2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2007 Kentucky Wildcats football
2007 Kentucky Wildcats football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 35–28 vs. Florida State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Record	8–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Rich Brooks (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joker Phillips (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Steve Brown (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium
	Seasons ← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the college football season of 2007–2008. The team's head football coach was Rich Brooks, in his 5th year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team is remembered by many college football fans for its prolific offense, led by seniors Rafael Little, Keenan Burton, Stevie Johnson, and André Woodson.

2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 2 Georgia x%	6	–	2	11	–	2
No. 13 Florida	5	–	3	9	–	4
South Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	6
Kentucky	3	–	5	8	–	5
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	5	–	7
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#	6	–	2	12	–	2
No. 15 Auburn	5	–	3	9	–	4
Arkansas	4	–	4	8	–	5
Mississippi State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Alabama	4	–	4	7	–	6
Ole Miss	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4). Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	Eastern Kentucky*		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	BBSN	W 50–10	66,512^[1]
September 8	6:00 pm	Kent State*		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	BBSN	W 56–20	67,380^[1]
September 15	6:00 pm	No. 9 Louisville*		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	ESPNC	W 40–34	68,857^[1]
September 22	7:00 pm	at Arkansas	No. 21	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	W 42–29	74,015^[1]
September 29	1:00 pm	Florida Atlantic*	No. 14	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	BBSN	W 45–17	61,927^[1]
October 4	8:00 pm	at No. 11 South Carolina	No. 8	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 23–38	76,220^[1]
October 13	3:30 pm	No. 1 LSU	No. 17	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	CBS	W 43–37 ^3OT	70,902^[1]
October 20	3:30 pm	No. 14 Florida	No. 8	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (College GameDay) (rivalry)	CBS	L 37–45	71,024^[1]
October 27	12:00 pm	Mississippi State	No. 14	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	LFS	L 14–31	64,173^[1]
November 10	3:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	No. 24	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	BBSN	W 27–20	39,773^[1]
November 17	12:00 pm	at No. 8 Georgia	No. 22	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	LFS	L 13–24	92,746^[1]
November 24	3:30 pm	No. 19 Tennessee		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel/Senior Day)	CBS	L 50–52 ^4OT	64,813^[1]
December 31	4:00 pm	vs. Florida State*		LP Field Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 35–28	62,661^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Kentucky	0	3	7	0	10
Kentucky	17	13	20	0	50

André Woodson threw for a 51-yard touchdown on Kentucky's first snap of the season, as the Wildcats rout Eastern Kentucky, 50–10.^[3] Kentucky scored five touchdowns on their first eight drives, and punted only once, in the fourth quarter. Rafael Little had 135 yards on the ground for Kentucky.^[3]

Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kent State	7	7	6	0	20
Kentucky	14	0	21	21	56

Kentucky had 266 yards and six touchdowns on the ground, but Kentucky's porous run defense was gashed for 324 yards on the ground by the Golden Flashes.^[4] Woodson looked out of sync until he hit Keenan Burton for a fifty-one yard score in the third quarter. Tony Dixon, André Woodson, Alfonso Smith, and Derrick Locke all had one rushing touchdown for Kentucky, where John Conner had two.^[4]

Kent State struck first on a fake field goal, ran six yards for a touchdown by holder Leneric Muldrow. Conner ran in from five yards out, and Woodson fired back with a 33-yard touchdown pass to give the Wildcats a 14–7 lead.^[4] The Golden Flashes Eugene Jarvis scored on a ten-yard run up the middle, but John Conner and Tony Dixon ran in, and André Woodson hit Keenan Burton to the right for 51 yards and a touchdown. Kent State, down 14–35 answered with a Julian Edelman pass to Eugene Jarvis for a 22-yard touchdown, but Woodson, Alfonso Smith, and Derrick Locke ran in for touchdowns of 1, 12, and 67 yards respectively.^[4]

Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Louisville	7	14	7	6	34
Kentucky	13	6	7	14	40

With 28 seconds left, André Woodson threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Stevie Johnson to knock off #9 Louisville, the first time the Wildcats had beaten a top ten team in thirty years.^[5] Woodson finished 30 of 44 for 275 yds and four touchdowns.^[5] Woodson also did not throw an interception, and he ended the game with 257 passes without an interception. This became a new SEC record, breaking David Greene's record and falling fourteen attempts short of Trent Dilfer's all-time mark.^[5]

