Mark Stoops is in his 12th season as Kentucky’s football head coach. Stoops and the Wildcats suffered their sixth loss of the season on Saturday at Tennessee.
The Vols scored 21 second-half points to defeat Kentucky, 28-18, at Neyland Stadium.
Stoops recapped the SEC contest in Week 10.
“It’s not the outcome that we were looking for at all,” Stoops said. “I really do appreciate the toughness that our team displayed just in preparation throughout this week and coming in here and really playing, really tough, and playing winning football in a lot of ways, in certain areas, that obviously we didn’t.
“Credit to them (Tennessee), that’s a very good team and we knew coming in here, in a tough environment, was going to be very challenging, but our team was up for it. I think we finished the game down 10 starters and it’s no excuse, it’s just a fact. I really do appreciate the effort of some of our other guys just stepping up, battling and giving us an opportunity in the fourth quarter to take the lead and it didn’t happen. So, again, not the outcome we’re looking for, but proud of the effort.”
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