1979 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1979 SEC football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1979 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 15	Miami (OH)*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 14–15
September 22	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana	L 10–18
September 29	Maryland*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 14–7
October 6	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	L 6–10
October 13	Ole Miss	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 14–3
October 20	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 19–23
October 27	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 6–20
November 3	Bowling Green*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 20–14
November 10	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 29–10
November 17	at Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	W 31–3
November 24	Tennessee	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Kentucky–Tennessee rivalry)	L 17–20
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

v t e Kentucky Wildcats football
Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Commonwealth Stadium (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band Thin Thirty 2003 Arkansas game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

1979 SEC football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
#16 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Florida	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll