2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2007 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Wildcats 2005 logo.svg 150px Southeastern Conference Eastern Division SEC 8–5 3–5 Rich Brooks 5th Joker Phillips 3rd Steve Brown 1st Pro-style 4–3 Commonwealth Stadium Music City Bowl champion Music City Bowl W Won 35–28 vs. Florida State The 2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the college football season of 2007–2008. The team's head football coach was Rich Brooks, in his 5th year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team is remembered by many college football fans for its prolific offense, led by seniors Rafael Little, Keenan Burton, Stevie Johnson, and André Woodson. Schedule 2007 AP Eastern September 1 6:00 pm w y Eastern Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY BBSN 50–10 66,512Cumulative Season Statistics http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/teamcume.html University of Kentucky September 8 6:00 pm w y Kent State Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY BBSN 56–20 67,380 September 15 6:00 pm w y Louisville 9 Battle for the Governor's Cup Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY ESPNC 40–34 68,857 September 22 7:00 pm w y 21 Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR ESPN2 42–29 74,015 September 29 1:00 pm w y 14 Florida Atlantic Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY BBSN 45–17 61,927 October 4, 2007 8:00 pm l y 8 South Carolina 11 Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC ESPN 23–38 76,220 October 13 3:30 pm w 17 LSU 1 Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY CBS 43–37 3OT 70,902 October 20 3:30 pm l 8 Florida 14 College GameDay) (rivalry Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY CBS 37–45 71,024 October 27 12:00 pm l y 14 Mississippi State Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY LFS 14–31 64,173 November 10 3:00 pm w y 24 Vanderbilt rivalry Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN BBSN 27–20 39,773 November 17 12:00 pm l y 22 Georgia 8 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA LFS 13–24 92,746 November 24 3:30 pm l Tennessee 19 Battle for the Barrel/Senior Day Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY CBS 50–52 4OT 64,813 December 31, 2007 4:00 pm w y y Florida State Music City Bowl LP Field Nashville, TN ESPN 35–28 62,661Kentucky in the 2007 AP polls, AP Poll Archive http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/teams/by_season.cfm?teamid=58&seasonid=2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120450/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/teams/by_season.cfm?seasonid=2007&teamid=58 2012-03-28 live October 3, 2009 Game summaries Eastern Kentucky Colonels 0 3 7 0 Wildcats 17 13 20 0 André Woodson threw for a 51-yard touchdown on Kentucky's first snap of the season, as the Wildcats rout Eastern Kentucky, 50–10.McMurray, Jeffrey (September 1, 2007) Kentucky opens with lopsided victory over Eastern Kentucky Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008. Kentucky scored five touchdowns on their first eight drives, and punted only once, in the fourth quarter. Rafael Little had 135 yards on the ground for Kentucky. Kent State 2007 Kent State Golden Flashes football team Golden Flashes 7 7 6 0 Wildcats 14 0 21 21 Kentucky had 266 yards and six touchdowns on the ground, but Kentucky's porous run defense was gashed for 324 yards on the ground by the Golden