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1945 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

In the third period, each team traded touchdowns when James Robertson scored on a 51-yard run for the Crimson Tide and on a 36-yard Hartford Granitz pass to Wallace Jones for the Wildcats to make the score 47–19 at the end of the third.

1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

In the meantime, Villanova stars Howard Porter and Chris Ford overcame early struggles to keep the Wildcats in the game.

1998 Alamo Bowl

The Wildcats came into the game fresh off a double overtime loss in the Big 12 Championship Game to the Texas A&M Aggies, which ruined their chance at a national championship in the Fiesta Bowl.

2003 Big 12 Championship Game

The Wildcats lost at home to Marshall in September, and followed it up with losses to #13 Texas in Austin, and Oklahoma State in Stillwater.

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder’s squad played fundamental football in the Wildcats’ third trip to the title game, amassing 519 yards of total offense and clutch defense in the red zone to produce victory.

2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Josh Freeman threw for 196 yards in relief of starter Dylan Meier, including a 68-yard pass to Yamon Figurs and a 55-yard hook-up with Jermaine Moriera, but five turnovers, including three in the red zone helped keep the Wildcats off the scoreboard.

2006 Miami RedHawks football team

Miami answered the Wildcats first score with a 22-yard field goal midway through the third quarter by Nathan Parseghian, The Wildcats offense then scored again when redshirt quarterback Mike Kafka threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Tyrell Sutton.

2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Deon Murphy caught Freeman's touchdown pass and ran 21 yards on a reverse for a 34-7 lead for the Wildcats, who had 153 yards rushing Saturday night after being held to 27 in last week's 23-13 loss at Auburn.

2008–09 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team

The Wildcats then beat the South Carolina Gamecocks in the NIT tournament before losing in the Round of 16 to Saint Mary's and their star Point Guard Patty Mills.

2009 Arizona Wildcats football team

Kevin Craft came in to replace Kevin Prince in UCLA's second possession, but Christian Ramirez fumbled the ball to Arizona, which led to the Wildcats' third touchdown, a Nick Foles 25-yard pass to Criner.

2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

The Wildcats play their home games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas as they done since 1968.

AFL Ontario

Mohawk Sports Park, Hamilton - Home of the Hamilton Wildcats

Andrew Vlahov

While still on the playing roster with the Wildcats, Vlahov teamed up with ex-NBA player and fellow Western Australian Luc Longley to purchase the Wildcats franchise from owner Kerry Stokes.

Arizona Wildcats softball

Mike Candrea was hired for the 1986 season to build the Wildcats program.

Baker Wildcats

The Baker University Wildcats are the official sports teams of Baker University located in Baldwin City, Kansas.

Ben McLaughlin

Ben McLaughlin (born September 22, 1986) is a former quarterback for the Louisiana College Wildcats football team, the Louisiana Swashbucklers of the Southern Indoor Football League, and the 2011 Gold Medal winning United States national American football team.

Benny Ricardo

Ricardo is a sometimes-actor who also has appeared in the motion pictures North Dallas Forty and Wildcats.

Bluegrass Bowl

Rice, Russell, "The Wildcats: Kentucky Football", a book about University of Kentucky football history

Bob Martyn

Bob was a Northwest Conference All-Star in 1950, 1951 and 1952, and he helped lead the Linfield Wildcats to conference championship victories in 1950 and 1951.

Burt Matthews

Not to be confused with Burton Matthews, ice hockey defenseman for the Krugersdorp Wildcats and the South Africa men's national ice hockey team.

Checotah, Oklahoma

It includes references to the local high school team (Wildcats), Highways 69 and 40, the Okra Fest, and Eufaula Lake.

Connecticut Wildcats

The Connecticut Wildcats have a team partnership with the Wests Tigers of Australia's National Rugby League (AMNRL), and with its two feeder teams, the Western Suburbs Magpies and Balmain Tigers.

Corey Fisher

Villanova was selected to play in the 2008 NCAA Tournament and advanced as far as the Sweet 16 versus the Kansas Jayhawks in Detroit, Michigan, in which Fisher scored 6 points along with 4 assists in the Wildcats' 72–57 loss.

