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#14/15 KENTUCKY WILDCATS (6-2, 2-2 SEC) vs . MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (4-4, 1-3 SEC) Saturday, Oct. 27 • 12:30 p.m. EDT • LF Sports Lexington, Ky. • Commonwealth Stadium at C.M. Newton Field (67,606) UK Media Relations • (859) 257-3838 • (859) 323-4310 (fax) • www.UKathletics.com Football Contacts: Tony Neely ([email protected]), Susan Lax ([email protected]), Deb Moore ([email protected]) KENTUCKY WILDCATS PLAY HOST TO MISSISSIPPI STATE FOR HOMECOMING The Kentucky football team will look to bounce back from a narrow loss to No. 14 Florida on (6-2, 2-2 SEC) Sautrday when it plays host to Mississippi State in Commonwealth Stadium. Kick-off is slated for 12:30 9/1 Eastern Kentucky W, 50-10 p.m. EDT and the game will be carried live by Lincoln Financial Sports. 9/8 Kent State W, 56-20 The Wildcats have won eight of their last nine home games and played in front of the largest crowd 9/15 #9/9 Louisville (ESPN Classic) W, 40-34 in Commonwealth Stadium history - 71,024 fans - in their last outing. Kentucky had two receivers - 9/22 at Arkansas (ESPN2) W, 42-29 Steve Johnson and Dicky Lyons - go over the 100-yard receiving mark last Saturday. The Cats have had 9/29 Florida Atlantic W, 45-17 a 100-yard receiver in six games this season. 10/4 at #11/18 South Carolina (ESPN) L, 23-38 Kentucky has won four of its last five meetings with Mississippi State and lead the all-time series 10/13 #1/1 LSU (CBS) W, 43-37 (3 OT) 20-14, including a hard-fought 34-31 victory in Starkville last season. 10/20 #14/14 Florida (CBS) L, 37-45 Mississippi State is 4-4 overall and 1-3 in the Southeastern Conference. With four wins, the 10/27 Mississippi State (LF Sports) 12:30 p.m. Bulldogs already have their most victories since the 2000 season. 11/10 at Vanderbilt TBA QUICK NOTES 11/17 at Georgia TBA 11/24 Tennessee 1 p.m. • Saturday’s game is Homecoming for the Wildcats. UK is 45-16 in Homecoming games since Note: all times Eastern and subject to change 1946. UK defeated Georgia last season on Homecoming 24-20, its first win over the Bulldogs in 10 years. MISSISSIPPI STATE • This is UK’s next-to-last home game of the season before playing host to Tennessee on Nov. 24. • Kentucky is No. 14 in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings. This is the first season in (4-4, 1-3 SEC) school history that UK has been in the BCS standings. 8/30 LSU L, 0-45 • Kentucky had its eight-game home win streak -- a Commonwealth Stadium record -- snapped by 9/8 at Tulane W, 38-17 Florida last weekend. 9/15 at Auburn W, 19-14 • Kentucky’s offense ranks eighth in the nation and leads the SEC in scoring offense, averaging 42.0 9/22 Gardner-Webb W, 31-15 points per game. UK has scored at least 40 points in six of eight games this season. 9/29 at South Carolina L, 21-38 • Kentucky leads the SEC and ranks 14th nationally in total offense (466.50) and passing efficiency 10/6 UAB W, 30-13 (151.38). UK gained 512 yards of total offense against Florida, the most allowed by the Gator 10/13 Tennessee L, 21-33 defense this season. UK’s 415 yards passing and 37 points also were the most allowed by the Florida 10/20 at West Virginia L, 13-38 defense this season. Kentucky has charted at least 300 yards of total offense in 13 consecutive games 10/27 at Kentucky 12:30 p.m. and twice this season have gone over the 500-yard total-offense mark (vs. Florida and Fla. Atlantic). 11/11 Alabama TBA (continued on page 4) 11/17 at Arkansas [Little Rock] TBA 11/23 Ole Miss 12:30 p.m. GAME CENTER Note: all times Eastern and subject to change KENTUCKY WILDCATS MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS ABOUT THE GAME Record : 6-2, 2-2 SEC Record : 4-4, 1-3 SEC Ranking : No. 14 AP/No. 15 Coaches Ranking : Not Ranked TELEVISION • LINCOLN FINANCIAL SPORTS Last game : Lost to No. 14 Florida, 37-45 Last game : Lost to West Virginia, 13-38 Play-by-Play Dave Neal Coach : Rich Brooks (Oregon St., 1963) Coach : Sylvester Croom (Alabama, 1975) Analyst Dave Archer Record : 114-141-4 (23rd season) Record : 13-29 (in fourth season) Sideline Dave Baker at UK: 23-32 (in fifth season) at MSU: Same vs. MSU : 3-1 vs. UK : 1-2 RADIO • BIG BLUE SPORTS NETWORK Play-by-Play Tom Leach Analyst Jeff Piecoro SERIES HISTORY Sideline Dick Gabriel Kentucky and Mississippi State meet for the 35th time in school history … Kentucky leads the all-time series 20-14 and has won two straight against the Bulldogs .. UK is 13-4 against MSU in SATELLITE RADIO • XM Lexington, which includes a 7-3 advantage in Commonwealth Stadium ... The two teams first Channel TBA played in 1914 and