Flashes.McMurray, Jeffrey (September 8, 2008) Kentucky rushing game overcomes shaky defense against Kent State Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008. Woodson looked out of sync until he hit Keenan Burton for a fifty-one yard score in the third quarter. Tony Dixon, André Woodson, Alfonso Smith, and Derrick Locke all had one rushing touchdown for Kentucky, where John Conner had two. Kent State struck first on a fake field goal, ran six yards for a touchdown by holder Leneric Muldrow. Conner ran in from five yards out, and Woodson fired back with a 33-yard touchdown pass to give the Wildcats a 14–7 lead. The Golden Flashes Eugene Jarvis scored on a ten-yard run up the middle, but John Conner and Tony Dixon ran in, and André Woodson hit Keenan Burton to the right for 51 yards and a touchdown. Kent State, down 14–35 answered with a Julian Edelman pass to Eugene Jarvis for a 22-yard touchdown, but Woodson, Alfonso Smith, and Derrick Locke ran in for touchdowns of 1, 12, and 67 yards respectively. No. 9 Louisville 2007 Louisville Cardinals football team No. 9 Cardinals 7 14 7 6 Wildcats 13 6 7 14 With 28 seconds left, André Woodson threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Stevie Johnson to knock off #9 Louisville, the first time the Wildcats had beaten a top ten team in thirty years.McMurray, Jeffrey (September 16, 2008) Woodson's bomb knocks off No. 9 Cardinals for first time Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008. Woodson finished 30 of 44 for 275 yds and four touchdowns. Woodson also did not throw an interception, and he ended the game with 257 passes without an interception. This became a new SEC record, breaking David Greene's record and falling fourteen attempts short of Trent Dilfer's all-time mark. Placekicker Lones Seiber started the scoring for the Wildcats with a 36-yard field goal, and Woodson followed later with a five-yard touchdown strike, with another Seiber kick, to make the lead 13–0 in favor of Kentucky. Louisville Senior Quarterback Brian Brohm found Anthony Allen for an eight-yard touchdown. Rafael Little ran up the middle for a ten-yard score in the second quarter, but Seiber missed the PAT, resulting in a 19–7 Kentucky lead. Brian Brohm passed to Harry Douglas for a TD, and Louisville added a ten-yard touchdown run from Anthony Allen to pull in front 21–19. Opening the second-half scoring, Woodson threw a seven-yard touchdown pass but on the ensuing kickoff lightning struck for the Cardinals in the form of Trent Guy's 100-yard kickoff return. Once again, Kentucky answered with a Woodson pass to Jacob Tamme. Brohm then began an 84-yard drive that ended in Anthony Allen's 2-yard touchdown run and a Cardinal lead. Brohm would've been sacked for a loss on the drive, but a fifteen-yard personal foul penalty on cornerback Trevard Lindley gave the Cardinals room to operate as well as a fresh set of downs. Despite Brohm's heroics, they were topped by Woodson's 57-yard touchdown hookup to wideout Steve Johnson to beat the Cardinals for the first time in Kentucky's last five tries. This was the first time Woodson had gotten a win against Brohm, Woodson's rival dating back to their high schools, separated by only 45 miles."North Hardin High School (KY) to Trinity High School (KY)." Google Maps. Directions. Retrieved on March 8, 2008. At Arkansas 2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team No. 19 Wildcats 7 7 7 21 Razorbacks 10 10 0 9 Florida Atlantic 