Back Thru The Wildcat Years
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Five Years Ago
?Kentucky turned the tables in the second half to upset the Louisiana State Tigers 21-13 in Baton Rouge. The homecoming crowd was stunned when the 'Cats came back to make the big plays offensively and defensively to hold on for the victory.
Individually, running back George Adams rushed for 100 yards, 67 of which came in the all-important second half. Quarterback Randy Jenkins was 11 for 18 for just 87 yards, but threw for two touchdowns. Defensively, the Wildcats held the powerful LSU rushing attack to a mere 93-yard performance.
The game started in great style for Kentucky, as on the fourth play of the contest Kerry Baird intercepted a Jeff Wickersham pass and scampered 35 yards for the game's initial touchdown. However, the rest of the
half was controlled by LSU, which is shown in the fact that UK only had 41 yards total offense in the first 30 minutes.
Louisiana State had been in Kentucky territory five times in the half, but could only manage a field goal and a touchdown, which came with just 58 seconds in the half. LSU led at the intermission 10-7.
Kentucky came out strong in the second half, scoring a touchdown midway through the third period. After holding LSU, Adams took a kickoff and scampered down the sidelines for what appeared to be another UK touchdown. However, the play was whistled back because of a UK clip.
With time running out in the fourth quarter, and UK leading 21-10, LSU had the ball on the Wildcat 11. On fourth down, Tiger boss Jerry Stovall decided against going for the touchdown and instead went for the field
goal, which was good.
After the UK offense stalled, LSU had one last chance. The Tigers moved the ball well, but on fourth and 15, LSU could only manage to gain 14 and the 'Cats held on for the win.
After going 0-10-1 the previous year, Kent-cky was now 5-1 on the year and 1-1 in the conference. This week Jerry Claiborne's troops travel to Athens to battle Vince Dooley's Georgia Bulldogs.
?The Hall of Fame Bowl officials say the Wildcats are on the top of their list of candidates for their bowl.
Bowl officials said UK was at the top of their list once Kentucky started on its winning streak at the beginning of the season. Already, Hall of Fame Bowl officials have been in the pressbox for two of Kentucky's games.
Eight Years Ago
?Tulane pulled a miracle out of the hat, with the aid of two pass interference calls, to beat Kentucky 24-22 in New Orleans' famed Superdome. The Green Wave trailed 22-21 and had the ball on its own eight-yard line with just 12 seconds left.
The game was seemingly over. Think again.
One interference call gave Tulane the ball at the UK 45. with five seconds left. Tulane quarterback Nickie Hall then threw a 'Hail Mary' pass to the UK five-yard line, and pass interference was ruled again. There was no time left on the clock but a game cannot end "on a penalty. So, on the contest's last play, Vince Manella connected on a 22-yard field goal for the Tulane win.
"They (Tulane) didn't win, as far as I'm concerned," said defensive back Chris Jacobs, who was involved in one of those critical pass interference calls. "It (the call) was a pretty punk thing for him (the official) to do. After it happened, I just looked over to the ref and said a few things."
Kentucky had battled back from a 21-3 halftime deficit. But the Wildcats took the lead when Larry McCrimmon hit Greg Wimberly for an 18-yard score with 4:05 left. The Wildcat offense produced 464 yards, 228 coming on the arm of McCrimmon.
"This is very difficult for us to take," said Wildcat coach Fran Curci after his team dropped to 2-6 on the year. "This is the worst I have ever seen anywhere. They were violent in the locker room. I have never seen anything like it, for young people to be absolutely abused like that. It is shocking."
Curci went on to add: "We weren't going to win that game no matter what we did. That is the bottom line. There was no way we're coming in here tonight and beating these guys. It just wasn't in the books."
Nine Years Ago
? In what is becoming a common occurence for the Kentucky football team these days, the Wildcats won the battle but lost the war Saturday in Baton Rouge as the 'Cats dropped a 23-19 contest to LSU.
Kentucky outgained the Tigers all over the field with seven more first downs and 116 more yards on the ground.
Behind the direction of freshman quarterback Terry Henry, who led UK to long drives in each of the first three quarters, UK led 19-3 midway through the third period. A pass interference call against the 'Cats and later two fumbles set up the hosts scores as they raill ed behind the capacity gathering of Tiger faithful.
Shawn Donnigan led the Wildcats' rushing attack with 138 yards while Henry gained 122. Donnigan's total came in 28 carries and
was a career high. In his first collegiate start, Henry also passed for 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
? The Tennessee Jayvee team defeated the Kentucky Jayvee squad 29-18 in Knoxville. The Vols were able to hold on to a 15-8 intermission lead.
