The nickname "Wildcats" became synonymous with the University of Kentucky football team after they defeated Illinois in 1909 and their coach said they fought like wildcats. Kentucky plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium and their former assistant coach Joker Phillips was named head coach in 2010, leading them to a bowl game loss in his first season. Kentucky football tickets are popular for fans of the Wildcats, who compete as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

1. The nickname "Wildcats" became
synonymous with UK shortly after a 6–2
football road victory over Illinois on
October 9, 1909. Commandant Philip W.
Corbusier, then head of the military
department at old State University, told a
group of students in a chapel service
following the game that the Kentucky
football team had "fought like Wildcats.“
Kentucky plays at Commonwealth Stadium,
which replaced Stoll Field in 1973. Former
Wildcat wide receiver and long time
assistant coach Joker Phillips was formally
named head coach January 6, 2010 after
Rich Brooks' retirement. Phillips took
Kentucky to the BBVA Compass Bowl in
Birmingham, Alabama in his first season as
a head coach, losing to Big East Conference
co-champion Pittsburgh 27-10.
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2. Wildcats Football Schedule
Saturday 09/01/12 Louisville Cardinals
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Saturday 09/08/12 Kent State Golden Flashes
Commonwealth Stadium
Saturday 09/15/12 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Commonwealth Stadium
Saturday 09/22/12 Florida Gators
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Saturday 09/29/12 South Carolina Gamecocks
Commonwealth Stadium
Saturday 10/06/12 Mississippi State Bulldogs
Commonwealth Stadium
Saturday 10/13/12 Arkansas Razorbacks
Razorback Stadium
Saturday 10/20/12 Georgia Bulldogs
Commonwealth Stadium
Saturday 10/27/12 Missouri Tigers
Faurot Field
Saturday 11/03/12 Vanderbilt Commodores
Commonwealth Stadium
Saturday 11/17/12 Samford Bulldogs
Commonwealth Stadium
Saturday 11/24/12 Tennessee Volunteers
Neyland Stadium
Saturday 12/01/12 SEC Championship Game
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA

3. Wildcats
Information
Former Wildcat wide receiver and long
time assistant coach and associate head
coach Joker Phillips was formally named
head coach January, 6, 2010 after Brooks'
retirement. Kentucky started off strong
under Phillips with a win on the road
against arch rival Louisville. The 2010
squad snapped a long standing losing
streak to South Carolina Coach Steve
Spurrier by defeating the Gamecocks at
Commonwealth Stadium. However, they
dropped games to both Ole Miss and
Mississippi State, lost to a Florida team
on a down year and once again failed to
beat its other arch rival Tennessee, having
lost 26 in a row to the Vols, the longest
losing streak by one team to another in
college football.
On November 26, 2011, Kentucky
snapped the longest FBS losing streak to
any one team by defeating the Tennessee
Vols 10-7 at Commonwealth Stadium.

4. Opponent Result
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Won 14-3
Central Michigan Chippewas Won 27-13
Louisville Cardinals Lost 24-17
Florida Gators Lost 48-10
LSU Tigers Lost 35-7
South Carolina Gamecocks Lost 54-3
Jacksonville State Gamecocks Won 38-1
Mississippi State Bulldogs Lost 28-16
Ole Miss Rebels Won 30-13
Vanderbilt Commodores Lost 38-8
Georgia Bulldogs Lost 19-10
Tennessee Volunteers Won 10-7
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