Kentucky football fans experienced a nostalgic thrill when the Wildcats brought back the Power K and defeated LSU in overtime at Kroger Field. This week, the Wildcats travel to Oklahoma, where the Sooners are having a throwback night of their own. This look goes back much, much further.
Oklahoma is donning threads inspired by the Sooners’ most dominant run in college football from 1946 to 1956. With legendary coach Bud Wilkinson at the helm, Oklahoma won 11 straight conference titles and three National Championships.
You know what else happened in that era? They lost to Kentucky.
The Wildcats are wearing the opposite of a throwback uniform. For the first time, Kentucky is wearing black helmets with white jerseys and black pants.
Kentucky’s Sugar Bowl Victory
Oklahoma was already proclaimed the National Champions of the 1950 season when they took a 31-game winning streak to New Orleans to face Bear Bryant’s Wildcats in the Sugar Bowl. Kentucky’s Bear was ready to do something radical to stall the Sooners’ deadly split-T offense. The Kentucky defense loaded up the line of scrimmage, putting as many as nine players on the ball, and it paid early dividends…