1891 Kentucky State College Blue and Yellow football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1891 Kentucky State College Blue and Yellow football Independent 1–1 S. M. Pottinger & J. P. Selby 1st John Bryan 1881 1892 The 1891 Kentucky State College Blue and Yellow football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The 1891 team's colors were blue and light yellow, decided before the Centre–Kentucky game on December 19. A student asked "What color blue?" and varsity letterman Richard C. Stoll pulled off his necktie, and held it up. This is still held as the origin of Kentucky's shade of blue. The next year light yellow was dropped and changed to white.http://www.uky.edu/base/webuk/subpages/traditions.html University of Kentucky :: traditions dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150824191752/http://www.uky.edu/base/webuk/subpages/traditions.html August 24, 2015 Schedule April 10 w 1891 Georgetown Tigers Georgetown (KY) Lexington, KY 8–2 December 12 cancelled 1891 Kentucky University Kentucky University Lexington, KY December 19 l 1891 Centre Centre Lexington, KY rivalry 0–10 The Centre Boys Victorious https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109338779/the-courier-journal/ The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky December 20, 1891 11 September 11, 2022 Newspapers.com References Kentucky State College Category:Kentucky Wildcats football seasons Kentucky State College Blue and Yellow football