Mascot, University of Kentucky

In 1909 the University of Kentucky football team beat the University of Illinois 6-2. The head of the military department, Commandant Carbusier, told a group of students in a chapel service following the game that the team had “fought like wildcats.”

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  • Title Mascot, University of Kentucky
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  • Keywords Mascot, University of Kentucky
  • Website Name Volopedia
  • Publisher University of Tennessee Libraries
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  • Access Date July 16, 2025
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  • Date of Last Update October 9, 2018