The Kentucky Wildcats are hoping to improve on their win total ahead of the 2024 college football season after back-to-back 7-6 campaigns.
It won’t be easy. The Wildcats will continue their annual rivalry with Georgia (September 14 in Lexington), plus make road trips to Oxford and Austin to play Ole Miss (September 28) and SEC newcomer Texas (November 23).
That’s in addition to road trips to scheduling mainstays Florida (October 19) and Tennessee (November 2), plus the annual Governor’s Cup with Louisville (played in Lexington this season on November 30). The Cardinals won 10 games a season ago and came close to knocking off Florida State in the ACC Championship Game.
247Sports’ Brad Crawford made his bowl projections for the 2024 college football season earlier this week and forecast Kentucky to reach the Liberty Bowl for a matchup against the Big 12’s Houston Cougars in Memphis.
Kentucky has played in the Liberty Bowl only once before — on January 2, 2009, when the Wildcats faced East Carolina. Coach Rich Brooks’ team rallied to defeat the Pirates, 25-19, that year. Ventrell Jenkins recovered a fumble and ran 56 yards for the game-winning score to cap a 7-6 season.
The Wildcats faced Clemson in the Gator Bowl last season. The Tigers staged a 28-point fourth-quarter rally to beat the ‘Cats, 38-35.
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