Kentucky State College Blue and White football
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| First season | 1892 | ||
| Athletic director | Mitch Barnhart | ||
| Head coach |
Mark Stoops 4th year, 19–29 (.396) |
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| Stadium | Kroger Field | ||
| Seating capacity | 62,000 | ||
| Field surface | Field Turf | ||
| Location | Lexington, Kentucky | ||
| Conference | SEC | ||
| Division | Eastern | ||
| All-time record | 597–607–44 (.496) | ||
| Bowl record | 8–8–0 (.500) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 1 (1950) | ||
| Conference titles | 2 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 10 | ||
| Colors | Kentucky Blue and White |
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| Fight song | On, On, U of K, Kentucky Fight | ||
| Mascot | Wildcat, Scratch | ||
| Rivals |
Louisville Cardinals Tennessee Volunteers Indiana Hoosiers Vanderbilt Commodores Mississippi State Bulldogs |
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| Website | ukathletics.com | ||
The Kentucky Wildcats football program represents the University of Kentucky in the sport of American football. The Wildcats compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Until about 1913, the modern University of Kentucky was referred to as "Kentucky State College" and nearby Transylvania University was known as "Kentucky University". In 1880, Kentucky University and Centre College played the first intercollegiate football game in Kentucky. Kentucky State first fielded a football team in 1881, playing three games against rival Kentucky University. The team was revived in 1891. Both the inaugural 1881 squad and the revived 1891 squad have unknown coaches according to university records in winning two games and losing three. The 1891 team's colors were blue and light yellow, decided before the Centre–Kentucky game on December 19. A student asked "What color blue?" and varsity letterman Richard C. Stoll pulled off his necktie, and held it up. This is still held as the origin of Kentucky's shade of blue. The next year light yellow was dropped and changed to white. The 1892 team was coached by A. M. Miller, and went 2–4–1.
The greatest UK team of this era was the 1898 squad, known simply to Kentuckians as "The Immortals." To this day, the Immortals remain the only undefeated, untied, and unscored upon team in UK football history. The Immortals were coached by W. R. Bass and ended the year a perfect 7–0–0, despite an average weight of 147 pounds per player. Victories came easily for this squad, as the Immortals raced by Kentucky University (18- 0), Georgetown (28–0), Company H of the 8th Massachusetts (59–0), Louisville Athletic Club (16–0), Centre (6–0), 160th Indiana (17–0) and Newcastle Athletic Club (36–0).
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