1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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.

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
Record	11–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (5th season)
Captain	Bob Gain, Wilbur Jamerson
Home stadium	McLean Stadium
Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	North Texas State*	No. 13	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 25–0	24,000	[6]
September 23	LSU	No. 13	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 14–0	35,500	[7]
September 30	Ole Miss	No. 13	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 27–0	32,000	[8]
October 7	Dayton*	No. 6	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 40–0	20,000	[9]
October 14	Cincinnati*	No. 5	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 41–7	35,000	[10]
October 21	at Villanova*	No. 4	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–7	17,000	[11]
October 28	at Georgia Tech	No. 4	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 28–14	35,000	[12]
November 4	No. 17 Florida	No. 5	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 40–6	33,000	[13]
November 11	at Mississippi State	No. 4	Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 48–21	28,000	[14]
November 18	North Dakota*	No. 5	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 83–0	20,000	[15]
November 25	at No. 9 Tennessee	No. 3	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–7	45,000	[16]
January 1	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*	No. 7	Tulane Stadium New Orleans LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 13–7	80,206	[17]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors

• Bob Gain: Outland Trophy, consensus All-American^[18][19]

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

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