The 1967 Kentucky Wildcats football team were an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach Charlie Bradshaw, the team compiled a 2–8 record (1–6 in the SEC).[1]
| 1967 Kentucky Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (1–6 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | McLean Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Tennessee $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Alabama | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On September 30, Kentucky running back Nathaniel "Nate" Northington became the first African-American scholarship athlete to play in an Southeastern Conference game in the Wildcats' home game against Ole Miss.[2][a] His debut was bittersweet as it came the day after the death of Greg Page, an African-American defensive end who had arrived at UK alongside Northington. Page died from complications of a paralyzing spinal cord injury suffered in an August 22 practice.[4] Northington only played for three minutes before suffering a separated shoulder, and the Wildcats would lose 26–13.[4]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | at Indiana* | L 10–12 | 42,311 | [5] | |||
| September 30 | Ole Miss | L 13–26 | 33,000 | [6] | |||
| October 7 | Auburn | L 7–48 | 24,962–28,000 | [7] | |||
| October 14 | Virginia Tech* |
| L 14–24 | 23,000 | [8] | ||
| October 21 | at LSU | L 7–30 | 66,000 | [9] | |||
| October 28 | No. 6 Georgia |
| L 7–31 | 28,000 | [10] | ||
| November 4 | West Virginia* |
| W 22–7 | 30,000 | [11] | ||
| November 11 | at Vanderbilt | W 12–7 | 18,942 | [12] | |||
| November 18 | at Florida | L 12–28 | 50,833 | [13] | |||
| November 25 | No. 2 Tennessee |
| L 7–17 | 31,500 | [14] | ||
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Footnotes
edit- ^ Northington was not the first African American to play at the varsity level in the SEC, although he was the first to do so on a scholarship. The conference's first African American varsity athlete was Stephen Martin, a baseball walk-on at Tulane, who made his varsity debut in 1966 (1965–66 school year), which was Tulane's last season as an SEC member.[3]
References
edit- ^ "1967 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ Kindred, Dave. "The Forgotten Trailblazer". Sports on Earth. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Tulane Mourns the Passing of Integration Pioneer Stephen Martin Sr" (Press release). Tulane Green Wave. May 16, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ a b Story, Mark (September 22, 2016). "UK reveals sculpture honoring first black football players". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Indiana rallies late to edge Kentucky, 12–10". The South Bend Tribune. September 24, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss rips Kentucky". The Orlando Sentinel. October 1, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn gets easy victory". Bristol Herald Courier. October 8, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia Tech defeats Kentucky, 24 to 14". The Danville Register. October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU wakes up, whips Kentucky". The Tampa Tribune. October 22, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sixth-ranked Georgia humbles Kentucky, 31–7". The Shreveport Times. October 29, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lyons booms UK out of losing streak 22–7". The Courier-Journal. November 5, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vandy bows to Kentucky". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 12, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gators rout Kentucky, 28–12". The Paducah Sun Democrat. November 19, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "5 thefts help Volunteers en route to 17–7 victory". The Greenville News. November 26, 1967. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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