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]
Kentucky's 33–13 victor over
LSU was its third in four years over the Bayou Bengals, and the Wildcats' first at
Tiger Stadium since 1949, when
Bear Bryant was Kentucky's coach.
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]
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]
Kentucky's 33–13 victor over
LSU was its third in four years over the Bayou Bengals, and the Wildcats' first at
Tiger Stadium since 1949, when
Bear Bryant was Kentucky's coach.
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]