Forty-six days. That’s right, we are just 46 days away from the start of the 2022 Kentucky football season. As some fans may remember, the year 1946 was an important one for the Wildcats.
The 1946 Kentucky Wildcats Football Team
Though more than half a century ago, the year 1946 is still perhaps one of the most notable in Kentucky football history. It’s not because of their final record or any championships they won, though. Rather, it’s because it brought one of the most influential names in the program’s history to Lexington.
The University of Kentucky hired Paul “Bear” Bryant to be its head football coach in January of 1946.