Recognized national titles
1950
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats
Lexington, Kentucky · SEC since 1933
Kentucky owns the SEC’s earliest football start date and brings Big Blue Nation outdoors each fall at Kroger Field in Lexington.
- First season
- 1881
- SEC member
- 1933
- Recognized national titles
- 1
- Heisman winners
- 0
Program profile
The essentials
Heisman Trophy winners
No winners to dateHome field
Kroger Field61,000 seatsSaturday soundtrack
On, On, U of KWildcat Marching Band2026 regular season
On the schedule
Home vsYoungstown StSECN+Kroger Field 5:00 PM UTC 
Home vsAlabamaABCKroger Field 7:30 PM UTC 
Away atTexas A&MNetwork TBDKyle Field 7:30 PM UTC 
Home vsSouth AlabamaSEC NetworkKroger Field 4:45 PM UTC
Game-day identity
Traditions to know
Cat Walk
Big Blue Nation greets the Wildcats along Talbott Todd Way as the team arrives at Kroger Field.
C-A-T-S
The familiar “C-A-T-S, Cats, Cats, Cats” chant carries from Rupp Arena into Kentucky football Saturdays.
Blue–White
The school colors date to the 1890s and give Kentucky one of the conference’s most recognizable visual identities.