1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1950 Kentucky Wildcats football
National champion (Sagarin) SEC champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
1950 record	11–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (5th season)
Home stadium	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
Seasons

1950 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Kentucky †	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#16 Alabama	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#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
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 16	[[{{{school}}}|North Texas State]]*	No. 13	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 25–0
September 23	LSU	No. 13	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 14–0
September 30	Ole Miss	No. 13	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 27–0
October 7	Dayton*	No. 6	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 40–0
October 14	Cincinnati*	No. 5	McLean Stadium Lexington, KeY	W 41–7
October 21	at Villanova*	No. 4	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–7
October 28	at Georgia Tech	No. 4	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 28–14	35,000
November 4	No. 17 Florida	No. 5	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 40–6
November 11	at Mississippi State	No. 4	Scott Field Starkville, MS (rivalry)	W 48–21
November 18	North Dakota*	No. 5	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 83–0
November 25	at No. 9 Tennessee	No. 3	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–7
January 1	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*	No. 7	Tulane Stadium New Orleans LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 13–7	80,206
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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
• Bob Gain, All-America selection

References

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