Dalton Sawyer

He played for the Waconia Wildcats from 2008-2011 and for the Minnesota Blizzard in 2011.

Davidson Wildcats

Under the guidance of Coach Bob McKillop, the Wildcats have consistently posted winning seasons.

With that victory, the Wildcats advanced to the Elite Eight where they lost to the eventual champion Kansas Jayhawks 59–57, capping off an incredible run that saw the rise of Stephen Curry to national prominence.

Davidson Wildcats men's basketball

The Davidson Wildcats basketball team is the basketball team that represents Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, in the NCAA Division I.

Devon Still

He attended Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was a standout lineman for the Howard Wildcats high school football team.

European wildcat

In 2012, conservationists reported discovering previously unknown populations of Scottish wildcats living in the Cairngorms National Park, but still threatened because of crossbreeding with domestic and feral cats.

Hawk Wolinski

He is known for composing individual songs for film soundtracks, including Cobra, Wildcats and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.

James Field

Jamie Field (born 1976), rugby league footballer for Leeds, Huddersfield Giants, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and Featherstone Rovers

Leah O'Brien

At the 1993 Women's College World Series, the Wildcats faced rival UCLA in the finale and with the only hit allowed, she drove in the game-winning run off Lisa Fernandez.

Leanne Smith

Smith graduated from high school in 2005, and then attended the University of New Hampshire in Durham and raced for the Wildcats in 2006.

London Wildcats

The London Wildcats were a Colonial Hockey League team from 1994-1995 which played in London, Ontario.

Mark Olver

Graduating from Millard North High School, Olver then joined Northern Michigan Wildcats of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association as an undersized skilled forward.

Martin Clawson

Martin was employed as a business consultant for corporate communications giants Wish Communications with Garry Schofield OBE and John Stankevitch but has since taken up the role of Strength and Conditioning Coach at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League.

Matt Blaymire

After impressing for York City Knights in 2006, Blaymire made the switch to the Wildcats alongside Peter Fox.

North Fulton High School

North Fulton Cooperative — the combined high school sports teams of Cuba High School (Illinois) and Spoon River Valley High School in Fulton County, Illinois, USA, and using the Wildcats nickname

Olu Famutimi

In Michigan, he played for the Flint Northwestern Wildcats where he climbed the national ranks as the 7th best player in the country according to ESPN.com.

Paul Flatley

In 1962, Flatley was a vital part of Northwestern's offensive attack which helped earn the Wildcats the #1 AP ranking for two weeks mid-season.

Queensland Softball Association

23 Clubs affiliated with the Brisbane Women's Softball Association for the 1965/66 season—Athletics, Brisbane Bears, Cannon Hill Stars, Hawks, Inala Carltons, Kedron Park Teachers College, Magpies, Mitchelton Missiles, Mt Gravatt Eagles, Oxley Rockets, Pandas, Panthers, Rebels, Saints, Spiro Tots, Southside Scamps, T-Jets, Tramway Terrors, University, Wildcats, Windsors, Wolves and WRAAC and 66 teams participated in the competition at Downey Park.

Tony Bouie

He also played for the Arizona Wildcats baseball team, and was a member of the Wildcats' Pac-10 championship baseball teams in 1992 and 1993.

Tony Ronaldson

Due to this and after a number of lacklustre performances, he left the Wildcats after the 2006/07 season and signed with the New Zealand Breakers.

Valdosta State Blazers football

The Stadium is also the home of the historical Valdosta High School Wildcats, known as "the winningest high school football team in the country".

Walt Yowarsky

The Wildcats appeared in the 1951 Sugar Bowl against the #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners.

Weber State Wildcats

The football team recently changed leadership, with the addition of new head coach Ron McBride, former head coach of the University of Utah, who began coaching the Wildcats in 2005.

Wildcat Wilson

Based in Chicago and training in Rock Island, Illinois, Wilson's Wildcats finished fourth in the nine-team league, with Wilson among the leaders in rushing touchdowns.


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