The team was led by head coach Mark Stoops, in his second year, and played its home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.

The team started 5–1, but lost their final six games and finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in SEC play, and sixth place in the Eastern Division.

Quarterback Patrick Towles added a TD passing and running in his first career start for Kentucky, which outgained the Skyhawks 656–398.

The Wildcats' sophomore threw for 370 yards, but Kentucky's tailbacks set the tone by flying through huge holes and scoring virtually untouched.

Heard demonstrated that on both TDs, blazing through big holes on consecutive drives to put Kentucky up 21–0 and keep the air raid sirens blaring.

Towles followed with a 56-yard completion to Ryan Timmons to UTM's 39, a play that led to his 29-yard TD pass to freshman Blake Bone, who found a hole in the flat and then space en route to the end zone and a 28–0 lead.

Kentucky quarterback Patrick Towles threw for 170 yards and rushed for 59 more to lead the Wildcats to a 20–3 win over Ohio Saturday.

Although Kentucky's offense wasn't as explosive as last week's 59–14 rout of Tennessee Martin, it was enough to help the Wildcats avenge a 28–16 loss to the Bobcats in 2004.

After two straight scoring drives to open the contest, Kentucky's offense managed just three points on its final four possessions of the first half.

Matt Jones' 1-yard plunge in triple overtime gave Florida a 36–30 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night, extending the Gators' winning streak in the Southeastern Conference series to 28 games.

Kentucky's Austin MacGinnis, who hit a 51-yarder to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, missed a 41-yarder to start the third extra frame.

Jeff Driskel floated a ball to the back corner of the end zone and found Demarcus Robinson for a 9-yard score.

Patrick Towles threw a 20-yard touchdown pass and scored on a 1-yard run, and Kentucky made three fourth-quarter interceptions to hold off Vanderbilt 17–7 on Saturday to end a 17-game Southeastern Conference losing streak.

Though the Wildcats (3–1, 1–1) sent 56,940 away happy with their first conference win since November 2011 against Tennessee, there was no wild on-field celebration by Kentucky players after escaping the Commodores (1–4, 0–3).

He connected with Ryan Timmons to cap a 99-yard, 13-play opening drive, then followed Austin MacGinnis' 44-yard field goal with a 1-yard sneak just before halftime.

Despite Kentucky's inconsistent performance, the victory still was an encouraging step forward for a program seeking respectability after consecutive 2–10 seasons.

Most important was finally closing the deal on an opponent for the first time in over two years, a goal the Wildcats came up just short on with a 36–30 triple-overtime loss at Florida two weeks ago.

That disappointing yet thrilling loss stirred its fan base enough to gobble up discounted upper-deck tickets and give Kentucky its biggest crowd this season.

Towles completed another short pass before the costly interception to Sims, whose two kickoff returns for touchdowns last week against South Carolina resulted in preventive measures by Kentucky's special teams.

A late interception returned for a touchdown led the Kentucky football team to its biggest win of the Mark Stoops era with a 45–38 victory over South Carolina Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium.

UK's offense found the end zone on consecutive drives following USC's final score, both Kemp touchdown runs, to tie the game at 38–38.

Led by a strong defensive effort that included two interceptions returned for touchdowns, the Kentucky football team scored 45 unanswered points to defeat ULM, 48–14 Saturday afternoon in front of 56,676 fans on a crisp fall day at Commonwealth Stadium.

On Kentucky's second drive of the second half, after the UK defense forced ULM into back-to-back three-and-outs, Blue hauled in a 21-yard pass from Towles for the score to give the Wildcats a 31–14 lead.

Marcus McWilson, with the 36-yard interception returned for a touchdown, gave UK a 38–14 lead and its fourth defensive score of the season.

Facing arguably its toughest test of the season, the Kentucky football team suffered a 41–3 loss to LSU Saturday night in front of 101,581 at Tiger Stadium.

After UK's field goal to cut the deficit to 14, LSU was stopped on its three drives before scoring 10 points in the final minute to go ahead 27–3 at the half.

Kentucky's defense forced a three-and-out on the Bulldogs' next drive, but suffered a fumble at its own 19-yard line on its second play giving the ball back to State.

UK's defense limited the Bulldogs to a 26-yard field goal giving the visitors a 10–7 lead with 2:41 remaining in the opening quarter.

Mississippi State started the second quarter by going 68 yards over 10 plays capped by a two-yard plunge by Prescott to lift the Bulldogs to a 17–7 advantage.

The Kentucky football team's late-game comeback fell two scores short in a 20–10 loss at Missouri Saturday afternoon at Faurot Field.