2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team Owls 3 7 0 7 No. 15 Wildcats 7 21 7 10 Andre Woodson threw his first interception in his previous 325 attempts, snapping his NCAA record for consecutive passes thrown without an INT. At No. 6 South Carolina 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team No. 8 Wildcats 3 7 3 10 No. 6 Gamecocks 10 7 7 14 At No. 1 LSU 2007 LSU Tigers football team No. 1 Tigers 0 17 10 0 7 3 0 No. 15 Wildcats 7 7 7 6 7 3 6 No. 14 Florida 2007 Florida Gators football team No. 14 Gators 14 7 10 14 No. 8 Wildcats 7 3 14 13 Mississippi State 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team Bulldogs 7 7 10 7 No. 14 Wildcats 7 0 7 0 At Vanderbilt 2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football team No. 24 Wildcats 3 10 7 7 Commodores 0 13 0 7 At No. 8 Georgia No. 22 Wildcats 10 0 3 0 No. 8 Bulldogs 0 7 14 3 No. 19 Tennessee 2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team No. 19 Volunteers 14 10 7 0 7 0 6 8 Wildcats 0 7 14 10 7 0 6 6 Vs. Florida State (Music City Bowl) 2007 Music City Bowl 2007 Florida State Seminoles football team Wildcats 7 7 14 7 Seminoles 7 7 0 14 Statistics Quarterback Andre Woodson set a new NCAA record with 325 consecutive pass attempts without an interception. His 40 touchdown passes set a new SEC record, and his 81 career touchdown passes set a new school record. Team Team Opp Scoring 475 385   Points per game 36.5 29.6 First downs 335 288   Rushing 130 140   Passing 182 129   Penalty 23 19 Total offense 5764 5163   Avg per play 5.7 5.3   Avg per game 443.4 397.2 Fumbles-Lost 30-16 24-10 Penalties-Yards 83-717 84-737   Avg per game 55.1 56.6 Team Opp Punts-Yards 51-1992 65-2558   Avg per punt 39.1 39.3 Time of possession/Game 28:31 31:29 3rd down conversions 94/195 88/194 4th down conversions 12/22 7/17 Touchdowns scored 62 45 Field goals-Attempts-Long     PAT-Attempts     Attendance       Games/Avg per Game     Weekly rankings 15 NR NR NR 21 14 8 17 8 14 NR 25 22 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 15 8 23 13 15 23 22 20 NR NR NR NR 4 14 7 18 11 15 24 23 20 21 NR NR 7 7 14 NR 25 NR NR NR NR Depth chart Starters Position Number Name Height Weight Class Hometown Games↑ QB 3 Andre' Woodson 6'5" 230 lb. Sr. Radcliff, Kentucky 13 HB 22 Rafael Little 5'10" 210 lb. Sr. Anderson, South Carolina 10 FB 38 John Conner 5'11" 228 So. West Chester, Ohio 13 WR 19 Keenan Burton 6'2" 195 lb. Sr. Louisville, Kentucky 12 WR 13 Stevie Johnson 6'3" 198 lb. Sr. San Francisco, California 10 TE 18 Jacob Tamme 6'4" 215 lb. Sr. Danville, Kentucky 13 LT 79 Garry Williams 6'0" 300 lb. Jr. Louisville, Kentucky 13 LG 72 Zipp Duncan 6'5" 295 lb. So. Magnolia, Kentucky 12 C 59 Eric Scott 6'5" 291 lb. Sr. Woodstock, Georgia 13 RG 78 Christian Johnson 6'4" 325 lb. Jr. Fort Campbell, Kentucky 13 RT 76 Justin Jeffries 6'6" 300 lb. So. Louisville, Kentucky 13 Position Number Name Height Weight Class Hometown Games↑ LE 99 Jeremy Jarmon 6'3" 277 lb. So. Collierville, Tennessee 13 LT 98 Myron Pryor 6'1" 310 lb. So. Louisville, Kentucky 12 RT 91 Corey Peters 6'3" 290 lb. So. Louisville, Kentucky 13 RE 95 Ventrell Jenkins 6'2" 285 lb. Jr. Columbia, South Carolina 11 SLB 16 Wesley Woodyard 6'1" 225 lb. Sr. LaGrange, Georgia 13 MLB 56 Braxton Kelley 6'0" 230 lb. Jr. LaGrange, Georgia 12 WLB 51 Johnny Williams 6'3" 244 lb. Jr. Jacksonville, Florida 12 RCB 32 Trevard Lindley 6'0" 175 lb. So. Hiram, Georgia 13 LCB 34 Paul Warford 5'10" 200 