The 1947 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky

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 1947 college football season

1947 college football season

The 1947 college football season finished with Notre Dame, Michigan and Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the first place choice for 107 of the 142 voters in the AP writers poll, and repeated as national champions...

. The team scored 175 points while allowing 73 points. Led by head coach Bear Bryant

Bear Bryant

Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...

, the Wildcats won the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl.

Season

The 1947 Kentucky team was ranked in the AP Poll

AP Poll

The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...

during three weeks of the season: #20 on October 13, #14 on October 20, and #13 on October 27 (with a 5-1 record).

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Wildcats points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 20	at Ole Miss	Loss	7	14	0-1
2	Sept. 27	Cincinnati	Win	20	0	1-1
3	Oct. 4	at Xavier	Win	20	7	2-1
4	Oct. 11	#9 Georgia	Win	26	0	3-1, #20
5	Oct. 18	at #10 Vanderbilt	Win	14	0	4-1, #14
6	Oct. 25	at Michigan State	Win	7	6	5-1, #13
7	Nov. 1	#18 Alabama	Loss	0	13	5-2
8	Nov. 8	at West Virginia	Win	15	6	6-2
9	Nov. 15	Evansville	Win	36	0	7-2
10	Nov. 22	Tennessee	Loss	6	13	7-3
11	Dec. 6	Villanova	Win	24	14	8-3