Trevin Wallace breaks down game-changing TD against Florida in 2021

Even if you weren’t at Kroger Field the night of October 2, 2021, you probably still remember the historic play that unfolded in the middle of the third quarter.

That was the night that Kentucky football took down the Florida Gators, the first time it happened in Lexington since 1986. The Wildcats welcomed a top 10 ranked Florida team to town in what was UK’s fifth game of the 2021 season. Kentucky was a perfect 4-0 at that point and was already 2-0 in SEC. Everything was set up perfectly for a monumental upset.

Only Kentucky’s offense couldn’t find any rhythm early on. Outside of Wan’Dale Robinson taking a screen pass from Will Levis 41 yards to the house, the Wildcats couldn’t muster up much on their end. Florida held a minor 10-7 lead at the halftime break and was looking to build onto that advantage halfway through the third quarter. Gators kicker Jace Christman lined up for a 48-yarder that would have made it a six-point lead for UF. He’d already nailed a 51-yarder earlier in the night.

What happened next created one of the biggest pops of cheers and screams of joy in the history of Kroger Field/Commonwealth Stadium. Christman went through his routine and put his boot on the ball, but instead of it finding the uprights — well, let’s actually have Trevin Wallace explain it from his point of view.

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“It was just crazy, you know?” Wallace said. “I wasn’t expecting the ball to come to my hands. I was just sitting back there and I thought, ‘Okay JP (Josh Paschal) blocked it.’

“When he blocked it, it was like the ball just levitated where it was at. My instincts kicked in — I played both sides of the ball in high school — I just caught the ball and I was like I’m not letting nobody tackle me so I’m just gonna keep running until I get to the other side of the end zone.”

That momentum-shifting, go-ahead touchdown would lift Kentucky past Florida, 20-13, as the Big Blue Nation poured onto the field once the clock hit nothing but zeros. It was one of the loudest nights in Kentucky football history — no play louder than Wallace, just a true freshman at the time, scampering 76 yards for a career-defining score.

“It was crazy,” Wallace added. “I could say when I was running, I didn’t hear nobody screaming. When I got across the endzone, my eardrums bust. I was like, man this is loud.”

As someone who was there that night, I can vividly remember “the pop” and how piercing that noise was, although I still think Bud Dupree‘s pick-6 against South Carolina in 2014 might have been louder. Which got us thinking… What are your loudest memories from watching a Kentucky football home game?