2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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2007
Commonwealth Stadium
(Capacity: 67,606)
Seasons
2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy   6 – 2     10 – 4  
No. 2 Georgia x%   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 13 Florida   5 – 3     9 – 4  
South Carolina   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Kentucky   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Vanderbilt   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#   6 – 2     12 – 2  
No. 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

André Woodson
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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pm
BBSN
W 50–1066,512[1]
September 86:00 pmKent State*
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
BBSNW 56–2067,380[1]
September 156:00 pmNo. 9 Louisville*
ESPNCW 40–3468,857[1]
September 227:00 pmat ArkansasNo. 21
ESPN2W 42–2974,015[1]
September 291:00 pmFlorida Atlantic*No. 14
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
BBSNW 45–1761,927[1]
October 48:00 pmat No. 11
Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
    		• ESPNL 23–3876,220[1]
    October 133:30 pmNo. 1
    CBS
    		W 43–37 3OT70,902[1]
    October 203:30 pmNo. 14
    College GameDay) (rivalry)
    		CBSL 37–4571,024[1]
    October 2712:00 pmMississippi StatedaggerNo. 14
    • Commonwealth Stadium
    • Lexington, KY
    		LFSL 14–3164,173[1]
    November 103:00 pmat
    Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• BBSNW 27–2039,773[1]
    November 1712:00 pmat No. 8 GeorgiaNo. 22
    		LFSL 13–2492,746[1]
    November 243:30 pmNo. 19
    Battle for the Barrel/Senior Day)
    		CBSL 50–52 4OT64,813[1]
    December 314:00 pmvs.
    LP Field
  • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)
    		• ESPNW 35–2862,661[1]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    [2]

    Game summaries

    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 Stevie Johnson 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 movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked
    Week
    PollPre1234567891011121314Final
    AP
    		———2114817814—2522————
    Coaches———23158231315232220————
    HarrisNot released14718111524232021——Not released
    BCSNot released714—25————Not released

    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
    • bold - Denotes returning starter
    • ↑ - Denotes number of games started by the player at the listed position during the 2008 season.

    Roster

    2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB 1 Will Fidler  Fr
    QB 3 Andre' Woodson  Sr
    QB 5 Mike Hartline  Fr
    WR 7 David Jones Sr
    WR 8 DeMoreo Ford  So
    RB 9 Brandon Jackson Fr
    QB 10 Matt Lentz Fr
    WR 12 Dicky Lyons, Jr.  Jr
    WR 13 Steve Johnson, Jr. Sr
    WR 14 Anthony Mosley Fr
    QB 15 Curtis Pulley Jr
    TE 18 Jacob Tamme Sr
    WR 19 Keenan Burton Sr
    RB 22 Rafael Little Sr
    WR 26 Terrence Jones So
    RB 28 Tony Dixon Sr
    RB 29 Alfonso Smith Jr
    RB 30 Moncell Allen Fr
    RB 33 Antoine Brown Jr
    RB 37 Trey Bowland So
    FB 38 John Conner Jr
    FB 40 Maurice Grinter Jr
    RB 41 Derrick Locke So
    FB 43 Stephen Ball So
    FB 47 Matt Ramsey So
    WR 48 Jayce Long So
    OL 52 Billy Joe Murphy Fr
    OL 58 Phillip Hibbard Fr
    OL 60 Dustin Luck Jr
    C 61 Jorge Gonzalez Jr
    OL 63 Jake Lanefski Fr
    OT 64 Josh Winchell Fr
    OL 68 Michael Williams Jr
    OL 70 Stuart Hines Fr
    OT 72 Zipp Duncan Jr
    G 73 Jess Beets Fr
    OT 74 Joe Fischer Sr
    OL 75 Brad Durham Fr
    OT 76 Justin Jeffries Jr
    OL 77 Marcus Davis So
    OL 78 Christian Johnson Sr
    OT 79 Garry Williams Sr
    TE 80 T. C. Drake Jr
    WR 81 Kyrus Lanxter Fr
    TE 82 Tyler Sexton Jr
    WR 83 Courtney Gholston So
    WR 83 Anthony Stewart Sr
    WR 84 Chris Wraley Jr
    WR 85 Anthony Cecil Jr
    TE 86 Ross Bogue Jr
    WR 87 Andre Henderson So
    TE 88 Chris Goode So
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DB 2 Marcus McClinton Sr
    LB 4 Micah Johnson Jr
    DB 6 Taiedo Smith Fr
    DB 11 Greg Wilson Fr
    DB 15 Chris Drayton Fr
    LB 16 Wesley Woodyard Sr
    DB 21 Michael Schwindel Jr
    DB 23 Shomari Moore Sr
    DB 24 Randall Burden Fr
    DB 25 Ahmad Grigsby, Jr. So
    DB 26 Martin McPherson, Sr
    DB 27 Ashton Cobb Jr
    DB 31 Jordan Nevels Jr
    DB 32 Trevard Lindley So
    DB 33 Calvin Harrison Jr
    DB 34 Paul Warford Jr
    CB 36 Robbie McAtee Sr
    DE 39 Courtney Coffey So
    DB 40 Daryl Faulkner So
    LB 41 Ben Bates Jr
    LB 42 Chris Cessna Fr
    LB 43 Mikhail Mabry Jr
    DE 45 Antwane Glenn Fr
    LB 46 Ronnie Sneed Fr
    LB 47 A. J. Nance Jr
    DB 49 Antonio Thomas Fr
    LB 50 Sam Maxwell Jr
    LB 51 Johnny Williams Sr
    DT 53 Ricky Lumpkin So
    LB 54 Brandon Thurmond So
    LB 56 Braxton Kelley Sr
    LB 57 Jacob Dufrene Fr
    DL 60 Shane McCord Fr
    DE 62 Greg Meisner Fr
    DE 67 Charles Mustafaa Fr
    DL 67 Joe Scott So
    DE 69 B. J. Wiedemann So
    DB 71 James Alexander Jr
    DE 90 Jamil Paris Jr
    DT 91 Corey Peters Jr
    DE 92 Josh Minton So
    DT 93 Austin Moss Jr
    DT 95 Ventrell Jenkins Sr
    DE 97 Nii Adjei Oninku Sr
    DT 98 Myron Pryor So
    DE 99 Jeremy Jarmon  So
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P, K
    		 9 Ryan Tydlacka Fr
    K 36 Lones Seiber Jr
    P, K
    		 44 Tim Masthay Sr
    LS 58 Greg Curtin Sr
    LS 62 Clay Pear So
    LS 65 J. J. Helton So
    LS 74 Brad Hartr So
    K 97 J. J. Housley Sr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: October 24, 2016

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Kentucky.
    2. ^ "Kentucky in the 2007 AP polls, AP Poll Archive". Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
    3. ^ a b McMurray, Jeffrey (September 1, 2007) Kentucky opens with lopsided victory over Eastern Kentucky Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
    4. ^ a b c d McMurray, Jeffrey (September 8, 2008) Kentucky rushing game overcomes shaky defense against Kent State Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
    5. ^ a b c d e f g h McMurray, Jeffrey (September 16, 2008) Woodson's bomb knocks off No. 9 Cardinals for first time Yahoo Sports. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
    6. ^ "North Hardin High School (KY) to Trinity High School (KY)." Google Maps. Directions. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
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