1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1950 Kentucky Wildcats football
National champion (Sagarin)
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record11–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Gain, Wilbur Jamerson
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 1 0 11 1 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 1 0 11 1 0
No. 16 Alabama 6 2 0 9 2 0
No. 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 won the 1951 Sugar Bowl over the 10–0 No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners.

Quarterback Babe Parilli ranked third nationally in passing yardage (1,627) and finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.[1][2]

The living players from the 1950 Wildcats team were honored during halftime of a game during the 2005 season[3] as national champions for the 1950 season, as determined by the #1 ranking in Jeff Sagarin's computer ratings released in 1990. The University of Kentucky claims this national championship.[4]

The team ranked second in major college football in total defense, allowing an average of only 172.3 yards per game.[5]

  1. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1951. p. 28.
  2. ^ "Janowicz chosen Heisman winner". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 6, 1950. p. 25.
  3. ^ Maggard, Freddie (July 29, 2016). "1950 National Champions: the Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers, Princeton Tigers, and Oklahoma Sooners". KSR. On3 Media. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "2015 Football Media Guide". University of Kentucky Athletics. August 2015. p. 100. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  5. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1951. p. 38.