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{{short description|1977 University of Kentucky football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1977
| team = Kentucky Wildcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Southeastern Conference]]
| short_conf = SEC
| APRank = 6
| record = 10–1
| conf_record = 6–0
| head_coach = [[Fran Curci]]
| hc_year = 5th
| off_coach = [[Perry Moss]]
| oc_year = 1st
| def_coach = [[Charlie Bailey (American football)|Charlie Bailey]]
| dc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = [[Kroger Field|Commonwealth Stadium]]
}}
{{1977 Southeastern Conference football standings}}
The '''1977 Kentucky Wildcats football team''' represented the [[University of Kentucky]] in the [[1977 NCAA Division I football season]]. The Wildcats scored 252 points while allowing 111 points. The Wildcats finished conference play undefeated but due to NCAA probation were not eligible for a share of the SEC championship or for postseason play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/kty-m-footbl-archive.html |title=Kentucky Wildcats Official Athletic Site - Football |access-date=2014-01-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831122222/http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/kty-m-footbl-archive.html |archive-date=2012-08-31 }}</ref> The Wildcats finished the season ranked #6 in the final [[AP Poll]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Final 1977 AP Poll at AP Poll Archive.com |url=http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1977&appollid=479 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229045559/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1977&appollid=479 |archive-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-05-31 }}</ref>

Kentucky's 33–13 victor over [[1977 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] was its third in four years over the Bayou Bengals, and the Wildcats' first at [[Tiger Stadium (Louisiana)|Tiger Stadium]] since 1949, when [[Bear Bryant]] was Kentucky's coach.

In the Border Battle, Kentucky beat [[1977 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] by a score of 21–17. Entering that game, Kentucky had seven injured starters unable to play, including quarterback [[Derrick Ramsey]], whose arm was injured so badly he could not throw the football. Tennessee jumped out to a 17–14 lead when backup quarterback Mike Deaton completed a 36-yard pass to Felix Wilson; the injured Ramsey then entered the game and led Kentucky to a touchdown. Tennessee's offense then took the ball to Kentucky's 22-yard line but Tennessee quarterback [[Jimmy Streater]] fumbled due to a hit by Kentucky All-American defensive end [[Art Still]], and linebacker [[Kelly Kirchbaum]] recovered the ball to preserve the win.<ref>[http://www.kentucky.com/2011/09/04/1869157/mark-story-uk-footballs-greatest.html#storylink=mirelated Story, Mark, UK football's greatest wins at Commonwealth, Lexington Herald-Leader, September 4, 2011]</ref>

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1977
| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 10
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
| site_stadium = [[Kroger Field|Commonwealth Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington, KY]]
| score = 10–7
| attend = 57,796
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-kentucky-wildcats-c/134285251/|work=Rocky Mount Telegram|title=Kentucky Wildcats claw Carolina 10–7|date=September 11, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 17
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1977 Baylor Bears football team|Baylor]]
| site_stadium = [[Floyd Casey Stadium|Baylor Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Waco, Texas|Waco, TX]]
| score = 6–21
| attend = 30,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-odessa-american-baylor-bounces-kentu/134285341/|work=The Odessa American|title=Baylor bounces Kentucky, 21–6|date=September 18, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1977 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]]
| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| score = 28–13
| attend = 57,796
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-kentucky-plows-over-w/134285424/|work=The Tampa Tribune-Times|title=Kentucky plows over W. Virginia|date=September 25, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1977 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]]
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = [[Beaver Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[University Park, Pennsylvania|University Park, PA]]
| score = 24–20
| attend = 62,196
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-kentucky-shocks-penn-stat/134285516/|work=The Tennessean|title=Kentucky shocks Penn State|date=October 2, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = w
| rank = 16
| opponent = [[1977 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|Mississippi State]]
| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| score = 23–7
| attend = 57,914
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-wildcats-blitz/134278590/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Wildcats blitz State, 23–7|date=October 9, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = [[1977 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium = [[Tiger Stadium (Louisiana)|Tiger Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]]
| score = 33–13
| attend = 71,495
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-kentucky-romps-over-lsu/134283226/|work=The Miami Herald|title=Kentucky romps over LSU, 33–13|date=October 16, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = [[1977 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]
| site_stadium = [[Sanford Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Athens, Georgia|Athens, GA]]
| score = 33–0
| attend = 59,100
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-recorder-georgia-blanked-330/134274174/|work=The Times Recorder|title=Georgia blanked 33–0 by 'Cats|date=October 23, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 7
| opponent = [[1977 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team|Virginia Tech]]
| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| score = 32–0
| attend = 57,914
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90594561/mistakes-dont-matter-as-uk-smothers-vpi/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Mistakes don't matter as UK smothers VPI|date=October 30, 1977|accessdate=December 14, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| away = y
| rank = 7
| opponent = [[1977 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
| site_stadium = [[FirstBank Stadium|Dudley Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville, TN]]
| gamename = [[Kentucky–Vanderbilt football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 28–6
| attend = 34,694
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-cats-nail-vandy-for-vic/134275925/|work=The Paducah Sun-Democrat|title='Cats nail Vandy for victory No. 8|date=November 6, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 7
| opponent = [[1977 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
| gamename = [[Florida–Kentucky rivalry#Football|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|Florida Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville, FL]]
| score = 14–7
| attend = 58,125
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-uk-wildcats-purr/134280067/|work=The Pensacola News-Journal|title=UK Wildcats 'purrr...fect' against UF|date=November 13, 1977|accessdate=October 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| w/l = w
| rank = 7
| opponent = [[1977 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]
| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| score = 21–17
| gamename = [[Kentucky–Tennessee rivalry|rivalry]]
| attend = 57,914
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101397090/uk-nips-tough-tennessee-ends-101/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=UK nips tough Tennessee, ends 10–1|date=November 20, 1977|accessdate=May 8, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}<ref>1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kentucky in the 1977 AP polls, AP Poll Archive |url=http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/teams/by_season.cfm?teamid=58&seasonid=1977 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120738/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/teams/by_season.cfm?teamid=58&seasonid=1977 |archive-date=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-10-03 }}</ref>

