1970 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1970 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–9 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach	John Ray (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Fitzgerald (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 LSU $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Auburn	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 10–20
September 19	No. 13 Kansas State*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 16–3	33,500
September 26	at No. 5 Ole Miss	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 17–20	46,200
October 3	No. 12 Auburn	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 15–33	37,500
October 10	Utah State*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 6–35	33,000
October 17	at No. 15 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–14
October 24	Georgia	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 3–19	34,000
October 31	NC State*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 27–2
November 7	Vanderbilt	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 17–18
November 14	vs. Florida	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	L 13–24	45,102
November 21	at No. 8 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–45	63,452
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game