Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he was a three-time All-American at quarterback, and led the Centre Praying Colonels to an upset victory over Harvard in 1921. McMillin was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player as part of its inaugural 1951 class.
Stoll Field/McLean Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was the home of the University of Kentucky Wildcats football team. The field has been in use since 1880, but the concrete stands were opened in October 1916, and closed following the 1972 season. The stadium was replaced by Kroger Field, which opened in 1973 as Commonwealth Stadium. Memorial Coliseum is located across the street from the site.
The Kentucky Wildcats football program represents the University of Kentucky in the sport of American football. The Wildcats compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats play their home games at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky and are led by head coach Mark Stoops.
The 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game was a regular-season collegiate American football game played on October 29, 1921, at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts. The contest featured the undefeated Centre Praying Colonels, representing Centre College, and the undefeated Harvard Crimson, representing Harvard University. Centre won the game 6–0, despite entering as heavy underdogs, leading to the game being widely viewed as one of the largest upsets in college football history. The game is often referred to by the shorthand C6H0; this originated shortly after the game when a Centre professor remarked that Harvard had been poisoned by this "impossible" chemical formula.
The Centre Colonels football team, historically also known as the Praying Colonels, represents Centre College in NCAA Division III competition. The Colonels currently play in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA), which was established in 2011. Before the establishment of the SAA, Centre played 50 seasons in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). Despite the school's small size, the football team has historically had success and possesses a strong tradition. At the end of the 2008 season, the school ranked as the 12th winningest school in Division III with an all-time record of 509–374–37.
The 1880 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale as having been selected national champions. On April 9, college football was first played in the state of Kentucky when Kentucky University defeated Centre 133/4–0 at Stoll Field. It was one of the first in the South.
Joel White Guyn Jr. was an American college football coach and city engineer. He served as the head football coach at Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—from 1906 to 1908, compiling a record of 17–7–1. Guyn was the city engineer of Lexington, Kentucky, for 31 years.
The Battle On Broadway, also known as the Kentucky–Transylvania rivalry, is a rivalry between inter-city and in-state rivals in football and basketball. Both schools in fact were once under the same Kentucky University. The Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky eventually broke off to become its own separate entity in 1878. Almost a hundred years after most of the games were played the Lexington Herald-Leader wrote that the rivalry was "arguably more intense and controversial than any experienced in UK's history.”
The Transylvania Pioneers football team represented Transylvania University. They were formerly known as "Kentucky University" until 1908. They have not competed in football since 1941. It last competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
The 1916 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1916 college football season. Led by John J. Tigert in his second and final season as head coach, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 4–1–2 with a mark 2–1–2 in SIAA play.
The 1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Led by first-year head coach W. R. Bass, the team, known as "the Immortals," was undefeated, untied, and unscored upon, posted a 7–0 record and outscored its opponents 181 to 0. The Centre game was stopped by rain after fifteen minutes of play.
The 1912 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Led by Edwin Sweetland in his third and final season as head coach, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 1–0 in SIAA play. Sweetland fired his assistant coach, Richard S. Webb, after Webb took several team members to a Knoxville red-light district after the game against Tennessee.
The 1880 Kentucky University football team represented Kentucky University—now known as Transylvania University—in the 1880 college football season. This was Kentucky U's first ever season. The first game is claimed as the first game ever played in the south at Stoll Field, though Washington & Lee and VMI played earlier games; it's the first game in the state of Kentucky. The game was said to have resembled a combination of soccer and rugby. Kentucky U won both its games over Centre College.
Richard Charles Stoll was a judge and prominent alumnus of the University of Kentucky. He is the namesake of Stoll Field, and the origin for the school's color scheme.
The 1955 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1955 college football season. In their second season under head coach Blanton Collier, the Wildcats compiled a 6–3–1 record, tied for seventh in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 178 to 131. The team played its home games at Stoll Field in Lexington, Kentucky.
The 1932 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1932 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harry Gamage, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 4–5 with an identical mark against conference opponents, finished 11th in the SoCon, and outscored opponents by a total of 116 to 77. The team played its home games at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.
The 1925 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1925 season. In its second season under head coach Fred J. Murphy, Kentucky compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 4–2 against conference opponents, finished seventh in the SoCon, and was outscored by a total of 97 to 92. The team played its home games at Stoll Field in Lexington, Kentucky.
The 1897 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1897 college football season. Led by Lyman Eaton in his first and only season as head coach, the Blue and White compiled an overall record of 3–4 with a mark of 0–2 in SIAA play.
The 1896 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1896 college football season. It was the school's first season as a member of the SIAA. Led by Dudley Short in his first and only season as head coach, the Blue and White compiled an overall record of 3–6 with a mark of 1–1 in SIAA play.