==Personnel==
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|offensive_players=
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{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Mike|last=Deaton|pos=QB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Joe|last=Dipre|pos=RB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tom|last=Dornbrook|pos=OL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dan|last=Fowler|pos=OL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Will|last=Grant|pos=OL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Robert|last=Hawkins|pos=RB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Chris|last=Hill|pos=RB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dave|last=Hopewell|pos=OL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tom|last=Kearns|pos=OL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Greg|last=Nord|pos=TE}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Henry|last=Parks|pos=RB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Scott|last=Petersen|pos=TE}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Larry|last=Petkovsek|pos=OL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Derrick|last=Ramsey|pos=QB|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Chuck|last=Servino|pos=RB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Rod|last=Stewart|pos=RB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Bill|last=Tolston|pos=WR}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=David|last=Trosper|pos=WR}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Fred|last=Williams|pos=RB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Felix|last=Wilson|pos=WR}}
|defensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jerry|last=Blanton|pos=DL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Ritchie|last=Boyd|pos=DB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Bud|last=Diehl|pos=DL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Rich|last=Hayden|pos=DB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Richard|last=Jaffe|pos=DL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Kelly|last=Kirchbaum|pos=LB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Mike|last=Martin|pos=LB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dallas|last=Owens|pos=DB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=James|last=Ramey|pos=DL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Mike|last=Siganos|pos=DB}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=David|last=Stephens|pos=DL}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Art|last=Still|pos=DE|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=83|class=Sr|first=Bob|last=Winkel|pos=DT|link=y}}
|special_teams_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Joe|last=Bryant|pos=K}}
}}
{{American football roster/Footer|roster_url=|accessdate=
|head_coach=
*[[Fran Curci]]
|asst_coach=
*
}}

==Game summaries==
===Penn State===
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|Visitor='''Kentucky'''
|V1= 7|V2=7 |V3= 10|V4=0
|Host=Penn St
|H1= 10|H2=10 |H3= 0|H4=0
|Date=October 1
|Location=[[Beaver Stadium]], [[University Park, PA]]
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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry=yes |Quarter=1 |Time= |Team=PSU |Event=Bahr 20 yard field goal |Score= PSU 3-0}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=1 |Time= |Team=PSU |Event=Cefalo 75 yard punt return (Bahr kick) |Score= PSU 10-0}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=1 |Time= |Team=KEN |Event=Owens 23 yard interception return (Bryant kick) |Score= PSU 10-7}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time= |Team=KEN |Event=Servino 1 yard run (Bryant kick) |Score= KEN 14-10}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time= |Team=PSU |Event=Guman 29 yard pass from Fusina (Bahr kick) |Score= PSU 17-14}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time= |Team=PSU |Event=Bahr 25 yard field goal |Score= PSU 20-14}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time= |Team=KEN |Event=Bryant 30 yard field goal |Score= PSU 20-17}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time= |Team=KEN |Event=Ramsey 1 yard run (Bryant kick) |Score= KEN 24-20|LastEntry=yes}}
{{AFB game box end}}

{{Clear}}

===Georgia===

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|V1= 0|V2= 10|V3=10 |V4=13
|Host=Georgia
|H1= 0|H2= 0|H3=0 |H4=0
|Date=October 22
|Location=[[Sanford Stadium]]
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*The Prince of Wales (now [[Charles III]]) in attendance
<ref>Ocala Star-Banner. 1977 Oct 23. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.</ref>

{{Clear}}

==Team players in the NFL==
{|class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- align="center" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kentucky Wildcats|color=white}}"
| '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''Rounds''' || '''Pick Overall''' || '''NFL club'''
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| [[Art Still]]|| Defensive End||1 || 2|| [[1978 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| [[Derrick Ramsey]]|| Quarterback||5|| 136|| [[1978 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Mike Martin|| Tackle||9 || 244|| [[1978 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Will Grant|| Center||10 || 255|| [[1978 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dallas Owens|| Defensive Back||10 || 275|| [[1978 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| [[Jerry Blanton]]|| Linebacker||11 || 282|| [[1978 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
|}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1978.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071222092350/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1978.htm| archive-date = 2007-12-22| title = 1978 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com| website = [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
*[[Art Still]], All-America honors

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kentucky Wildcats football navbox}}

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1977 Kentucky Wildcats football team - Revision history

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