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Rivalry History

Kentucky-Vanderbilt

Kentucky and Vanderbilt have met 97 times since 1896. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
49-41-4
Current streak
Vanderbilt 1 game
Longest streak
Vanderbilt 7 games (1920-1938)
Avg. margin / points
0.5 / 34.4

Series overview

Kentucky 49-41-4 Vanderbilt. Current streak: Vanderbilt 1 game.

Last five meetings

Kentucky 3 | Vanderbilt 2

Largest margin

51 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1896 through 2024.
  • 94 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Oct 12, 2024.

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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

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 12, 2024Vanderbilt at KentuckyKentucky 13, Vanderbilt 20Venue unavailableVanderbilt
Sep 23, 2023Kentucky at VanderbiltKentucky 45, Vanderbilt 28Venue unavailableKentucky
Nov 12, 2022Vanderbilt at KentuckyKentucky 21, Vanderbilt 24Venue unavailableVanderbilt
Nov 14, 2021Kentucky at VanderbiltKentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17Venue unavailableKentucky
Nov 14, 2020Vanderbilt at KentuckyKentucky 38, Vanderbilt 35Venue unavailableKentucky
Nov 16, 2019Kentucky at VanderbiltKentucky 38, Vanderbilt 14Venue unavailableKentucky
Oct 20, 2018Vanderbilt at KentuckyKentucky 14, Vanderbilt 7Venue unavailableKentucky
Nov 11, 2017Kentucky at VanderbiltKentucky 44, Vanderbilt 21Venue unavailableKentucky
Oct 8, 2016Vanderbilt at KentuckyKentucky 20, Vanderbilt 13Venue unavailableKentucky
Nov 14, 2015Kentucky at VanderbiltKentucky 17, Vanderbilt 21Venue unavailableVanderbilt