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.[1]

Head coach
Main article: Bear Bryant

Bear Bryant was known for having the most Collegiate wins of any head coach ever with 323 wins. 60 of those wins being at Kentucky. Bryant coached for Kentucky for a total of 8 seasons, 1950 being his fifth. After being inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa in 1949, Bryant went on to win his first Southeastern Conference Championship and Sugar Bowl as a Head Coach, before going on to win more with the University of Alabama and Texas A&M University. The Wildcats also had help from some other coaches. Carney Laslie, Frank Mosely, Ermal Allen, Clarence Underwood, Richard Holway, and George Chapman.

Stadium
Main article: Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

McLean Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium open from 1880 to 1972, before the University of Kentucky replaced it with Kroger Field, formally known as Commonwealth Stadium.[2] The stadium had a capacity of 37,000 fans.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16North Texas State*No. 13
W 25–024,000[3]
September 23LSUNo. 13
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 14–035,500[4]
September 30Ole MissNo. 13
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–032,000[5]
October 7Dayton*No. 6
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 40–020,000[6]
October 14Cincinnati*No. 5
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 41–735,000[7]
October 21at Villanova*No. 4
W 34–717,000[8]
October 28at Georgia TechNo. 4
W 28–1435,000[9]
November 4No. 17 FloridaNo. 5
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 40–633,000[10]
November 11at Mississippi StateNo. 4
W 48–2128,000[11]
November 18North Dakota*No. 5
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 83–020,000[12]
November 25at No. 9 TennesseeNo. 3
L 0–745,000[13]
January 1vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*No. 7
W 13–780,206[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1951 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bob GainTackle15Green Bay Packers
Walt YowarskyTackle329Washington Redskins
Al BrunoEnd332Philadelphia Eagles
Bob HopeTackle11130Philadelphia Eagles
Bill LeskovarBack14163Chicago Cardinals
Clay WebbBack15176Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill WanamakerGuard15179New York Yanks
Dom FucciBack18210Washington Redskins
Dick MartinBack28331Chicago Cardinals

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Awards and honors

References
  1. "2015 Football Media Guide". University of Kentucky Athletics. p. 100. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  2. Riddle, Becky. "Stoll Field". Kentucky History. ExploreKYHistory. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  3. "Crowd of 24,000 fans see Wildcats blank North Texas, 25–0, in opener". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 17, 1950. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Kentucky overpowers L.S.U. 14–0". The Courier-Journal. September 24, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Vito Parilli paces Kentucky to 27–0 win over Ole Miss". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 1, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Parilli flips 4 touchdown passes as U.K. overpowers Dayton 40–0". The Courier-Journal. October 8, 1950. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Parilli passes for record 338 yards in 41–7 Cat win". The Park City Daily News. October 15, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Babe Parilli's passing sparks Kentucky to win". The State. October 22, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Kentucky clips Georgia Tech, 28 to 14". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 29, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Kentucky whips Florida 40–6 before 33,000 at homecoming". The Owensboro Messenger. November 5, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Babe, 'Tucky romp, 48–21". The Birmingham News. November 12, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Parilli hurls 5 touchdown passes as Kentucky beats N. Dakota". Messenger-Inquirer. November 19, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Kentucky's undefeated record broken by Tennessee 7–0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 26, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Kentucky wins, 13 to 7, and ends Oklahoma's 31-game victory streak". The Courier-Journal. January 2, 1951. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  16. "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?". Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  17. "Bob Gain, Star Defensive Lineman on Browns Title Teams, Dies at 87". The New York Times. The Associated Press.
  18. "Bob Gain, Star Defensive Lineman on Browns Title Teams, Dies at 87". The New York Times. The Associated Press.
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