Today’s Kentucky Football Countdown takes us all the way back to 1976, when the Wildcats put up one of their more impressive seasons in program history. We’re now 76 days away from the beginning of the 2022 season.
1976 season recap
The ‘Cats were led by head coach Fran Curci in his fourth season at the helm. They posted an 8-4 (4-2 SEC) record, good enough to finish No. 18 in the final AP poll. They defeated four different ranked teams throughout the season — Penn State, LSU, Florida and North Carolina.
The success was particularly impressive considering expectations leading up to the 1976 season were relatively low.