Placekicker Lones Seiber started the scoring for the Wildcats with a 36-yard field goal, and Woodson followed later with a five-yard touchdown strike, with another Seiber kick, to make the lead 13–0 in favor of Kentucky.^[5] Louisville Senior Quarterback Brian Brohm found Anthony Allen for an eight-yard touchdown. Rafael Little ran up the middle for a ten-yard score in the second quarter, but Seiber missed the PAT, resulting in a 19–7 Kentucky lead. Brian Brohm passed to Harry Douglas for a TD, and Louisville added a ten-yard touchdown run from Anthony Allen to pull in front 21–19.^[5]

Opening the second-half scoring, Woodson threw a seven-yard touchdown pass but on the ensuing kickoff lightning struck for the Cardinals in the form of Trent Guy's 100 yard kickoff return. Once again, Kentucky answered with a Woodson pass to Jacob Tamme.^[5] Brohm then began an 84-yard drive that ended in Anthony Allen's 2-yard touchdown run and a Cardinal lead. Brohm would've been sacked for a loss on the drive, but a fifteen-yard personal foul penalty on cornerback Trevard Lindley gave the Cardinals room to operate as well as a fresh set of downs.^[5] Despite Brohm's heroics, they were topped by Woodson's 57-yard touchdown hookup to wideout Steve Johnson to beat the Cardinals for the first time in Kentucky's last five tries.^[5] This was the first time Woodson had gotten a win against Brohm, Woodson's rival dating back to their high schools, separated by only 45 miles.^[6]

Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Kentucky	7	7	7	21	42
Arkansas	10	10	0	9	29

Florida Atlantic

Andre Woodson threw his first interception in his previous 325 attempts, snapping his NCAA record for consecutive passes thrown without an INT.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida Atlantic	3	7	0	7	17
#15 Kentucky	7	21	7	10	45

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Kentucky	3	7	3	10	23
#6 South Carolina	10	7	7	14	38

LSU

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
#1 LSU	0	17	10	0	7	3	0	37
#15 Kentucky	7	7	7	6	7	3	6	43

Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Florida	14	7	10	14	45
#8 Kentucky	7	3	14	13	37

Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mississippi State	7	7	10	7	31
#14 Kentucky	7	0	7	0	14

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Kentucky	3	10	7	7	27
Vanderbilt	0	13	0	7	20

Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Kentucky	10	0	3	0	13
#8 Georgia	0	7	14	3	24

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	4OT	Total
#19 Tennessee	14	10	7	0	7	0	6	8	52
Kentucky	0	7	14	10	7	0	6	6	50

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kentucky	7	7	14	7	35
Florida State	7	7	0	14	28

Statistics

Quarterback Andre Woodson set a new NCAA record with 325 consecutive pass attempts without an interception. His 40 touchdown passes set a new SEC record, and his 81 career touchdown passes set a new school record.

Team

	Team	Opp
Scoring	475	385
Points per Game	36.5	29.6
First Downs	335	288
Rushing	130	140
Passing	182	129
Penalty	23	19
Total Offense	5764	5163
Avg per Play	5.7	5.3
Avg per Game	443.4	397.2
Fumbles-Lost	30-16	24-10
Penalties-Yards	83-717	84-737
Avg per Game	55.1	56.6

	Team	Opp
Punts-Yards	51-1992	65-2558
Avg per Punt	39.1	39.3
Time of Possession/Game	28:31	31:29
3rd Down Conversions	94/195	88/194
4th Down Conversions	12/22	7/17
Touchdowns Scored	62	45
Field Goals-Attempts-Long
PAT-Attempts
Attendance
Games/Avg per Game

Weekly rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	—	21	14	8	17	8	14	—	25	22	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	23	15	8	23	13	15	23	22	20	—	—	—	—
Harris	Not released				14	7	18	11	15	24	23	20	21	—	—	Not released
BCS	Not released							7	14	—	25	—	—	—	—	Not released

