Bob Gain: Outland Trophy, consensus All-American

1951 NFL draft

Main article: 1951 NFL draft

References

(1951). "Official Collegiate Football Record Book". National Collegiate Athletic Association.
(December 6, 1950). "Janowicz chosen Heisman winner". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
(July 29, 2016). "1950 National Champions: the Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers, Princeton Tigers, and Oklahoma Sooners". On3 Media.
(August 2015). "2015 Football Media Guide". University of Kentucky Athletics.
(1951). "Official Collegiate Football Record Book". National Collegiate Athletic Association.
(September 17, 1950). "Crowd of 24,000 fans see Wildcats blank North Texas, 25–0, in opener". Lexington Herald-Leader.
(September 24, 1950). "Kentucky overpowers L.S.U. 14–0". The Courier-Journal.
(October 1, 1950). "Vito Parilli paces Kentucky to 27–0 win over Ole Miss". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(October 8, 1950). "Parilli flips 4 touchdown passes as U.K. overpowers Dayton 40–0". The Courier-Journal.
(October 15, 1950). "Parilli passes for record 338 yards in 41–7 Cat win". The Park City Daily News.
(October 22, 1950). "Babe Parilli's passing sparks Kentucky to win". The State.
(October 29, 1950). "Kentucky clips Georgia Tech, 28 to 14". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(November 5, 1950). "Kentucky whips Florida 40–6 before 33,000 at homecoming". The Owensboro Messenger.
(November 12, 1950). "Babe, 'Tucky romp, 48–21". The Birmingham News.
(November 19, 1950). "Parilli hurls 5 touchdown passes as Kentucky beats N. Dakota". Messenger-Inquirer.
(November 26, 1950). "Kentucky's undefeated record broken by Tennessee 7–0". The Clarion-Ledger.
(January 2, 1951). "Kentucky wins, 13 to 7, and ends Oklahoma's 31-game victory streak". The Courier-Journal.
"Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?".
"Bob Gain, Star Defensive Lineman on Browns Title Teams, Dies at 87".
"Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".

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