1977 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1977 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 6
1977 record 10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach Fran Curci (5th season)
Home stadium Commonwealth Stadium
1977 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Auburn 4 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Wildcats scored 252 points while allowing 111 points. The Wildcats finished conference play undefeated but due to NCAA probation were not eligible for a share of the SEC championship or for postseason play.[1] The Wildcats finished the season ranked #6 in the final AP Poll.[2]

Regular season

In the Border Battle, Kentucky beat Tennessee by a score of 21–17. Entering that game, Kentucky had seven injured starters unable to play, including quarterback Derrick Ramsey, whose arm was injured so badly he could not throw the football. Tennessee jumped out to a 17–14 lead when backup quarterback Mike Deaton completed a 36-yard pass to Felix Wilson; the injured Ramsey then entered the game and led Kentucky to a touchdown. Tennessee's offense then took the ball to Kentucky's 22-yard line but Tennessee quarterback Jimmy Streater fumbled due to a hit by Kentucky All-American defensive end Art Still, and linebacker Kelly Kirchbaum recovered the ball to preserve the win.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 10 North Carolina* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 10–7    
September 17 at Baylor* Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 6–21   30,000
September 24 West Virginia* No. 17 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 28–13    
October 1 at No. 4 Penn State* No. 16 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 24–20   62,196
October 8 Mississippi State No. 12 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 23–7    
October 15 at No. 16 LSU No. 8 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 33–13    
October 22 at Georgia No. 7 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 33–0   59,100
October 29 Virginia Tech* No. 7 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY W 32–0    
November 5 at Vanderbiltdagger No. 7 Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 28–6   26,572
November 12 at Florida No. 7 Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 14–7   50,243
November 19 Tennessee No. 7 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) W 21 –17   57,914
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Penn State

1 234Total
• Kentucky 7 7100 24
Penn St 10 1000 20

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Art StillDefensive End12Kansas City Chiefs
Derrick RamseyQuarterback5136Oakland Raiders
Mike MartinTackle9244Chicago Bears
Will GrantCenter10255Buffalo Bills
Dallas OwensDefensive Back10275Baltimore Colts
Jerry BlantonLinebacker11282Buffalo Bills

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. ↑ "Final 1977 AP Poll at AP Poll Archive.com". Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  3. ↑ Story, Mark, UK football's greatest wins at Commonwealth, Lexington Herald-Leader, September 4, 2011
  4. ↑ 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168
  5. ↑ "Kentucky in the 1977 AP polls, AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  6. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1978.htm
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