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Kentucky-Louisville
Kentucky and Louisville have met 36 times since 1912. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 17-16
- Current streak
- Louisville 1 game
- Longest streak
- Louisville 5 games (2011-2015)
- Avg. margin / points
- 19.1 / 55.8
Series overview
Kentucky 17-16 Louisville. Current streak: Louisville 1 game.
Last five meetings
Kentucky 4 | Louisville 1
Largest margin
73 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1912 through 2024.
- 33 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Nov 30, 2024.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Kentucky and Louisville have a tracked series that starts in 1912 and spans 36 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Governor's Cup gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1912-2024
- Busiest era
- 2000s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 69 years (1924-1994)
- 2000s10 games
- 2010s10 games
- 1990s6 games
- 2020s4 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
4 featured games
Latest meeting
2024 - Nov 30, 2024
Kentucky 14, Louisville 41. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
2016 - Nov 26, 2016
Kentucky 41, Louisville 38. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
1998 - Sep 5, 1998
Kentucky 68, Louisville 34. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
1922 - Oct 14, 1922
Kentucky 73, Louisville 0. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Kentucky 4, Louisville 1 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Kentucky 6, Louisville 4 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Balanced scoring profile; average total 55.8, average margin 19.1.
- Current streak
- Louisville 1 game
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Brock Vandagriff
Kentucky, 2024
Passing Yards: 1593
Dane Key
Kentucky, 2024
Receiving Yards: 715
Jamarion Wilcox
Kentucky, 2024
Rushing Yards: 590
Isaac Brown
Louisville, 2024
Rushing Yards: 1173
Ja'Corey Brooks
Louisville, 2024
Receiving Yards: 1013
Tyler Shough
Louisville, 2024
Passing Yards: 3195
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
Mark Stoops
Kentucky - 2019-2024 - 36-28
Scott Satterfield
Louisville - 2019-2022 - 21-17
Jeff Brohm
Louisville - 2023-2024 - 19-8
Deion Branch
Louisville - 2022 - 1-0
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 46F, 1 with precipitation.
Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 1 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.
Kentucky team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Louisville team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Kentucky season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Louisville season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Kentucky weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Louisville weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2024 | Louisville at Kentucky | Kentucky 14, Louisville 41 | Venue unavailable | Louisville |
| Nov 25, 2023 | Kentucky at Louisville | Kentucky 38, Louisville 31 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Louisville at Kentucky | Kentucky 26, Louisville 13 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 28, 2021 | Kentucky at Louisville | Kentucky 52, Louisville 21 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 30, 2019 | Louisville at Kentucky | Kentucky 45, Louisville 13 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 25, 2018 | Kentucky at Louisville | Kentucky 56, Louisville 10 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 25, 2017 | Louisville at Kentucky | Kentucky 17, Louisville 44 | Venue unavailable | Louisville |
| Nov 26, 2016 | Kentucky at Louisville | Kentucky 41, Louisville 38 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 28, 2015 | Louisville at Kentucky | Kentucky 24, Louisville 38 | Venue unavailable | Louisville |
| Nov 29, 2014 | Kentucky at Louisville | Kentucky 40, Louisville 44 | Venue unavailable | Louisville |
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