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Kentucky-Tennessee
Kentucky and Tennessee have met 121 times since 1893. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 25-84-9
- Current streak
- Tennessee 5 games
- Longest streak
- Tennessee 26 games (1985-2010)
- Avg. margin / points
- 14.4 / 33.8
Series overview
Kentucky 25-84-9 Tennessee. Current streak: Tennessee 5 games.
Last five meetings
Kentucky 0 | Tennessee 5
Largest margin
52 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1893 through 2025.
- 118 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Oct 25, 2025.
Related pages
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Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Kentucky and Tennessee have a tracked series that starts in 1893 and spans 121 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1893-2025
- Busiest era
- 1920s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 2 years (1916-1919)
- 1920s10 games
- 1930s10 games
- 1940s10 games
- 1950s10 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
2025 - Oct 25, 2025
Kentucky 34, Tennessee 56. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
1960 - Nov 19, 1960
Kentucky 10, Tennessee 10. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
2007 - Nov 24, 2007
Kentucky 50, Tennessee 52. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
1994 - Nov 19, 1994
Kentucky 0, Tennessee 52. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Kentucky 0, Tennessee 5 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Kentucky 2, Tennessee 8 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Lower-scoring recent history; average total 33.8, average margin 14.4.
- Current streak
- Tennessee 5 games
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.
Cutter Boley
Kentucky, 2025
Passing Yards: 2160
Kendrick Law
Kentucky, 2025
Receiving Yards: 540
Seth McGowan
Kentucky, 2025
Rushing Yards: 725
Chris Brazzell II
Tennessee, 2025
Receiving Yards: 1017
DeSean Bishop
Tennessee, 2025
Rushing Yards: 1076
Joey Aguilar
Tennessee, 2025
Passing Yards: 3565
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
Mark Stoops
Kentucky - 2021-2025 - 28-23
Josh Heupel
Tennessee - 2021-2025 - 37-15
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 56F.
Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 2 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.
Kentucky team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Tennessee team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Kentucky season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Tennessee season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Kentucky weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Tennessee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2025 | Tennessee at Kentucky | Kentucky 34, Tennessee 56 | Kroger Field | Tennessee |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Kentucky at Tennessee | Kentucky 18, Tennessee 28 | Venue unavailable | Tennessee |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Tennessee at Kentucky | Kentucky 27, Tennessee 33 | Venue unavailable | Tennessee |
| Oct 29, 2022 | Kentucky at Tennessee | Kentucky 6, Tennessee 44 | Venue unavailable | Tennessee |
| Nov 6, 2021 | Tennessee at Kentucky | Kentucky 42, Tennessee 45 | Venue unavailable | Tennessee |
| Oct 17, 2020 | Kentucky at Tennessee | Kentucky 34, Tennessee 7 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 10, 2019 | Tennessee at Kentucky | Kentucky 13, Tennessee 17 | Venue unavailable | Tennessee |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Kentucky at Tennessee | Kentucky 7, Tennessee 24 | Venue unavailable | Tennessee |
| Oct 28, 2017 | Tennessee at Kentucky | Kentucky 29, Tennessee 26 | Venue unavailable | Kentucky |
| Nov 12, 2016 | Kentucky at Tennessee | Kentucky 36, Tennessee 49 | Venue unavailable | Tennessee |
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