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posted 10-18-2009 11:03 PM
Kentucky's 21-14 win at Auburn on Saturday marked the second-largest crowd ever to see a Wildcat football victory.
Last night's game drew 86,217 fans to Jordan-Hare Stadium. The only larger crowd to see the Wildcats triumph was in 1984, when UK won at Tennessee before 93,791 fans in Neyland Stadium. (Thanks to UK student Robert “Stats” Sampson for doing the research on this note.)
Déjà vu in Auburn: You already know that Kentucky's victory against Auburn was the first since 1966, ending a streak of 15 consecutive losses against the Tigers.
However, it was only Kentucky's second victory ever at Auburn, with the previous triumph coming in 1961. It's interesting to note that both games followed remarkably similar paths.
In 1961, Auburn's John McGeever opened the scoring by blocking a Kentucky field goal and returning it 82 yards for a touchdown. Kentucky came from behind in the fourth quarter with a six-yard touchdown pass from Jerry Woolum to Tom Hutchinson with 3:12 left in the game for a 14-12 victory. That Kentucky win, by the way, ended a 30-game home winning streak which still remains as the longest home win streak in Auburn history.
Forty-eight years later, Auburn opened the scoring by blocking a field goal and returning it 69 yards for a touchdown. Once again, Kentucky rallied in the fourth quarter with touchdown runs by Will Fidler and Randall Cobb for a 21-14 victory. Cobb's game-winning score came with 3:17 left on the clock, just five seconds different than the 1961 game.
Seven Players Honored by Phil Steele's College Football Magazine: Seven Kentucky football players have been tabbed for mid-season All-America and/or All-Southeastern Conference honors by Phil Steele's College Football magazine.
Here is the list of the mid-season accolades:
•Cornerback Trevard Lindley is third-team All-America and first-team All-SEC.
•Tailback Derrick Locke is fourth-team All-America and second-team All-SEC as a kickoff returner; Locke is also third-team All-SEC as a tailback.
•Defensive tackle Corey Peters is second-team All-SEC.
•Randall Cobb is second-team All-SEC as a wide receiver and punt returner.
•Center Jorge Gonzalez is second-team All-SEC.
•Linebacker Micah Johnson is second-team All-SEC.
•Offensive tackle Zipp Duncan is third-team All-SEC.
Good News, Bad News on Injuries: Coach Rich Brooks reported good news and bad news on the injury front Sunday afternoon.
The bad news is that several players incurred injuries that could force them to miss practice time this week, including tailback Derrick Locke (strained knee ligament), linebacker Micah Johnson (ankle sprain), offensive guard Christian Johnson (injured calf, turf toe), free safety Winston Guy (thigh bruise, lower back contusion) and quarterback Will Fidler (sore shoulder). The good news is that the players are day-to-day in terms of participating in practice and none of them have been ruled out of Saturday's game against Louisiana-Monroe.
Brooks noted that cornerback Trevard Lindley, who has missed the last two games because of a high-ankle sprain, is making progress but very doubtful to play on Saturday.
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