Kentucky Wildcats

Come show your Wildcat pride with a flag from Outdoor Flag Store! The University of Kentucky football team is responsible for a multitude of historic firsts and milestones. Not only does the school earn the honor of becoming the first SEC team to introduce football, but was also one of the first schools to run an intercollegiate football game at night – the earliest being played at home on October 5th, 1929. Kentucky also appeared in the first and only Great Lakes Bowl in 1947.Kentucky football produced the first player from the SEC to claim the Outland Trophy (tackle, Bob Gain in 1950). The school also broke color barriers, as Kentucky signed the first African-American player (Nat Northington) to play on an SEC football team. In 1967, Northington became the first African-American to play in league competition (vs. Ole Miss).The University of Kentucky was also the first school in the SEC to win the College Football Association Academic Achievement Award, which is given to the school with the highest graduation rate.