1917 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1917 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Brittain
Home stadiumStoll Field
1917 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Middle Tennessee State Normal    7 0 0
Presbyterian    8 1 0
Navy    7 1 0
North Texas State Normal    6 1 0
Spring Hill    4 2 0
West Virginia    6 3 1
Southwest Texas State    5 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal    3 2 0
Texas Mines    0 0 1
Kentucky    3 5 1
Oglethorpe    1 2 0
Sam Houston Normal    1 3 0
Wake Forest    1 6 1
Marshall    1 7 1
Tennessee (SATC)    0 3 0

The 1917 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Led by Stanley A. Boles in his first and only season as head coach, the Wildcats compiled a record of 3–5–1. The season ended on a high note with the 52–0 defeat of Florida.