Rivalry leaderboard
Kentucky-Vanderbilt 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
- 42/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 94
- Series record
- Kentucky 49-41-4 Vanderbilt
- Tracked years
- 1896-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
5 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1937Week 2
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 0, Vanderbilt 12
Winner: Vanderbilt
Unranked Kentucky vs. No. 7 Vanderbilt · 12-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1939Week 4
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 21, Vanderbilt 13
Winner: Kentucky
No. 18 Kentucky vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 8-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1963Week 9
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 0, Kentucky 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1958Week 9
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 0, Vanderbilt 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Kentucky vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1940Week 5
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 7, Kentucky 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1919Week 7
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 0, Vanderbilt 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Kentucky vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 2004Week 12
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 13, Kentucky 14
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1988Week 11
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 13, Kentucky 14
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1972Week 10
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 13, Kentucky 14
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1970Week 11
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 18, Kentucky 17
Winner: Vanderbilt
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1964Week 9
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 21, Kentucky 22
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1956Week 9
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 6, Kentucky 7
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1942Week 5
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 7, Kentucky 6
Winner: Vanderbilt
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1999Week 12
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 19, Vanderbilt 17
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Kentucky vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1977Week 10
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 28, Vanderbilt 6
Winner: Kentucky
No. 7 Kentucky vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 22-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1946Week 6
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 7, Kentucky 10
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 2000Week 12
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 24, Kentucky 20
Winner: Vanderbilt
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1995Week 11
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 10, Vanderbilt 14
Winner: Vanderbilt
Unranked Kentucky vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1989Week 11
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Kentucky 15, Vanderbilt 11
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Kentucky vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1966Week 9
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Vanderbilt 10, Kentucky 14
Winner: Kentucky
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Kentucky · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
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.