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Kentucky’s one-point losses (and wins) in football since 1950

Kentucky’s gut-wrenching 28-27 loss to Florida was the 15th one-point loss in the program’s history since 1950.

John Ray, the Wildcats’ coach from 1969 through 1972, leads the way in one-point losses with three. Saturday night was Mark Stoops’ first as the UK coach.

[A brief history of Kentucky’s football coaches]

Kentucky also has had 15 one-point victories during that same time.

Ray, Blanton Collier (1954-61) and Rich Brooks (2003-09) all enjoyed three one-point wins as Kentucky’s coach.

This story was originally published September 25, 2017 at 10:51 AM.

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