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1977 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1977 University of Kentucky football season

1977 University of Kentucky football season

FieldValue
year1977
teamKentucky Wildcats
sportfootball
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
short_confSEC
APRank6
record10–1
conf_record6–0
head_coachFran Curci
hc_year5th
off_coachPerry Moss
oc_year1st
def_coachCharlie Bailey
dc_year3rd
stadiumCommonwealth Stadium

The 1977 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Wildcats scored 252 points while allowing 111 points. The Wildcats finished conference play undefeated but due to NCAA probation were not eligible for a share of the SEC championship or for postseason play. The Wildcats finished the season ranked #6 in the final AP Poll.

Kentucky's 33–13 victory over LSU was its third in four years over the Bayou Bengals, and the Wildcats' first at Tiger Stadium since 1949, when Bear Bryant was Kentucky's coach.

In the Border Battle, Kentucky beat Tennessee by a score of 21–17. Entering that game, Kentucky had seven injured starters unable to play, including quarterback Derrick Ramsey, whose arm was injured so badly he could not throw the football. Tennessee jumped out to a 17–14 lead when backup quarterback Mike Deaton completed a 36-yard pass to Felix Wilson; the injured Ramsey then entered the game and led Kentucky to a touchdown. Tennessee's offense then took the ball to Kentucky's 22-yard line but Tennessee quarterback Jimmy Streater fumbled due to a hit by Kentucky All-American defensive end Art Still, and linebacker Kelly Kirchbaum recovered the ball to preserve the win.

Schedule

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Personnel

  • Fran Curci

Season summary

North Carolina

at Baylor

West Virginia

at Penn State

Mississippi St

at LSU

at Georgia

  • The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) in attendance

Virginia Tech

at Vanderbilt

at Florida

Tennessee

First quarter

  • UT – Kelsey Finch 4-yard run (kick failed). Tennessee 6–0. Second quarter
  • UK – Fred Williams 14-yard run (Joe Bryant kick). Kentucky 7–6.
  • UK – Derrick Ramsey 1-yard run (Joe Bryant kick). Kentucky 14–6.
  • UT – Kelsey Finch 9-yard run (Kelsey Finch run). Tie 14–14. Third quarter
  • No scoring Fourth quarter
  • UT – Jim Gaylor 57-yard field goal. Tennessee 17–14.
  • UK – Derrick Ramsey 1-yard run (Joe Bryant kick). Kentucky 21–17.

Team players in the NFL

Main article: 1978 NFL draft

Awards and honors

  • Art Still, All-America honors

References

References

  1. "Kentucky Wildcats Official Athletic Site - Football".
  2. "Final 1977 AP Poll at AP Poll Archive.com".
  3. [http://www.kentucky.com/2011/09/04/1869157/mark-story-uk-footballs-greatest.html#storylink=mirelated Story, Mark, UK football's greatest wins at Commonwealth, Lexington Herald-Leader, September 4, 2011]
  4. (September 11, 1977). "Kentucky Wildcats claw Carolina 10–7". Rocky Mount Telegram.
  5. (September 18, 1977). "Baylor bounces Kentucky, 21–6". The Odessa American.
  6. (September 25, 1977). "Kentucky plows over W. Virginia". The Tampa Tribune-Times.
  7. (October 2, 1977). "Kentucky shocks Penn State". The Tennessean.
  8. (October 9, 1977). "Wildcats blitz State, 23–7". The Montgomery Advertiser.
  9. (October 16, 1977). "Kentucky romps over LSU, 33–13". The Miami Herald.
  10. (October 23, 1977). "Georgia blanked 33–0 by 'Cats". The Times Recorder.
  11. (October 30, 1977). "Mistakes don't matter as UK smothers VPI". The Courier-Journal.
  12. (November 6, 1977). "'Cats nail Vandy for victory No. 8". The Paducah Sun-Democrat.
  13. (November 13, 1977). "UK Wildcats 'purrr...fect' against UF". The Pensacola News-Journal.
  14. (November 20, 1977). "UK nips tough Tennessee, ends 10–1". The Courier-Journal.
  15. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168
  16. "Kentucky in the 1977 AP polls, AP Poll Archive".
  17. Ocala Star-Banner. 1977 Oct 23. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.
  18. "1978 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
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