In snapping Kentucky’s five-year bowl drought in 2016, Mark Stoops and his troops scored two crucial road victories.
The Wildcats won a Southeastern Conference game away from Lexington for only the second time since 2009, scoring a 35-21 victory at Missouri.
UK also recorded one of its sweetest victories in decades when quarterback Stephen Johnson outdueled Louisville’s soon-to-be Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson and Kentucky beat 27-point favorite U of L 41-38 before a stunned crowd in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
It was the first time Kentucky (7-6 a season ago) had won multiple games outside Commonwealth Stadium since 2009.