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The 1996 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Wildcats scored 138 points while allowing 322 points; they opened the season with 1 win and 6 losses and then after the firing of head coach Bill Curry was announced the Wildcats won three straight SEC games before losing their final game to finish 4–7.