Kentucky Wildcats football
Football team of the University of Kentucky
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| 2024 | Kentucky Wildcats continue NFL draft success with Brenden Bates (Tight End for Chicago Bears), Jeremy Flax (Offensive Tackle for Minnesota Vikings), and Tayvion Robinson (Wide Receiver for Baltimore Ravens) |
| August 2024 | Kentucky Wildcats vacated all 2021 wins. |
| June 14 2024 | SEC announces the 2024 conference schedule, eliminating divisional play and expanding to 16 teams, which will change Kentucky's conference scheduling format. |
| 2023 | Multiple Kentucky Wildcats selected in the NFL draft, including Tashawn Manning (Guard for Baltimore Ravens), Keidron Smith (Defensive Back for Miami Dolphins), and DeAndre Square (Linebacker for Los Angeles Rams) |
| 2023 | End of SEC divisional structure, though Florida and Kentucky will continue to play each other in 2024. |
| July 10 2023 | The playing field at Kentucky's new indoor practice facility was named after Rich Brooks and his wife, Karen. |
| 2022 | Josh Ali drafted as a Wide Receiver by the Atlanta Falcons |
| 2022 | Will Levis, the quarterback for Kentucky Wildcats football, was named Academic All-American of the Year, recognizing his outstanding performance both on the field and in academic pursuits. |
| 2022 | Mark Stoops surpasses Paul 'Bear' Bryant as the all-time winningest coach at The University of Kentucky and defeats Florida for the second time in three attempts after a 31-year drought. |
| 2021 | Kentucky achieves their second 10-win season, winning the VRBO Citrus Bowl against Iowa and finishing ranked No. 18 in the AP poll. |
| 2020 | Kentucky Wildcats won the Gator Bowl against NC State with a score of 23-21. |
| 2019 | Max Duffy, a punter for the Kentucky Wildcats football team, won the Ray Guy Award, which is presented annually to the top collegiate punter in the United States. |
| 2019 | Lynn Bowden, a versatile player for Kentucky, won the Paul Hornung Award, which recognizes the most versatile player in college football, highlighting his exceptional performance as a wide receiver, kick returner, and quarterback. |
| 2019 | Multiple players named First Team All-SEC: Lynn Bowden (All-Purpose), Max Duffy (Punter), Drake Jackson (Center), and Logan Stenberg (Offensive Guard) |
| 2019 | Kentucky beat Louisville 45-13. Quarterback Lynn Bowden broke the SEC record for quarterback rushing yards in a game with 284 total individual rushing yards, and the Wildcats set a single-game rushing record of 517 yards against the Cardinals. |
| 2019 | Kentucky Wildcats won the Belk Bowl against Virginia Tech with a score of 38-30. |
| 2018 | Josh Allen, a linebacker for the Kentucky Wildcats football team, won the Bednarik Award, which is presented to the best defensive player in college football. |
| 2018 | Mark Stoops was named SEC Coach of the Year, recognizing his leadership and achievements with the Kentucky Wildcats football program in this season. |
| 2018 | Josh Allen, a linebacker for the Kentucky Wildcats football team, was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year, recognizing his outstanding defensive performance for the season. |
| 2018 | Multiple players named First Team All-SEC: Josh Allen (Linebacker), Benny Snell (Running Back), and Bunchy Stallings (Offensive Guard) |
| 2018 | Kentucky beat Louisville 56-10, winning by the largest margin since the rivalry restarted in 1994. |
| 2018 | Kentucky Wildcats won the Citrus Bowl against Penn State with a score of 27-24. |
| 2018 | Kentucky ends a 31-year losing streak against Florida with a 27-16 win in Gainesville, their first win there since 1979. |
| 2018 | Kentucky achieves their first winning season in SEC conference play since 1977, finishing with a 5-3 conference record. |
| 2017 | Benny Snell named First Team All-SEC as Running Back |
| 2017 | End of Florida's 31-year winning streak against Kentucky, marking the beginning of a more competitive rivalry with a 4-3 series split. |
| 2016 | Jon Toth named First Team All-SEC as Center |
| December 29 2016 | Kentucky plays in the TaxSlayer Bowl against Georgia Tech, marking their first bowl berth since 2010, which they lose 33-18. |
| 2014 | Multiple players named First Team All-SEC: Alvin Dupree (Defensive End) and Landon Foster (Punter) |
| 2014 | Kentucky breaks a 17-game SEC losing streak by defeating Vanderbilt in the fourth game of the season. |
| 2013 | Announcement made to move the Louisville-Kentucky game to the final game of the season following Louisville's 2014 move to the ACC. |
| 2013 | Stoops and his staff signed the highest ranked recruiting class in Kentucky football program history. |
| November 27 2012 | Mark Stoops is hired as Kentucky's head football coach, bringing his experience as Florida State's defensive coordinator and becoming the brother of legendary former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops. |
| 2011 | Danny Trevathan named First Team All-SEC as Linebacker |
| 2010 | Multiple players named First Team All-SEC: Randall Cobb (All-Purpose) and Danny Trevathan (Linebacker) |
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