1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1950 Kentucky Wildcats football
Sugar Bowl Champions SEC Champions
Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#7
1950 record	11–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant
Home stadium	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

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.

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
September 16, 1950	North Texas State*	#13	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 25–0
September 23, 1950	LSU	#13	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 14–0
September 30, 1950	Ole Miss	#13	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 27–0
October 7, 1950	Dayton*	#6	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 40–0
October 14, 1950	Cincinnati*	#5	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 41–7
October 21, 1950	at Villanova*	#4	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 34–7
October 28, 1950	at Georgia Tech	#4	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 28–14
November 4, 1950	#17 Florida	#5	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 40–6
November 11, 1950	at Mississippi State	#4	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 48–21
November 18, 1950	North Dakota*	#5	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 83–0
November 25, 1950	at #9 Tennessee	#3	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	L 0–7
January 1, 1951	vs. #1 Oklahoma*	#7	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 13–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Team players in the NFL

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

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Awards and honors

• Bob Gain, Outland Trophy^[5]
• Bob Gain, All-America selection

References

1. http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=184&season=1950
2. 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide
3. "Kentucky in the 1950 AP polls at AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
4. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1951.htm
5. http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/outlandtrophy.htm