2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2016 Kentucky Wildcats football
Kentucky Wildcats logo
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record7–6 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEddie Gran (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDarin Hinshaw (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorD. J. Eliot (4th season)
Base defense3–4 or 4–3
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 14 Florida x   6 2     9 4  
No. 22 Tennessee   4 4     9 4  
Georgia   4 4     8 5  
Kentucky   4 4     7 6  
South Carolina   3 5     6 7  
Vanderbilt   3 5     6 7  
Missouri*   2 6     4 8  
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^   8 0     14 1  
No. 24 Auburn   5 3     8 5  
No. 13 LSU   5 3     8 4  
Texas A&M   4 4     8 5  
Arkansas   3 5     7 6  
Mississippi State   3 5     6 7  
Ole Miss*   2 6     5 7  
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team (variously "Kentucky", "UK", or "Wildcats") represented the University of Kentucky in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the program's 123rd overall and 83rd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Stoops and the played home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Eastern Division. They were invited to the TaxSlayer Bowl where they lost to Georgia Tech.


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