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2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2014 Kentucky Wildcats football
Kentucky Wildcats logo
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
2014 record 5–7 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach Mark Stoops (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Neal Brown (2nd year)
Offensive scheme Air Raid
Defensive coordinator D. J. Eliot (2nd year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Commonwealth Stadium
(Capacity: 62,093)
Seasons
« 2013 2015 »
2014 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#14 Missouri x   7 – 1         11 – 3  
#9 Georgia   6 – 2         10 – 3  
Florida   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Tennessee   3 – 5         7 – 6  
South Carolina   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Kentucky   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Vanderbilt   0 – 8         3 – 9  
Western Division
#4 Alabama x$^   7 – 1         12 – 2  
#11 Mississippi State   6 – 2         10 – 3  
#17 Ole Miss   5 – 3         9 – 4  
#22 Auburn   4 – 4         8 – 5  
LSU   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Texas A&M   3 – 5         8 – 5  
Arkansas   2 – 6         7 – 6  
Championship: Alabama 42, Missouri 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
UT–Martin at Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
UT–Martin 0 0 0 14 14
• Kentucky 14 21 17 7 59
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Ohio at Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio 0 0 3 0 3
• Kentucky 14 3 3 0 20
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Kentucky at Florida
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total
Kentucky 0 3 14 3 7 3 0 30
• Florida 0 3 17 0 7 3 6 36
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Vanderbilt at Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7
• Kentucky 7 10 0 0 17
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The 2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as part of its Eastern Division. The team was led by head coach Mark Stoops, in his second year, and played its home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in SEC play to finish in sixth place in the Eastern Division.

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Braylon Heard's first-half touchdown runs of 73 and 43 yards spurred Kentucky to a season-opening, 59–14 rout of Tennessee–Martin on Saturday.

Quarterback Patrick Towles added a TD passing and running in his first career start for Kentucky, which outgained the Skyhawks 656–398. The Wildcats' sophomore threw for 370 yards, but Kentucky's tailbacks set the tone by flying through huge holes and scoring virtually untouched.

The Wildcats' improved grasp of the Air Raid offense was supposed to be displayed through the air behind Towles, who won a three-man competition for the starting job. He definitely did his part in completing 20 of 29 attempts without an interception, but the backfield rushed for 234 yards and ended up showing the scheme's big-play potential.

Heard demonstrated that on both TDs, blazing through big holes on consecutive drives to put Kentucky up 21–0 and keep the air raid sirens blaring.

Towles wasn't fazed about his tailbacks stealing the spotlight because of how well he managed the offense. The Kentucky native made good reads, avoided sacks by getting rid of the ball quickly and most importantly, showed that he could quickly hit short and long throws.

In between completions that moved the ball downfield, Towles hit several long ones to set up Kentucky scores. The first, a 44-yarder down the middle to Javess Blue, resulted in Kemp's 2-yard touchdown run soon after.

Towles followed with a 56-yard completion to Ryan Timmons to UTM's 39, a play that led to his 29-yard TD pass to freshman Blake Bone, who found a hole in the flat and then space en route to the end zone and a 28–0 lead.

Horton's 18-yard TD run came two plays after Towles' 36-yarder to Bone on the left sideline.


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