2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2007 Kentucky Wildcats football
Music City Bowl Champions
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
2007 record 8–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach Rich Brooks (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Joker Phillips (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Steve Brown (1st year)
Home stadium Commonwealth Stadium
(Capacity: 67,606)
2007 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#12 Tennessee xy   6 2         10 4  
#2 Georgia x%   6 2         11 2  
#13 Florida   5 3         9 4  
South Carolina   3 5         6 6  
Kentucky   3 5         8 5  
Vanderbilt   2 6         5 7  
Western Division
#1 LSU x$#   6 2         12 2  
#15 Auburn   5 3         9 4  
Arkansas   4 4         8 5  
Mississippi State   4 4         8 5  
Alabama   4 4         7 6  
Ole Miss   0 8         3 9  
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1-4).
Rankings from AP Poll

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, Steve Johnson, and André Woodson.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:00 PM Eastern Kentucky* Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY BBSN W 50–10   66,512[1]
September 8 6:00 PM Kent State* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY BBSN W 56–20   67,380[1]
September 15 6:00 PM No. 9 Louisville* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup) ESPNC W 40–34   68,857[1]
September 22 7:00 PM at Arkansas No. 21 Donald W. Reynolds Razorback StadiumFayetteville, AR ESPN2 W 42–29   74,015[1]
September 29 1:00 PM Florida Atlantic* No. 14 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY BBSN W 45–17   61,927[1]
October 4 8:00 PM at No. 11 South Carolina No. 8 Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC ESPN L 23–38   76,220[1]
October 13 3:30 PM No. 1 LSU No. 17 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY CBS W 43–37 3OT  70,902[1]
October 20 3:30 PM No. 14 Florida No. 8 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY CBS L 37–45   71,024[1]
October 27 12:00 PM Mississippi Statedagger No. 14 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry) LFS L 14–31   64,173[1]
November 10 3:00 PM at Vanderbilt No. 24 Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN (Rivalry) BBSN W 27–20   39,773[1]
November 17 12:00 PM at No. 8 Georgia No. 22 Sanford StadiumAthens, GA LFS L 13–24   92,746[1]
November 24 3:30 PM No. 19 Tennessee Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel/Senior Day) CBS L 50–52 4OT  64,813[1]
December 31 4:00 PM vs. Florida State* LP Field • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl) ESPN W 35–28   62,661[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Game notes

Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Eastern Kentucky 0 3 7 0 10
Kentucky 17 13 20 0 50

André Woodson threw for a 51-yard touchdown on Kentucky's first snap of the season, as the Wildcats rout Eastern Kentucky, 50–10.[3] 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.[3]

Kent State

1 2 3 4 Total
Kent State 7 7 6 0 20
Kentucky 14 0 21 21 56

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.[4] 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.[4]

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.[4] 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.[4]

Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Louisville 7 14 7 6 34
Kentucky 13 6 7 14 40

With 28 seconds left, André Woodson threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to knock off #9 Louisville, the first time the Wildcats had beaten a top ten team in thirty years.[5] Woodson finished 30 of 44 for 275 yds and four touchdowns.[5] 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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[5] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Kentucky 7 7 7 21 42
Arkansas 10 10 0 9 29

Florida Atlantic

Andre Woodson threw his first interception in his previous 325 attempts, snapping his NCAA record for consecutive passes thrown without an INT.

1 2 3 4 Total
Florida Atlantic 3 7 0 7 17
#15 Kentucky 7 21 7 10 45

South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Kentucky 3 7 3 10 23
#6 South Carolina 10 7 7 14 38

LSU

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
#1 LSU 0 17 10 0730 37
#15 Kentucky 7 7 7 6736 43

Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Florida 14 7 10 14 45
#8 Kentucky 7 3 14 13 37

Mississippi State

1 2 3 4 Total
Mississippi State 7 7 10 7 31
#14 Kentucky 7 0 7 0 14

Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Kentucky 3 10 7 7 27
Vanderbilt 0 13 0 7 20

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Kentucky 10 0 3 0 13
#8 Georgia 0 7 14 3 24

Tennessee

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT4OT Total
#19 Tennessee 14 10 7 07068 52
Kentucky 0 7 14 107066 50

Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
Kentucky 7 7 14 7 35
Florida State 7 7 0 14 28

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

Ranking Movement
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final
AP NR NR NR 21 14 8 17 8 14 NR 25 22 NR NR NR NR
Coaches NR NR NR 23 15 8 23 13 15 23 22 20 NR NR NR NR
Harris Not released 14 7 18 11 15 24 23 20 21 NR NR NR
BCS Not released 7 14 NR 25 NR 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

