1949 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1949 Kentucky Wildcats football
Orange Bowl, L 13–21 vs. Santa Clara
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 11
Record9–3 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainHarry Ulinski, Dick Holway
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulane $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
No. 11 Kentucky 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 9 LSU 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 3
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Florida 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Georgia 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1949 college football season. The Wildcats' were led by head coach Bear Bryant in his fourth season and finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall, 4–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Mississippi Southern*
W 71–725,000[1]
September 24at LSU
W 19–035,000[2]
October 1at Ole Miss
W 47–021,000[3]
October 8GeorgiaNo. 15
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 25–036,000[4]
October 15The Citadel*No. 8
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 44–0[5]
October 22at No. 17 SMU*No. 7
L 7–2048,000[6][7]
October 29Cincinnati*No. 14
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 14–7[8]
November 5at Xavier*No. 13
W 21–716,348[9]
November 12at FloridaNo. 14
W 35–020,000[10]
November 19TennesseeNo. 11
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 0–638,000[11]
November 25at Miami (FL)*No. 20
W 21–642,970[12]
January 2, 1950vs. No. 14 Santa Clara*No. 20
L 13–2164,816[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14]

Rankings

See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP15 (1)8 (8)7 (3)1413141120т11

References

  1. ^ "Kentucky roll to 71-to-7 win in opener". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 18, 1949. Retrieved March 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Wildcats wallop Bengals, 19 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. September 25, 1949. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wildcats maul Rebs". The Commercial Appeal. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kentucky registers 25–0 rout of Georgia Bulldogs". The Birmingham News. October 9, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wildcats romp in 44–0 win over Citadel". The Park City Daily News. October 16, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Flem Hall (October 23, 1949). "SMU Ruins Cats' Record, 20-7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Southern Methodists nicks Kentucky Wildcats 20–7". The Advocate-Messenger. October 23, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Dormant Kentucky offense ekes out 14–7 win over Cincinnati". The Courier and Press. October 30, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kentucky power rolls over unbeaten Xavier, 21–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 6, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Kentucky wallops Florida team, 35–0, before 20,000 crowd". The Tampa Tribune. November 13, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Vols bowl over Kentucky, 6 to 0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 20, 1949. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Cats come from behind to beat Miami". The Palm Beach Post. November 26, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Spectacular show enthralls bowl throng". Miami Daily News. January 3, 1950. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1949 Kentucky Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.


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