faced each other for the next three years… The Wildcats and Bulldogs did not meet again until 1944 and then they played each other six times during the 1950s before playing INTERNET • www.UKathletics.com Live Audio free home-and-home series in 1972-73, 1976-77 and 1984-85 … Since 1990, the teams have met annu - Live Stats free ally … Kentucky has recorded one shutout in the series (1951) … Mississippi State has shut out Kentucky three times in the series (1915, 1917, and 1944). TICKETS REMAINING Tickets for the Mississippi State game are sold out. • Overall: Kentucky leads 20-14 • at Memphis: MSU leads 1-0-0 • First Meeting: 1914, Kentucky 19-13 (H) • Biggest UK win: 28 (42-14) 1973 (N) • Last Meeting: 2006, UK 34-31 (A) • Biggest MSU win: 40 (47-7) 1994 (H) • at Lexington: Kentucky leads 13-4-0 • Games decided by 7 points or less: • at Starkville: MSU leads 9-5-0 Kentucky leads 8-5 • at Jackson: Kentucky leads 2-0 • Current Streak: UK has won two 2007 UK Football www.UKathletics.com 2007 UK Football UK Media Relations 859.257.3838 Tony Neely, Susan Lax, Deb Moore WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE VS. MISS. STATE, 10/27/07 859.323.4310 (fax) MONDAY - 22 TUESDAY - 23 WEDNESDAY - 24 THURSDAY - 25 FRIDAY - 26 SATURDAY - 27 SUNDAY - 28 UK at Miss. State Pre-Mississippi State Practice ends Practice ends Practice ends 12:30 p.m. EDT News Conference approx. 11:15 a.m. approx. 11:10 a.m. approx. 10:50 a.m. Rich Brooks No media Lexington, Ky. Wildcat Den teleconference availability Commonwealth 11:15 a.m. UK weekly satellite Coach Rich Brooks (last day of media 4:15 p.m. Stadium feed, 3 p.m. on SEC teleconfer - availability) LF Sports ence, 12:17 p.m. QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION Location: Lexington, Ky. Founded: 1865 CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Enrollment: 27,000 Media credentials for the 2007 University of Kentucky football home schedule should be request - Nickname: Wildcats ed online at www.sportssystems.com/kentucky. Colors: Blue (PMS 286) and White Credentials should be requested by the sports editor/director of the media entity. All of the cre - Conference: Southeastern (Eastern Division) dential requests from a media outlet should go on one credential form. If you have any questions, please Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium (67,606) contact Scott Stricklin or Tony Neely at 859-257-3838. President: Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. Credentials for away games should be requested through the home team media relations director. Athletics Director: Mitch Barnhart Faculty Representative: Dr. Alan DeSantis UK WEBSITE -- UKATHLETICS.COM Visit the official University of Kentucky Athletics web site at ukathletics.com. The official Southeastern Conference web site is secsports.com. COACHING STAFF Head coach: Rich Brooks Assistant Coaches: “THE RICH BROOKS SHOW” SATELLITE FEED Larry Brinson, running backs Sundays at 9-9:30 a.m. ET. The digital feed coordinates are: Steve Brown, defensive coordinator KU Digital Jimmy Heggins, offensive line Satellite – AMC 3 David Lockwood, defensive backs Transponder –18 Ch 807 Steve Ortmayer, assistant head coach/special Orbital Slot – 870 West Longitude teams coordinator/tight ends DL Frequency – 12064.0 (V) Gerad Parker, graduate assistant/off. line Symbol Rate – 3.9787 Rick Petri, defensive line Data Rate – 5.5 Joker Phillips, offensive coordinator/WRs FEC – 3/4 Randy Sanders, quarterbacks/recr. coord. Chuck Smith, linebackers UK MEDIA CONFERENCE Dontae Wright, graduate assistant/ Each Monday from 11:15 to 12:50 ET in the Wildcat Den at Commonwealth Stadium. Lunch linebackers begins at 11:15. Selected players are available from 11:45 to 12:05. An Olympic sports coach is at 12:05. Coach Brooks begins at 12:05 or 12:15, depending on the availability of the Olympic sports MEDIA RELATIONS coach. The opposing coach is usually available via teleconference at 12:40. Selected quotes from the Assistant AD/Media Relations Monday media conference are available via ukathletics.com on Monday afternoon. Scott Stricklin - 859-257-8398 [email protected] SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE Media Relations Director/Football Contact Coach Rich Brooks will conduct a weekly teleconference on Sundays following Wildcats football Tony Neely - 859-257-3838 games. Starting time is TBA and is for MEDIA ONLY. Please contact the UK Media Relations Office [email protected] (859) 257-3838 for further information. Assoc. Media Relations Dir./Football Contact Susan Lax - 859-257-8420 UK SATELLITE FEED [email protected] Tuesdays, time 3:00-3:15 p.m.