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
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record11–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Gain, Wilbur Jamerson
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
1950 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 1 011 1 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 1 011 1 0
No. 16 Alabama 6 2 09 2 0
No. 20 Tulane 3 1 16 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 2 05 6 0
Georgia 3 2 16 3 3
Mississippi State 3 4 04 5 0
Vanderbilt 3 4 07 4 0
LSU 2 3 24 5 2
Florida 2 4 05 5 0
Ole Miss 1 5 05 5 0
Auburn 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The living players from the 1950 Wildcats team were honored during halftime of a game during the 2005 season 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.

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