Depth chart

Starters

Position	Number	Name	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown	Games↑
QB	3	Andre' Woodson	6'5"	230 lb.	Sr.	Radcliff, Kentucky	13
HB	22	Rafael Little	5'10"	210 lb.	Sr.	Anderson, South Carolina	10
FB	38	John Conner	5'11"	228	So.	West Chester, Ohio	13
WR	19	Keenan Burton	6'2"	195 lb.	Sr.	Louisville, Kentucky	12
WR	13	Stevie Johnson	6'3"	198 lb.	Sr.	San Francisco, California	10
TE	18	Jacob Tamme	6'4"	215 lb.	Sr.	Danville, Kentucky	13
LT	79	Garry Williams	6'0"	300 lb.	Jr.	Louisville, Kentucky	13
LG	72	Zipp Duncan	6'5"	295 lb.	So.	Magnolia, Kentucky	12
C	59	Eric Scott	6'5"	291 lb.	Sr.	Woodstock, Georgia	13
RG	78	Christian Johnson	6'4"	325 lb.	Jr.	Fort Campbell, Kentucky	13
RT	76	Justin Jeffries	6'6"	300 lb.	So.	Louisville, Kentucky	13

Position	Number	Name	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown	Games↑
LE	99	Jeremy Jarmon	6'3"	277 lb.	So.	Collierville, Tennessee	13
LT	98	Myron Pryor	6'1"	310 lb.	So.	Louisville, Kentucky	12
RT	91	Corey Peters	6'3"	290 lb.	So.	Louisville, Kentucky	13
RE	95	Ventrell Jenkins	6'2"	285 lb.	Jr.	Columbia, South Carolina	11
SLB	16	Wesley Woodyard	6'1"	225 lb.	Sr.	LaGrange, Georgia	13
MLB	56	Braxton Kelley	6'0"	230 lb.	Jr.	LaGrange, Georgia	12
WLB	51	Johnny Williams	6'3"	244 lb.	Jr.	Jacksonville, Florida	12
RCB	32	Trevard Lindley	6'0"	175 lb.	So.	Hiram, Georgia	13
LCB	34	Paul Warford	5'10"	200 lb.	So.	Richmond, Kentucky	10
FS	35	Roger Williams	6'0"	204 lb.	Sr.	Rockmart, Georgia	13
SS	2	Marcus McClinton	6'1"	210 lb.	Jr.	Fort Campbell, Kentucky	11

bold - Denotes returning starter
↑ - Denotes number of games started by the player at the listed position during the 2008 season.

