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Kentucky-Louisville Greatest Games

The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
47/100
Overtime
0

Series context

Completed meetings
33
Series record
Kentucky 17-16 Louisville
Tracked years
1912-2024
Trophy
Governor's Cup

Series ranking

The rivalry's top 25 games

7 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 2002Week 2

    Kentucky at Louisville

    Kentucky 22, Louisville 17

    Winner: Kentucky

    Unranked Kentucky vs. No. 17 Louisville · 5-point margin

    Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    39

    Game score

  2. 1995Week 2

    Louisville at Kentucky

    Louisville 13, Kentucky 10

    Winner: Louisville

    Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked Kentucky · 3-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    32

    Game score

  3. 2000Week 2

    Kentucky at Louisville

    Kentucky 34, Louisville 40

    Winner: Louisville

    Unranked Kentucky vs. Unranked Louisville · 6-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    29

    Game score

  4. 1994Week 2

    Louisville at Kentucky

    Louisville 14, Kentucky 20

    Winner: Kentucky

    Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked Kentucky · 6-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    29

    Game score

  5. 1997Week 2

    Louisville at Kentucky

    Louisville 24, Kentucky 38

    Winner: Kentucky

    Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked Kentucky · 14-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15

    21

    Game score

  6. 1915Week 8

    Kentucky at Louisville

    Kentucky 15, Louisville 0

    Winner: Kentucky

    Unranked Kentucky vs. Unranked Louisville · 15-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15

    20

    Game score

  7. 2003Week 2

    Louisville at Kentucky

    Louisville 40, Kentucky 24

    Winner: Louisville

    Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked Kentucky · 16-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15

    19

    Game score

  8. 1996Week 2

    Louisville at Kentucky

    Louisville 38, Kentucky 14

    Winner: Louisville

    Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked Kentucky · 24-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 11/35 · Overtime 0/15

    11

    Game score

  9. 2001Week 2

    Louisville at Kentucky

    Louisville 36, Kentucky 10

    Winner: Louisville

    Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked Kentucky · 26-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 9/35 · Overtime 0/15

    9

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.