Refuse to Lose Rewind Football Edition: Kentucky vs. Oklahoma

Attachment 1063In the 1951 Sugar Bowl, the 7th ranked Kentucky Wildcats faced the #1 Oklahoma Sooners. The Sooners had a perfect 10-0 record and were working on a 3 year, 31 game win streak. The Wildcats had only lost 1 game that season and had an impressive 10-1 record but were the underdogs against Oklahoma. Kentucky stopped Oklahoma throughout the entire game with the exception of a touchdown with 7 minutes left in the football game and won 13-7.

In that year the final Associated Press poll came out before the bowl games, and Oklahoma claimed a national championship. Kentucky, however, also holds an NCAA-recognized national championship for that season, as the Sagarin ratings held Kentucky to be the best team in the country that year.


Video highlights of the 1951 Sugar Bowl:




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