Roster

2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 1 Fidler, WillWill Fidler  Fr
QB 3 Woodson, Andre'Andre' Woodson  Sr
QB 5 Hartline, MikeMike Hartline  Fr
WR 7 Jones, DavidDavid Jones Sr
WR 8 Ford, DeMoreoDeMoreo Ford  So
RB 9 Jackson, BrandonBrandon Jackson Fr
QB 10 Lentz, MattMatt Lentz Fr
WR 12 Lyons, Jr., DickyDicky Lyons, Jr.  Jr
WR 13 Johnson, Jr., SteveSteve Johnson, Jr. Sr
WR 14 Mosley, AnthonyAnthony Mosley Fr
QB 15 Pulley, CurtisCurtis Pulley Jr
TE 18 Tamme, JacobJacob Tamme Sr
WR 19 Burton, KeenanKeenan Burton Sr
RB 22 Little, RafaelRafael Little Sr
WR 26 Jones, TerrenceTerrence Jones So
RB 28 Dixon, TonyTony Dixon Sr
RB 29 Smith, AlfonsoAlfonso Smith Jr
RB 30 Allen, MoncellMoncell Allen Fr
RB 33 Brown, AntoineAntoine Brown Jr
RB 37 Bowland, TreyTrey Bowland So
FB 38 Conner, JohnJohn Conner Jr
FB 40 Grinter, MauriceMaurice Grinter Jr
RB 41 Locke, DerrickDerrick Locke So
FB 43 Ball, StephenStephen Ball So
FB 47 Ramsey, MattMatt Ramsey So
WR 48 Long, JayceJayce Long So
OL 52 Murphy, Billy JoeBilly Joe Murphy Fr
OL 58 Hibbard, PhillipPhillip Hibbard Fr
OL 60 Luck, DustinDustin Luck Jr
C 61 Gonzalez, JorgeJorge Gonzalez Jr
OL 63 Lanefski, JakeJake Lanefski Fr
OT 64 Winchell, JoshJosh Winchell Fr
OL 68 Williams, MichaelMichael Williams Jr
OL 70 Hines, StuartStuart Hines Fr
OT 72 Duncan, ZippZipp Duncan Jr
OG 73 Beets, JessJess Beets Fr
OT 74 Fischer, JoeJoe Fischer Sr
OL 75 Durham, BradBrad Durham Fr
OT 76 Jeffries, JustinJustin Jeffries Jr
OL 77 Davis, MarcusMarcus Davis So
OL 78 Johnson, ChristianChristian Johnson Sr
OT 79 Williams, GarryGarry Williams Sr
TE 80 Drake, T. C.T. C. Drake Jr
WR 81 Lanxter, KyrusKyrus Lanxter Fr
TE 82 Sexton, TylerTyler Sexton Jr
WR 83 Gholston, CourtneyCourtney Gholston So
WR 83 Stewart, AnthonyAnthony Stewart Sr
WR 84 Wraley, ChrisChris Wraley Jr
WR 85 Cecil, AnthonyAnthony Cecil Jr
TE 86 Bogue, RossRoss Bogue Jr
WR 87 Henderson, AndreAndre Henderson So
TE 88 Goode, ChrisChris Goode So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 2 McClinton, MarcusMarcus McClinton Sr
LB 4 Johnson, MicahMicah Johnson Jr
DB 6 Smith, TaiedoTaiedo Smith Fr
DB 11 Wilson, GregGreg Wilson Fr
DB 15 Drayton, ChrisChris Drayton Fr
LB 16 Woodyard, WesleyWesley Woodyard Sr
DB 21 Schwindel, MichaelMichael Schwindel Jr
DB 23 Moore, ShomariShomari Moore Sr
DB 24 Burden, RandallRandall Burden Fr
DB 25 Grigsby, Jr., AhmadAhmad Grigsby, Jr. So
DB 26 McPherson,, MartinMartin McPherson, Sr
DB 27 Cobb, AshtonAshton Cobb Jr
DB 31 Nevels, JordanJordan Nevels Jr
DB 32 Lindley, TrevardTrevard Lindley So
DB 33 Harrison, CalvinCalvin Harrison Jr
DB 34 Warford, PaulPaul Warford Jr
CB 36 McAtee, RobbieRobbie McAtee Sr
DE 39 Coffey, CourtneyCourtney Coffey So
DB 40 Faulkner, DarylDaryl Faulkner So
LB 41 Bates, BenBen Bates Jr
LB 42 Cessna, ChrisChris Cessna Fr
LB 43 Mabry, MikhailMikhail Mabry Jr
DE 45 Glenn, AntwaneAntwane Glenn Fr
LB 46 Sneed, RonnieRonnie Sneed Fr
LB 47 Nance, A. J.A. J. Nance Jr
DB 49 Thomas, AntonioAntonio Thomas Fr
LB 50 Maxwell, SamSam Maxwell Jr
LB 51 Williams, JohnnyJohnny Williams Sr
DT 53 Lumpkin, RickyRicky Lumpkin So
LB 54 Thurmond, BrandonBrandon Thurmond So
LB 56 Kelley, BraxtonBraxton Kelley Sr
LB 57 Dufrene, JacobJacob Dufrene Fr
DL 60 McCord, ShaneShane McCord Fr
DE 62 Meisner, GregGreg Meisner Fr
DE 67 Mustafaa, CharlesCharles Mustafaa Fr
DL 67 Scott, JoeJoe Scott So
DE 69 Wiedemann, B. J.B. J. Wiedemann So
DB 71 Alexander, JamesJames Alexander Jr
DE 90 Paris, JamilJamil Paris Jr
DT 91 Peters, CoreyCorey Peters Jr
DE 92 Minton, JoshJosh Minton So
DT 93 Moss, AustinAustin Moss Jr
DT 95 Jenkins, VentrellVentrell Jenkins Sr
DE 97 Oninku, Nii AdjeiNii Adjei Oninku Sr
DT 98 Pryor, MyronMyron Pryor So
DE 99 Jarmon, JeremyJeremy Jarmon  So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P, K 9 Tydlacka, RyanRyan Tydlacka Fr
K 36 Seiber, LonesLones Seiber Jr
P, K 44 Masthay, TimTim Masthay Sr
LS 58 Curtin, GregGreg Curtin Sr
LS 62 Pear, ClayClay Pear So
LS 65 Helton, J. J.J. J. Helton So
LS 74 Hartr, BradBrad Hartr So
K 97 Housley, J. J.J. J. Housley Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 24, 2016

References

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  2. "Kentucky in the 2007 AP polls, AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on October 7, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
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  4. 1 2 3 4 McMurray, Jeffrey (September 8, 2008) Kentucky rushing game overcomes shaky defense against Kent State Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 McMurray, Jeffrey (September 16, 2008) Woodson's bomb knocks off No. 9 Cardinals for first time Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
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