How one single play changed the trajectory of Kentucky football

What if I told you that one single play changed everything we know about Kentucky football as we know it today under Mark Stoops? The program was rolling coming off two 10-win seasons in four years and a pair of Citrus Bowl victories, then in 2022, opened the year with four straight victories — including a road victory at Florida.

The Wildcats were ranked No. 7 in the country going into a top-15 matchup on the road against an undefeated Ole Miss team sitting at No. 14 at the time. Win that one and you’re back-to-back home wins vs. South Carolina and Mississippi State away from what could be a top-three matchup at Tennessee to close out October. It was the program’s peak, momentum at an all-time high and Kentucky on the cusp of a historic breakthrough.

Then one play and one flag changed everything, Dane Key’s game-winning touchdown wiped away in the final seconds, ultimately leading to a crushing loss in Oxford.

KSR’s Steven Peake takes a closer look at that history-altering moment and what it meant for the Wildcats to close out the 2022 season and the years to come under Stoops, leading to the low point the program is facing today.

This is the story of “The Play That Changed Everything.”

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