November 12th: On this date...

..... in 1881, the University of Kentucky football program played its first ever football game, although they didn’t play as the University of Kentucky. And if you’ve been paying attention in class, you’ll also know they didn’t play as the Wildcats either. Your University was known as A&M College, Kentucky State College, and/or State College of Kentucky during the last part of the 19th century. Their opponent? Wait for it...............Kentucky University. The final score? Wait for it...................7 1/4 - 1. I’m going to go out on a limb and say the game has changed quite a bit in this 129 years. The football front page over at UK Athletics says the game and scoring probably resembled rugby more than football, but nevertheless was called football. Football would go on hiatus until 1891, when it would be a staple at the University until World War II. The team later known as your University of Kentucky Wildcats finished the three game season in 1881, 1-2.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach

This is the only video from that day....