1967 Kentucky Wildcats football team

American college football season

1967 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–8 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach	Charlie Bradshaw (6th season)
Home stadium	McLean Stadium
Seasons← 1966 1968 →

1967 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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).

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. 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. Northington only played for three minutes before suffering a separated shoulder, and the Wildcats would lose 26–13.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	at Indiana*	Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 10–12	42,311
September 30	Ole Miss	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 13–26	33,000
October 7	Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 7–48	24,962–28,000
October 14	Virginia Tech*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 14–24	23,000
October 21	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–30	66,000
October 28	No. 6 Georgia	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 7–31	28,000
November 4	West Virginia*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 22–7	30,000
November 11	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 12–7	18,942
November 18	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	L 12–28	50,833
November 25	No. 2 Tennessee	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 7–17	31,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Footnotes

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.

References

"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.
^ 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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