Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 2, 1918

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 33–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky2–⁠1 in 1918
0
HomeVanderbilt4–⁠2 in 1918
33

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Forward Pass Beats Kentucky State Team Vanderbilt Eleven Takes Advantage of Fumbles by the Visitors

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 3, 1918, page 27

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    Forward Pass Beats Kentucky State Team Vanderbilt Eleven Takes Advantage of Fumbles by the Visitors Nashville. Tenn. November 2-Van- derbilts proficiency in forward pass ing and Kentucky States inexperience were the two factors which decided the years first inter- collegiate game on Dudley field here today, the Com modores winning by score of o3 to o Two miserable rasses by the Ken lucky center were directly responsible for many vanderbilt touchdowns, while a hlockaded runt accounted for another, the other two Commodore scores coming as result of marches down the field through forward passes and the beautiful broken field running Of Berryhill, Vanderbilt’s haifback- Kentucky showed an utter lack of ex- perience and never once did they threaten the Vanderbilt goa line.

  • The Evening star's story: VANDERBILT IN FRONT. Romps Away From Kentucky State. Eleven; Score. $50.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1918, page 1

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    VANDERBILT IN FRONT. Romps Away From Kentucky State. Eleven; Score. $50. NASHVILLE. Tenn, November q Vanderbilt’s proficiency in forward pass ing and Kentucky States incxperienca were the two factors which decided the years first intercollegiate game on Dudley Field here today. the commodores winning by score Of 80 to o. Two miserable passes by the Kentucky center. were directly responsible for as many Vanderbilt touchdowns, while q blocked punt accounted for another. the other two Commodore scores coming as result OF marches down the field full broken field running Of Barryhiil, Vanderbilt’s halfback. Kentucky show ed an utter lack Of experience, and never once did 1t threaten the Van derbiN goal line.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Kentucky 51% to win. Vanderbilt won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Kentucky leads 48–⁠45–⁠4; as played, 49–⁠42–⁠4 in the 95 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 89 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Vanderbilt 45, Kentucky 17
2024Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 13
2023Kentucky 45, Vanderbilt 28
2022Vanderbilt 24, Kentucky 21
2021Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17
2020Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 35

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