The Swamp has been a House of Horrors for Kentucky

Kentucky hasn't won a football game in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium since 1979.

The stadium affectionately (or intimidatingly) known as "The Swamp" has been a House of Horrors for the Wildcats for nearly 40 years.

Embarrassing blowouts and gut-wrenching "woulda, coulda, shoulda" defeats are etched in the collective psyches of Kentucky football fans.

The overall 29-year losing streak to Florida is the one that everyone talks about. And why not? It's the streak that was still there when "The Streak" (against Tennessee, of course) ended.

Before that, everyone also liked to talk about the losing streak to Steve Spurrier. That one stung, because there was that familiar smirk and the more-than-occasional snide remark that made it more personal.

But the losing streak at Florida is longer than either the now-snapped Spurrier streak and the 29 years of losing to the Gators overall.

Here's a look back at each of Kentucky's losses in The Swamp since 1979.

Florida finished the 1981 season with a 7-5 record. The week after defeating Kentucky they would go on to beat Florida State 35-3 before losing to West Virginia in their bowl game. Kentucky finished the season 3-8 (2-4), ahead of only LSU, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference. Kentucky coach Fran Curci would be fired 11 days after this game. UK athletic director Cliff Hagan said after the firing that, "(Curci) would not come to the phone and I had to break it to Curci's wife." Kentucky's program had been plagued by several consecutive losing seasons, probation resulting from recruiting violations and a run of offseason problems including player arrests.

The No. 14-ranked Gators entered the game with a 6-2-1 record, having tied Southern Cal earlier in the year, but they were on the heels of a two-game losing streak. They handled Kentucky by 17 points in front of 73,192 fans. Kentucky, also 6-2-1 heading into the game, lost the game against Florida and the season's last two games as well, against Tennessee and then West Virginia in the Hall of Fame Classic Bowl.

Kentucky nearly defeated No. 11 Florida in a low-scoring defensive struggle. Two Florida field goals were the game's only first half scores and Kentucky took a 7-6 second half lead after a 7-yard touchdown run. After the teams traded touchdowns (and after Kentucky missed an extra point) Florida kicked a 19-yard field goal with just 20 seconds remaining for the win.

Florida landed a spot in the Aloha Bowl on the back of its 13-point victory over Kentucky. One of the game's highlights was a 94-yard kick return for a touchdown by Stacey Simmons, who also had a long touchdown reception. Future NFL great Emmitt Smith had 24 carries for 112 yards. The game dropped Kentucky to 5-5 (1-4).

Wearing orange-only uniforms the home team defeated the Cats by 10 points in a game punctuated by a 99-yard kick return for a score. Kentucky had narrowed the lead to 24-14 but the Gators returned the next kickoff for a score. Florida would surge ahead to a 38-14 lead before Kentucky added a pair of late scores to make the game appear closer.

This Florida win clenched their program's first SEC championship. Florida led Kentucky 28-6 in the third quarter but Kentucky quarterback Pookie Jones rallied Kentucky to a 28-26 deficit with just minutes remaining in the game. Florida's late score gave the Gators some separation.

Shane Matthews passed for 340 yards and four touchdowns and the Gators finished with 541 total yards in spite of fielding a very young and inexperienced team. Steve Spurrier and Matthews credited the Gators offensive line with giving the quarterback plenty of time to shred the UK defense and the Cats' offensive line struggled to block on the other side of the ball.

No. 2 Florida handed Kentucky one of the most embarrassing defeats in the history of the program. Steve Spurrier and the Gators could have been motivated by pollsters dropping the Gators behind Nebraska in the previous round of rankings.

In a completely forgettable performance Kentucky's offense mustered 67 yards and five first downs for the entire game as the Cats were blanked by a Gator team that couldn't be slowed down in any respect. Danny Wuerffel had 279 yards and three touchdowns in the first half as Florida raced out to a 41-0 advantage through two quarters.

ESPN's College Gameday devoted a portion of their Saturday pregame coverage to discussion of a game that featured a Kentucky team ranked No. 25 in one of the national polls. Doug Johnson and Jesse Palmer combined to pass for seven touchdowns against Kentucky's defense and outdid Tim Couch's 406 yards (40 of 61) included a 97-yard scoring strike to Craig Yeast.

Jared Lorenzen passed for 363 yards and Artose Pinner added 125 on the ground for one of Kentucky's better offensive showings against the Gators but the Cats' defense was no match for Florida's attack. On top of UK's defensive struggles -- UF rushed for 190 yards -- Lorenzen threw a pair of interceptions and Kentucky fumbled four times, losing two of them.

Keiwan Ratliff returned an intercepted Jared Lorenzen pass for a touchdown and Rex Grossman passed for 375 yards en route to a wild west-style shootout that went the distance. Derek Abney returned a punt for a touchdown and that narrowed Florida's lead to 39-34 in the latter portion of the game but the Cats didn't score again.

Kentucky's defense performed admirably and slowed Chris Leak and the Gator offense but Taylor Begley was the only player to score for the Cats, nailing a 51-yard field goal in the first half. Ciatrick Fason scored in the second quarter and again in the fourth for the Gators' two touchdowns.

Andre Woodson and Rich Brooks' first bowl team went into the Swamp and played very competitively, even leading the Gators 7-6 at one point in the second quarter. Florida was ranked No. 5 nationally coming into the game. Ultimately the Gators did roll up more than 500 yards of total offense but the UK defense did its best to keep the points allowed low. Kentucky struggled to block Florida's pass rush and Woodson was sacked six times. The offense was unable to make progress after that first half touchdown.

Junior quarterback Tim Tebow accounted for four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) in one of this series' most lopsided games. Florida didn't waste any time dominating Kentucky and the domination extended to every facet of the game. Offense, defense and special teams - yes, the Gators blocked two Wildcat punts. After the game Florida cornerback Jalen Tabor said, "We had LSU intensity in the locker room (before the game)." Lest anyone become too embarrassed remembering this game, this very same Florida team had defeated LSU -- a team coming off a national championship -- by 30 points in its previous game.

Notorious Cat-killer Trey Burton started at quarterback for the Gators and scored six touchdowns in a performance that helped to land in forever in the infamous lore of Kentucky fans as a player who simply looked better against Kentucky. At the time he was just the fourth player in SEC history to score six touchdowns in a game. To make matters worse, Florida had limped into the game struggling on offense.

Kentucky's defense actually played well enough in this game for Kentucky to be competitive, but the story of this game was the Cats' completely non-existent offense. Morgan Newton entered the game at quarterback after an injury to starting quarterback Max Smith and the UK offense couldn't muster anything. Eventually the floodgates opened and an exhausted Wildcat "D" simply didn't have anything left in the tank to prevent the onslaught. Kentucky was competitive for much of the game's first half but didn't have the depth or the offensive consistency to keep it close.

In Mark Stoops' second season at Kentucky, and in his first trip to the Swamp with the Wildcats, the program turned in one of its finest all-time performances on Florida turf. It's a game that will be remembered by Kentucky football fans for the no-call on an apparent delay of game, which led to a Florida touchdown. That was in the first overtime period and although the play clock appeared to hit zero, the refs allowed Jeff Driskel to snap the ball and complete a nine-yard touchdown strike on fourth down. Garrett Johnson had two long receiving touchdowns in his return to his home state but the Gators outlasted the Wildcats in overtime. In the third extra period Matt Jones scored from the one-yard line giving the game to the Gators.