Quarterback Rob Mangas led UK in two second-half scoring drives. The first score came on a one-yard run by Rodney Francis, the second on a nifty end-around by Billy Prewitt. Mangas started the second half and connected on four of seven passes for 101 yards.
Mike Lindsay was UK's leading rusher with 21 yards. The Vols outgained UK 252-135 on the ground, 131-113 in the air.
Twelve Years Ago
?One week after knocking off LSU, Kentucky failed in an effort to make it two in a row by dropping a 31-7 decision to Georgia in Lexington.
Kentucky played much better than the final outcome indicated as it actually outgained the Bulldogs 344 yards to 329 and accumulated 18 first downs to 16 for Georgia. The Bulldogs led 10-7 at the half after Derrick Ramsey's touchdown had tied the score at seven-all.
A UK fumble set up Georgia's next score then Ray Goff surprised everyone with an 87-yard scoring strike to Gene Washington.
Greg Woods led UK with 87 yards on the ground. UK is now 4-3 on the season.
?The University of Kentucky Lady Kats are preparing for their first season under coach Debbie Yow, who only recently became one of the first full-time women's basketball coaches in the country. At the same time UK decided to name Yow as coach, the administration also decided to begin giving women scholarships.
Sue Feamster, is now director of women's athletics at UK.
Fourteen Years Ago
?A fumble and two short punts were responsible for the Kentucky Wildcats' downfall in a 24-20 loss to Georgia.
The Bulldogs scored three touchdowns on drives of 26, 41 and 30 yards. The Wildcats outgained the Bulldogs 320 to 258.
Sonny Collins led the UK attack with 147 yards.
Thirty Two Years Ago
? With just 2:10 remaining in the game, UK quarterback Kenny Robertson found end John Cornelius for a 43-yard scoring strike and a 14-7 Wildcat win, ruining a homecoming game for the Georgia fans in Athens, Ga.
The play came after a 15-yard penalty had apparendy wiped out UK's scoring chance on the previous play. Kentucky scored in the first quarter, with little Ivan Curnutte scoring from 20 yards out.
UK is now 3-3 on the year.
?The Kentucky Kittens snapped a Cincinnati Bearcat 19-game winning streak as they rolled to an impressive 39-7 triumph before 2,000 fans at Stoll Field.
Sensational halfback Glenn Shaw from Paducah scored on runs of 56, 59 and 10 yards, plus he caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jerry Eisaman.
In all, Shaw ran five times for 139 yards.
?The University of Tennerssee's Johnny Majors, a wisp of a tailback and a triple-threat master, currently is No. 1 in the eyes of the All-American Advisory Board for the Southeastern Conference edging out the University of Kentucky's terrific tackle, Lou Michaels.
WILDCAT QUIZ
	
Where are they from?	
1. Paducah is the hometown of which	from which of the following Louisville
of the following Wildcats?	schools?
a) Chris Tolbert	a) Louisville Central
b) Glenn Fohr	b) Louisville Male
c) Billy Swanson	c) Louisville Ballard
d) Chuck Broughton	d) Louisville PRP
2. Louisville Trinity produced which of	7. True or False? Jay Tesar is from
the following?	Bardstown.
a) Vic Adams	
b) Ken Willis	8. Middlesboro produced which of the
c) Mike Pfeifer	following defensive players?
d) Oliver Barnett	a) Vic Adams
	b) Donnie Gardner
3. Which of the Wildcats played basket-	c) Chris Tolbert
ball and football at Jeffersontown?	d) Tony Massey
a) Jay Tesar	
b) Ron Robinson	9) Jay Dortch is from which western
c) Oliver Barnett	Kentucky city?
d) Ray Gover	a) Mayfield
	b) Paducah
4. Jerry Claiborne is a native of which	c) Owensboro
Bluegrass city?	d) Fulton
a) Hopkinsville	
b) Paducah	10) This Lexington product played for
c) Beaver Dam	Jake Bell Henry Clay's Blue Devils.
d) Henderson	Who is he?
	a) Sterling Ward
5. Where is reserve quarterback Fred-	b) John Bolden
die Maggard is from?	c) Chris Chenault
a) Harlan	d) Mike Nord
b) Cincinnati	
c) Bowling Green	
d) Cumberland	
6. Defensive back David Johnson hails	
Answers
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