List of Kentucky Wildcats football seasons

The Kentucky Wildcats football team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) representing the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. The following is a complete list of seasons completed by the team.

Seasons


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches	AP
Independent (1881–1891)
1881	Kentucky State College	1–2
1882–90	No team
1891	Kentucky State College	1–1
A. M. Miller (Independent) (1892)
1892	Kentucky State College	2–4–1
John A. Thompson (Independent) (1893)
1893	Kentucky State College	5–2–1
W. P. Finney (Independent) (1894)
1894	Kentucky State College	5–1
Charles B. Mason (Independent) (1895)
1895	Kentucky State College	4–5
Dudley Short (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1896)
1896	Kentucky State College	3–6	1–1	T–5th
Lyman Eaton (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1897)
1897	Kentucky State College	2–4	0–2	12th
W. R. Bass (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1898–1899)
1898	Kentucky State College	7–0	0–0	N/A
1899	Kentucky State College	5–2–2	0–1	T–14th
William H. Kiler (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1900–1901)
1900	Kentucky State College	4–6	0–0	N/A
1901	Kentucky State College	2–6–1	0–2	11th
E.W. McLeod (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1902)
1902	Kentucky State College	3–5–1	0–2	17th
Jack Wright (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903)
1903	Kentucky State College	7–1	0–0	N/A
Fred Schacht (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1904)
1904	Kentucky State College	9–1	2–0	3rd
Fred Schacht (Independent) (1905)
1905	Kentucky State College	6–3–1
J. White Guyn (Independent) (1906–1908)
1906	Kentucky State College	4–3
1907	Kentucky State College	9–1–1
1908	Kentucky State College	4–3
Edwin Sweetland (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1910)
1909	Kentucky State College	9–1
1910	Kentucky State College	7–2
Prentiss Douglass (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911)
1911	Kentucky State College	7–3	1–1	T–7th
Edwin Sweetland (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912)
1912	Kentucky State College	7–2	1–0
Alpha Brumage (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913–1914)
1913	Kentucky	6–2	0–1	16th
1914	Kentucky	5–3	1–1	T–8th
John J. Tigert (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915–1916)
1915	Kentucky	6–1–1	2–1–1	9th
1916	Kentucky	4–1–2	2–1–2	10th
Stanley A. Boles (Independent) (1917)
1917	Kentucky	3–5–1
Thomas Andrew Gill (Independent) (1918)
1918	Kentucky	2–1
Thomas Andrew Gill (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919)
1919	Kentucky	3–4–1	3–1–1	5th
William Juneau (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921)
1920	Kentucky	3–4–1	0–3–1	19th
1921	Kentucky	4–3–1	1–3–1	20th
William Juneau (Southern Conference) (1922)
1922	Kentucky	6–3	1–2	T–11th
Jack Winn (Southern Conference) (1923)
1923	Kentucky	4–3–2	0–2–2	17th
Fred J. Murphy (Southern Conference) (1924–1926)
1924	Kentucky	4–5	2–3	T–14th
1925	Kentucky	6–3	4–2	7th
1926	Kentucky	2–6–1	1–4–1	T–19th
Harry Gamage (Southern Conference) (1927–1932)
1927	Kentucky	3–6–1	1–5	21st
1928	Kentucky	4–3–1	2–2–1	T–9th
1929	Kentucky	6–1–1	3–1–1	6th
1930	Kentucky	5–3	4–3	T–10th
1931	Kentucky	5–2–2	4–2–2	6th
1932	Kentucky	4–5	4–5	12th
Harry Gamage (Southeastern Conference) (1933)
1933	Kentucky	5–5	2–3	T–9th
Chet A. Wynne (Southeastern Conference) (1934–1937)
1934	Kentucky	5–5	1–3	9th
1935	Kentucky	5–4	3–3	T–6th
1936	Kentucky	6–4	1–3	10th
1937	Kentucky	4–6	0–5	12th
Albert D. Kirwan (Southeastern Conference) (1938–1944)
1938	Kentucky	2–7	0–4	12th
1939	Kentucky	6–2–1	2–2–1	T–5th
1940	Kentucky	5–3–2	1–2–2	9th
1941	Kentucky	5–4	0–4	12th
1942	Kentucky	3–6–1	0–5	T–11th
1943	No team
1944	Kentucky	3–6	1–5	9th
Bernie Shively (Southeastern Conference) (1945)
1945	Kentucky	2–8	0–5	12th
Bear Bryant (Southeastern Conference) (1946–1953)
1946	Kentucky	7–3	2–3	8th
1947	Kentucky	8–3	2–3	T–9th	W Great Lakes
1948	Kentucky	5–3–2	1–3–1	9th
1949	Kentucky	9–3	4–1	2nd	L Orange		11
1950	Kentucky	11–1	5–1	1st	W Sugar	7	7
1951	Kentucky	8–4	3–3	5th	W Cotton	17	15
