#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 (
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[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.