Kentucky Wildcats

Kentucky Wildcats
First season	2014
Head coach	Bastiat 1st season, 0–0 (–)
Stadium	Kroger Field, FKA Commonwealth Stadium (Capacity: 61,000)
Year built	1973
Field surface	Synthetic Turf
Location	Lexington, KY
League	NCAA
Division	East
All-time record	42–58–0 (.420)
Bowl record	0–5–0 (.000)
Consensus All-Americans	1
Current uniform
Colors	Blue and White
Fight song	On, on, U of K, Kentucky Fight
Mascot	Blue
Rivals	Louisville Tennessee Indiana Vanderbilt Mississippi State

The University of Kentucky Wildcats, coached by SBowman, are a collegiate football team playing in SEC. The Wildcats play at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky, and are a member of the East division.

History

cmcgill era (2014 - 2017)

The 2014 season was the first in which the Kentucky Wildcats played. Cmcgill coached the Kentucky Wildcats from 2014 through the 2017 season. He lead the Wildcats to 4 consecutive bowl berths, the only bowl berths in program history. After the 2017 season cmcgill left Kentucky for his alma mater, LSU. He compiled a 29-23 in his tenure.

rabidsnowman era (2018 - 2020)

Rabidsnowman was the man selected to replace cmcgill as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats after the 2017 season. He had a lackluster tenure at Kentucky, compiling a record of 8-28 in his three seasons. Following the 2020 season rabidsnowman was let go and went on to become the coach of the Texas State Bobcats.

HughFreeze$$ era (2021)

HughFreeze$$ became the 3rd head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats prior to the start of the 2021 season. He was hired even though he was relieved from his prior position under the cloud of an NCAA investigation and personal character issues. After the 2021 season HughFreeze$$ left Kentucky for his alma mater, Ole Miss Rebels. He compiled a 5-7 in his one seaon.

SBowman/YellowSkarmory era (2022)

On December 12, 2021, SBowman was hired as the fourth head coach in Wildcats' history. On October 18, 2022 after leading the team to a 4-1 record, Athletic Director Murray Rothbard announced that SBowman would be stepping down as head coach effective immediately. Offensive Coordinator YellowSkarmory would serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

Under YellowSkarmory's leadership, the team would finish the season 5-3. The team's strong finish lead to YellowSkarmory being named the SEC's 2022 Coach of the Year.

In a controversial move, Rothbard decided not to retain YellowSkarmory as coach, opting instead to entrust the program to his long time friend, Coach Bastiat.

All-time record vs. SEC opponents

This is the Wildcats' football record against current Southeastern Conference opponents through the 2021 season.

School	Total Games	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA	First Year	Last Year	Streak
Alabama	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	TBD	TBD	TBD
Arkansas	3	2	1	0	.667	66	59	2017	2022	W1
Auburn	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	TBD	TBD	TBD
Georgia	9	0	9	0	.000	146	216	2014	2022	L9
Florida	9	2	7	0	.222	172	230	2014	2022	W1
LSU	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	TBD	TBD	TBD
Mississippi State	5	2	3	0	.400	99	119	2014	2022	W1
Missouri	9	2	7	0	.222	166	274	2014	2022	!1
Ole Miss	2	1	1	0	.500	42	45	2018	2020	W1
South Carolina	9	6	3	0	.667	242	203	2014	2022	W1
Tennessee	9	5	4	0	.556	198	220	2014	2022	L2
Texas A&M	2	1	1	0	.500	49	52	2016	2021	L1
Vanderbilt	9	5	4	0	.556	187	194	2014	2022	W2
13 Opponents	66	26	40	0	.394	1367	1612			9 Seasons

Season-by-Season Records

Coach(es)	Year	Conference	Overall Record		Conference Record		Bowl	Final CP Ranking
			W	L	W	L
Kentucky Wildcats
cmcgill	2014	SEC	7	6	4	3	Lost Gator Bowl vs. Iowa	-
	2015		7	6	4	3	Lost St. Petersburg Bowl vs. Miss. State	-
	2016		6	7	4	3	Lost Frozen Bowl vs. UConn	-
	2017		9	4	4	3	Lost Peony Bowl vs. Penn State	-
rabidsnowman	2018		2	10	1	6	-	-
	2019		3	9	0	7	-	-
	2020		3	9	2	6	-	-
HughFreeze$$	2021		5	7	1	7	-	-
SBowman / YellowSkarmory	2022		9	4	6	2	Lost Citrus Bowl vs. Ohio State	-
Total Games: 88			42	58	20	38

Bowl games

The Wildcats have appeared in 4 bowl games, posting a record of 0-4.

Season	Bowl	Opponent	Result
2014	Gator Bowl	Iowa	L, 21-42
2015	St. Petersburg Bowl	Mississippi State	L, 21-38
2016	Frozen Bowl	Connecticut	L, 21-23
2017	Peony Bowl	Penn State	L, 13-17
2022	Citrus Bowl	Ohio State	L, 27-14
Total	5 Bowl Games	0-5	-

Individual Award Winners

• Austin Medina (WR - 2014) - SEC Offensive Player of the Year
• Teddy Walker (CB - 2017) - SEC Defensive Player of the Year
• Teddy Walker (CB - 2017) - Jim Thorpe Award Winner
• YellowSkarmory (HC - 2022) - SEC Coach of the Year

All-SEC

• Austin Medina (1st Team WR - 2014)
• Grover Walker (2nd Team DE - 2015)
• Kenneth Farr (3rd Team RB - 2015)
• John Spears (3rd Team OC - 2015)
• Curtis Dukes (Freshman Team DT - 2015)
• Teddy Walker (Freshman Team DB - 2015)
• Antonio Little (Freshman Team DB - 2015)
• Tyrone Crawley (1st Team DT - 2016)
• Alex Rodgers (3rd Team QB - 2016)
• Stephen Carpenter (3rd Team OLB - 2016)
• Teddy Walker (3rd Team CB - 2016)
• Teddy Walker (1st Team CB - 2017)
• Asante Willis (1st Team OLB - 2017)
• Brian Browning (2nd Team RB - 2017)
• Raymundo Davis (2nd Team TE - 2017)
• Ronan O'Brien (2nd Team SS - 2017)
• John Hernandez (1st Team HB - 2018)
• Robert Santiago (2nd Team WR - 2018)
• George Sorenson (2nd Team DT - 2019)
• Omar Prescott (2nd Team TE - 2020)
• Tristan Hart (1st Team TE - 2021)
• Russell Corbin (2nd Team DT - 2021)
• Brandon Childress (2nd Team ILB - 2021)
• Quinn Walters (2nd Team WR - 2022)
• Zac Forte (2nd Team CB - 2022)

All-American

• Teddy Walker (CB - 2017)