1952	Kentucky	5–4–2	1–3–2	9th		19	20
1953	Kentucky	7–2–1	4–1–1	3rd		15	16
Blanton Collier (Southeastern Conference) (1954–1961)
1954	Kentucky	7–3	5–2	T–3rd
1955	Kentucky	6–3–1	3–3–1	T–7th
1956	Kentucky	6–4	4–4	6th
1957	Kentucky	3–7	1–7	12th
1958	Kentucky	5–4–1	3–4–1	T–6th
1959	Kentucky	4–6	1–6	10th
1960	Kentucky	5–4–1	2–4–1	9th
1961	Kentucky	5–5	2–4	8th
Charlie Bradshaw (Southeastern Conference) (1962–1968)
1962	Kentucky	3–5–2	2–3–1	T–7th
1963	Kentucky	3–6–1	0–5–1	11th
1964	Kentucky	5–5	4–2	T–2nd
1965	Kentucky	6–4	3–3	T–6th
1966	Kentucky	3–6–1	2–4	7th
1967	Kentucky	2–8	1–6	8th
1968	Kentucky	3–7	0–7	10th
John Ray (Southeastern Conference) (1969–1972)
1969	Kentucky	2–8	1–6	9th
1970	Kentucky	2–9	0–7	10th
1971	Kentucky	3–8	1–6	T–8th
1972	Kentucky	3–8	2–5	T–7th
Fran Curci (Southeastern Conference) (1973–1981)
1973	Kentucky	5–6	3–4	T–5th
1974	Kentucky	6–5	3–3	T–4th
1975	Kentucky	2–8–1	0–6	10th
1976	Kentucky	9–3	5–1	T–3rd	W Peach	19	18
1977	Kentucky	10–1	6–0	T–1st	Ineligible		6
1978	Kentucky	4–6–1	2–4	T–7th
1979	Kentucky	5–6	3–3	T–5th
1980	Kentucky	3–8	1–5	8th
1981	Kentucky	3–8	2–4	T–6th
Jerry Claiborne (Southeastern Conference) (1982–1989)
1982	Kentucky	0–10–1	0–6	T–8th
1983	Kentucky	6–5–1	2–4	4th	L Hall of Fame Classic
1984	Kentucky	9–3	3–3	T–4th	W Hall of Fame Classic	19	19
1985	Kentucky	5–6	1–5	7th
1986	Kentucky	5–5–1	2–4	T–4th
1987	Kentucky	5–6	1–5	T–7th
1988	Kentucky	5–6	2–5	T–8th
1989	Kentucky	6–5	2–5	T–7th
Bill Curry (Southeastern Conference) (1990–1996)
1990	Kentucky	4–7	3–4	6th
1991	Kentucky	3–8	0–7	10th
1992	Kentucky	4–7	2–6	5th (Eastern)
1993	Kentucky	6–6	4–4	3rd (Eastern)	L Peach
1994	Kentucky	1–10	0–8	6th (Eastern)
1995	Kentucky	4–7	2–6	5th (Eastern)
1996	Kentucky	4–7	3–5	4th (Eastern)
Hal Mumme (Southeastern Conference) (1997–2000)
1997	Kentucky	5–6	2–6	5th (Eastern)
1998	Kentucky	7–5	4–4	4th (Eastern)	L Outback
1999	Kentucky	6–6	4–4	4th (Eastern)	L Music City
2000	Kentucky	2–9	0–8	6th (Eastern)
Guy Morriss (Southeastern Conference) (2001–2002)
2001	Kentucky	2–9	1–7	5th (Eastern)
2002	Kentucky	7–5	3–5	T–4th (Eastern)
Rich Brooks (Southeastern Conference) (2003–2009)
2003	Kentucky	4–8	1–7	T–5th (Eastern)
2004	Kentucky	2–9	1–7	T–5th (Eastern)
2005	Kentucky	3–8	2–6	6th (Eastern)
2006	Kentucky	8–5	4–4	T–3rd (Eastern)	W Music City
2007	Kentucky	8–5	3–5	T–4th (Eastern)	W Music City
2008	Kentucky	7–6	2–6	6th (Eastern)	W Liberty
2009	Kentucky	7–6	3–5	T–4th (Eastern)	L Music City
Joker Phillips (Southeastern Conference) (2010–2012)
2010	Kentucky	6–7	2–6	5th (Eastern)	L BBVA Compass
2011	Kentucky	5–7	2–6	5th (Eastern)
2012	Kentucky	2–10	0–8	7th (Eastern)
Mark Stoops (Southeastern Conference) (2013–present)
2013	Kentucky	2–10	0–8	7th (Eastern)
2014	Kentucky	5–7	2–6	6th (Eastern)
2015	Kentucky	5–7	2–6	T–4th (Eastern)
2016	Kentucky	7–6	4–4	T–2nd (Eastern)	L TaxSlayer
2017	Kentucky	7–6	4–4	T–3rd (Eastern)	L Music City
2018	Kentucky	10–3	5–3	T–2nd (Eastern)	W Citrus	11	12
2019	Kentucky	8–5	3–5	T–4th (Eastern)	W Belk
2020	Kentucky	5–6	4–6	4th (Eastern)	W Gator
2021	Kentucky	10–3*	5–3*	2nd (Eastern)	W* Citrus	15	18
2022	Kentucky	7–6	3–5	T–4th (Eastern)	L Music City
2023	Kentucky	7–6	3–5	T–4th (Eastern)	L Gator
2024	Kentucky	4–8	1–7	15th
Total:		657–655–44
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Kentucky vacated all 2021 wins in August 2024.

Notes

^ Mississippi State forfeited their 1976 win over Kentucky, giving Kentucky an official 5–1 conference record and a share of the SEC title with Georgia.
^ The Wildcats finished conference play undefeated but due to NCAA probation were not eligible for a share of the SEC championship, postseason play, and the coaches poll.

References

v t e Kentucky Wildcats football
Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Kroger Field (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Florida Indiana Louisville: Governor's Cup Tennessee Transylvania: Battle On Broadway Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band Bluegrass Miracle 2003 Arkansas game Big Blue Nation
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks
Seasons	1881 1882–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

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