1949 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1949 Kentucky Wildcats football
Orange Bowl, L 13–21 vs. Santa Clara
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1949 record	9–3 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant
Captain	Harry Ulinski Dick Holway
Home stadium	McLean Stadium

1949 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulane $	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
#11 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#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

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 17	Mississippi Southern*		McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 71–7
September 24	at LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 19–0
October 1	at Ole Miss		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 47–0
October 8	Georgia	#15	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 25–0
October 15	The Citadel*	#8	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 44–0
October 22	at #17 SMU*	#7	Ownby Stadium • University Park, TX	L 7–20
October 29	Cincinnati*	#14	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 14–7
November 5	at Xavier*	#13	Corcoran Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 21–7
November 12	at Florida	#14	Phillips Field • Tampa, FL	W 35–0
November 19	Tennessee	#11	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)	L 0–6
November 25	at Miami*	#20	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL	W 21–6
January 2, 1950	vs. #14 Santa Clara*	#20	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 13–21
*Non-conference game.

Source: 1949 Kentucky football schedule^[1]

References

↑ "1949 Kentucky Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

Kentucky Wildcats football

Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Commonwealth Stadium (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band Thin Thirty 2003 Arkansas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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