1977 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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]

1977 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 6
1977 record10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coachFran Curci (5th season)
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Auburn 5 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

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]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 10North Carolina*
W 10–7
September 17at Baylor*
L 6–2130,000
September 24West Virginia*No. 17
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 28–13
October 1at No. 4 Penn State*No. 16
W 24–2062,196
October 8Mississippi StateNo. 12
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 23–7
October 15at No. 16 LSUNo. 8
W 33–13
October 22at GeorgiaNo. 7
W 33–059,100
October 29Virginia Tech*No. 7
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 32–0
November 5at VanderbiltNo. 7
W 28–626,572
November 12at FloridaNo. 7
W 14–750,243
November 19TennesseeNo. 7
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)
W 21–1757,914
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4][5]

Roster
  • PK Joe Bryant
  • QB Mike Deaton
  • QB Derrick Ramsey
  • DE Art Still
  • Dave Trosper (offense)
  • Freddie Williams (offense)
  • Felix Wilson (offense)

Game summaries

Penn State
1 234Total
• Kentucky 7 7100 24
Penn St 10 1000 20

Georgia
1 234Total
• Kentucky 0 101013 33
Georgia 0 000 0

[6]

Team players in the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Art StillDefensive End12Kansas City Chiefs
Derrick RamseyQuarterback5136Oakland Raiders
Mike MartinTackle9244Chicago Bears
Will GrantCenter10255Buffalo Bills
Dallas OwensDefensive Back10275Baltimore Colts
Jerry BlantonLinebacker11282Buffalo Bills

[7]

Awards and honors
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2014-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Final 1977 AP Poll at AP Poll Archive.com". Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  3. Story, Mark, UK football's greatest wins at Commonwealth, Lexington Herald-Leader, September 4, 2011
  4. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168
  5. "Kentucky in the 1977 AP polls, AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  6. Ocala Star-Banner. 1977 Oct 23. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.
  7. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1978.htm
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