Roster

2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Will Fidler	Fr
QB	`3`	Andre' Woodson	Sr
QB	`5`	Mike Hartline	Fr
WR	`7`	David Jones	Sr
WR	`8`	DeMoreo Ford	So
RB	`9`	Brandon Jackson	Fr
QB	`10`	Matt Lentz	Fr
WR	`12`	Dicky Lyons, Jr.	Jr
WR	`13`	Steve Johnson, Jr.	Sr
WR	`14`	Anthony Mosley	Fr
QB	`15`	Curtis Pulley	Jr
TE	`18`	Jacob Tamme	Sr
WR	`19`	Keenan Burton	Sr
RB	`22`	Rafael Little	Sr
WR	`26`	Terrence Jones	So
RB	`28`	Tony Dixon	Sr
RB	`29`	Alfonso Smith	Jr
RB	`30`	Moncell Allen	Fr
RB	`33`	Antoine Brown	Jr
RB	`37`	Trey Bowland	So
FB	`38`	John Conner	Jr
FB	`40`	Maurice Grinter	Jr
RB	`41`	Derrick Locke	So
FB	`43`	Stephen Ball	So
FB	`47`	Matt Ramsey	So
WR	`48`	Jayce Long	So
OL	`52`	Billy Joe Murphy	Fr
OL	`58`	Phillip Hibbard	Fr
OL	`60`	Dustin Luck	Jr
C	`61`	Jorge Gonzalez	Jr
OL	`63`	Jake Lanefski	Fr
OT	`64`	Josh Winchell	Fr
OL	`68`	Michael Williams	Jr
OL	`70`	Stuart Hines	Fr
OT	`72`	Zipp Duncan	Jr
G	`73`	Jess Beets	Fr
OT	`74`	Joe Fischer	Sr
OL	`75`	Brad Durham	Fr
OT	`76`	Justin Jeffries	Jr
OL	`77`	Marcus Davis	So
OL	`78`	Christian Johnson	Sr
OT	`79`	Garry Williams	Sr
TE	`80`	T. C. Drake	Jr
WR	`81`	Kyrus Lanxter	Fr
TE	`82`	Tyler Sexton	Jr
WR	`83`	Courtney Gholston	So
WR	`83`	Anthony Stewart	Sr
WR	`84`	Chris Wraley	Jr
WR	`85`	Anthony Cecil	Jr
TE	`86`	Ross Bogue	Jr
WR	`87`	Andre Henderson	So
TE	`88`	Chris Goode	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`2`	Marcus McClinton	Sr
LB	`4`	Micah Johnson	Jr
DB	`6`	Taiedo Smith	Fr
DB	`11`	Greg Wilson	Fr
DB	`15`	Chris Drayton	Fr
LB	`16`	Wesley Woodyard	Sr
DB	`21`	Michael Schwindel	Jr
DB	`23`	Shomari Moore	Sr
DB	`24`	Randall Burden	Fr
DB	`25`	Ahmad Grigsby, Jr.	So
DB	`26`	Martin McPherson,	Sr
DB	`27`	Ashton Cobb	Jr
DB	`31`	Jordan Nevels	Jr
DB	`32`	Trevard Lindley	So
DB	`33`	Calvin Harrison	Jr
DB	`34`	Paul Warford	Jr
CB	`36`	Robbie McAtee	Sr
DE	`39`	Courtney Coffey	So
DB	`40`	Daryl Faulkner	So
LB	`41`	Ben Bates	Jr
LB	`42`	Chris Cessna	Fr
LB	`43`	Mikhail Mabry	Jr
DE	`45`	Antwane Glenn	Fr
LB	`46`	Ronnie Sneed	Fr
LB	`47`	A. J. Nance	Jr
DB	`49`	Antonio Thomas	Fr
LB	`50`	Sam Maxwell	Jr
LB	`51`	Johnny Williams	Sr
DT	`53`	Ricky Lumpkin	So
LB	`54`	Brandon Thurmond	So
LB	`56`	Braxton Kelley	Sr
LB	`57`	Jacob Dufrene	Fr
DL	`60`	Shane McCord	Fr
DE	`62`	Greg Meisner	Fr
DE	`67`	Charles Mustafaa	Fr
DL	`67`	Joe Scott	So
DE	`69`	B. J. Wiedemann	So
DB	`71`	James Alexander	Jr
DE	`90`	Jamil Paris	Jr
DT	`91`	Corey Peters	Jr
DE	`92`	Josh Minton	So
DT	`93`	Austin Moss	Jr
DT	`95`	Ventrell Jenkins	Sr
DE	`97`	Nii Adjei Oninku	Sr
DT	`98`	Myron Pryor	So
DE	`99`	Jeremy Jarmon	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P, K	`9`	Ryan Tydlacka	Fr
K	`36`	Lones Seiber	Jr
P, K	`44`	Tim Masthay	Sr
LS	`58`	Greg Curtin	Sr
LS	`62`	Clay Pear	So
LS	`65`	J. J. Helton	So
LS	`74`	Brad Hartr	So
K	`97`	J. J. Housley	Sr

Head coach

Rich Brooks

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Joker Phillips (offensive coordinator)
Steve Brown (defensive coordinator)
Randy Sanders (quarterback)
Gerad Parker (graduate assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 24, 2016

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Kentucky.
^ "Kentucky in the 2007 AP polls, AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
^ ^a ^b McMurray, Jeffrey (September 1, 2007) Kentucky opens with lopsided victory over Eastern Kentucky Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McMurray, Jeffrey (September 8, 2008) Kentucky rushing game overcomes shaky defense against Kent State Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h McMurray, Jeffrey (September 16, 2008) Woodson's bomb knocks off No. 9 Cardinals for first time Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
^ "North Hardin High School (KY) to Trinity High School (KY)." Google Maps. Directions. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.

[statistics-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Kentucky.

[2] "Kentucky in the 2007 AP polls, AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2009.

[eku-3] McMurray, Jeffrey (September 1, 2007) Kentucky opens with lopsided victory over Eastern Kentucky Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.

[ksu-4] McMurray, Jeffrey (September 8, 2008) Kentucky rushing game overcomes shaky defense against Kent State Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.

[lou-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h McMurray, Jeffrey (September 16, 2008) Woodson's bomb knocks off No. 9 Cardinals for first time Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.

[6] "North Hardin High School (KY) to Trinity High School (KY)." Google Maps. Directions. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.

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