1954 Kentucky Wildcats football team
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The 1954 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky
in the 1954 college football season
. The team scored 151 points while allowing 125 points. This was Blanton Collier
’s first season as Kentucky's head coach.
by a score of 14-13 to claim the Beer Barrel.
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
in the 1954 college football season
1954 college football season
The 1954 college football season saw three teams finish unbeaten and untied, with Ohio State Buckeyes and the UCLA Bruins sharing the national championship as the #1 picks of the AP Poll and the UPI Poll, respectively. Although the winners of the Big Ten and the Pacific conferences normally met in...
. The team scored 151 points while allowing 125 points. This was Blanton Collier
Blanton Collier
Blanton Long Collier was an American football coach who led the University of Kentucky and the Cleveland Browns...
’s first season as Kentucky's head coach.
Season
In the Border Battle, Kentucky beat TennesseeTennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
by a score of 14-13 to claim the Beer Barrel.
Schedule
Team players in the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Bob Hardy | Back | 11 | 129 | Philadelphia Eagles 1955 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1955 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 23rd in the league. They failed to improve on their previous output of 7–4–1, winning only four games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.-NFL Draft:... |