lb. So. Richmond, Kentucky 10 FS 35 Roger Williams 6'0" 204 lb. Sr. Rockmart, Georgia 13 SS 2 Marcus McClinton 6'1" 210 lb. Jr. Fort Campbell, Kentucky 11 bold - Denotes returning starter ↑ - Denotes number of games started by the player at the listed position during the 2008 season. Roster 2007 Kentucky Wildcats y Will Fidler 1 QB FR y Andre' Woodson 3 QB SR y y Mike Hartline 5 QB FR y y David Jones 7 WR SR DeMoreo Ford 8 WR SO y Brandon Jackson 9 RB FR Matt Lentz 10 QB FR Dicky Lyons, Jr. 12 WR JR y Steve Johnson, Jr. 13 WR SR y Stevie Johnson Anthony Mosley 14 WR FR Curtis Pulley 15 QB JR y Jacob Tamme 18 TE SR y Keenan Burton 19 WR SR y Rafael Little 22 RB SR y Terrence Jones 26 WR SO Tony Dixon 28 RB SR Alfonso Smith 29 RB JR Moncell Allen 30 RB FR Antoine Brown 33 RB JR Trey Bowland 37 RB SO John Conner 38 FB JR y John Conner (American football) Maurice Grinter 40 FB JR Derrick Locke 41 RB SO y Stephen Ball 43 FB SO Matt Ramsey 47 FB SO Jayce Long 48 WR SO Billy Joe Murphy 52 OL FR Phillip Hibbard 58 OL FR Dustin Luck 60 OL JR Jorge Gonzalez 61 C JR Jake Lanefski 63 OL FR Josh Winchell 64 OT FR Michael Williams 68 OL JR Stuart Hines 70 OL FR Zipp Duncan 72 OT JR y Jess Beets 73 OG FR Joe Fischer 74 OT SR Brad Durham 75 OL FR Justin Jeffries 76 OT JR Marcus Davis 77 OL SO Christian Johnson 78 OL SR y Garry Williams 79 OT SR T. C. Drake 80 TE JR Kyrus Lanxter 81 WR FR Tyler Sexton 82 TE JR Courtney Gholston 83 WR SO Anthony Stewart 83 WR SR Chris Wraley 84 WR JR Anthony Cecil 85 WR JR Ross Bogue 86 TE JR Andre Henderson 87 WR SO Chris Goode 88 TE SO Marcus McClinton 2 DB SR Micah Johnson 4 LB JR Taiedo Smith 6 DB FR Greg Wilson 11 DB FR Chris Drayton 15 DB FR Wesley Woodyard 16 LB SR y Michael Schwindel 21 DB JR Shomari Moore 23 DB SR Randall Burden 24 DB FR y Ahmad Grigsby, Jr. 25 DB SO Martin McPherson, 26 DB SR Ashton Cobb 27 DB JR Jordan Nevels 31 DB JR Trevard Lindley 32 DB SO y Calvin Harrison 33 DB JR Paul Warford 34 DB JR Robbie McAtee 36 CB SR Courtney Coffey 39 DE SO Daryl Faulkner 40 DB SO Ben Bates 41 LB JR Chris Cessna 42 LB FR Mikhail Mabry 43 LB JR Antwane Glenn 45 DE FR Ronnie Sneed 46 LB FR A. J. Nance 47 LB JR Antonio Thomas 49 DB FR Sam Maxwell 50 LB JR Johnny Williams 51 LB SR Ricky Lumpkin 53 DT SO Brandon Thurmond 54 LB SO Braxton Kelley 56 LB SR y Jacob Dufrene 57 LB FR Shane McCord 60 DL FR Greg Meisner 62 DE FR Charles Mustafaa 67 DE FR Joe Scott 67 DL SO B. J. Wiedemann 69 DE SO James Alexander 71 DB JR Jamil Paris 90 DE JR Corey Peters 91 DT JR y Josh Minton 92 DE SO Austin Moss 93 DT JR Ventrell Jenkins 95 DT SR Nii Adjei Oninku 97 DE SR Myron Pryor 98 DT SO y Jeremy Jarmon 99 DE SO y y Ryan Tydlacka 9 P K FR Lones Seiber 36 K JR Tim Masthay 44 P K SR y Greg Curtin 58 LS SR Clay Pear 62 LS SO J. J. Helton 65 LS SO Brad Hartr 74 LS SO J. J. Housley 97 K SR http://www.ukathletics.com/news/genrel_072507aaa_html October 24, 2016 Rich Brooks Larry Brinson (running backs) Steve Brown (defensive coordinator) Jimmy Heggins (offensive line) David Lockwood (defensive backs) Steve Ortmayer (assistant head coach/special teams coordinator/tight ends) Gerad Parker (graduate assistant/wide receivers) Rick Petri (defensive line) Joker Phillips (offensive coordinator/wide receivers) Randy Sanders (quarterback) Chuck Smith (linebackers) Dontae Wright (graduate assistant/linebackers) References Kentucky Category:Kentucky Wildcats football seasons Category:Music City Bowl champion seasons Kentucky Wildcats football