Blue defeats White 64-10 in the UK Blue-White spring football game Friday at Kroger Field in Lexington. By
Kentucky in 2018 won 10 games and was a nationally-respected Southeastern Conference football team because it played like one.
That was especially true on defense: the Wildcats allowed 16.8 points per game, second in the SEC behind only Mississippi State and sixth across all of college football. National champion Clemson — the nation’s leader in the category — allowed just 3.7 fewer points and about 40 fewer yards than the Wildcats, who ranked 21st nationally in that stat (332.