Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Saturday, October 30, 1920

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 20–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 7–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1920
0
HomeVanderbilt5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1920
20

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Chattanooga news's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Chattanooga news, Chattanooga, Tenn., October 30, 1920, page 1

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS AT Princeton. ~ Princeton, 10; West Virginim, .. virginia. o., AZ New Haven. cohnl---Yale, 2iaEolgate, z. $50 AZ Birmingham. Score at end sec ond perlo1. Alabama, Il Sewanee. .. AZ NashvIlie---Score end of second ipcriodt Vanderbilt, 20s Kentucky 0. Sricd, pittsburnh. III. Lafayette, q At Philadnlphin---Sc0r end second 4periodi Fem State. 4, Pennsylvania, D. At Lexington, va.--Hcore end first period: North {CNollna. State, %; Nv. NJ. l., 8, sstM Mt39 8A 8fl3 Al Columbus, ua.--Score end second period: Georgia, z: Auburn, o.

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: Football Results

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 1, 1920, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results INDIANA Indiana, 10; Northwestern, 7. Butler, SO; Georgetown, 0. Purdue, 10; Wabash. a. Hanover, “a; Kentucky Military Academy. 6. Franklin. 40: Rose Poly, T. INTERSECTiONAL Notre Dame. 81: Army. II. Harvard, “a; Virginia. 0. Princeton, 10; West Virginia, 8. Navy. At; Western Reserve, 0. Michigan, 81; Talane, 0. WEST Ohio State. Z: Chicago, 6. Illinois. II: Minnesota, I. Wittenberg, -; University of Gin cinnati. 7. Mi Union, %; Akron, 0. Oberlin, As; Hiram, 0. Drake, Z: Grinnell, I. Iowa State, “a; Washington, 7. Oklahoma, %: Missouri, T. University of Detroit. SO; Ford ham. 0. Haskell Indians, q; ST Louis Uni versity, 7. Michigan Aggies, 100; Olivet Col. lege. o. University of Dubuque, 10; Cornell, Morningside. s; South Dakota. 3. Stanford, 10: Oregon, 0. EAST Swarthmore, 0; Franklin and Mar shall. o. Cornell, “a: Rutgers. 0. st. Marys, Fl: st. Johns. O. Pittsburgh, IA; Lafayette, O. Columbia. 20: Williams, IA. Brown, s.; Vermont, O. Yale, 81; Colgate. Z. Holy Cross, 3: Syracuse, 0. Penn State, %: Penn = Ursinus, 8; Haverford, 0. Gettysburg, 81: Dickinson, 0. Maine, %; Colby, 0. Dartmouth, “a: Tufts, 7. Amherst 80; Hamilton. 0. Georgetown. %; Johns Hopkins, 7. SOUTH Georgia Tech. “a; Centre, 0. V, NJ. l., IA; North Carolina, 0. Vanderbilt, 20: Kentucky, 0. University of Georgia, I: Auburn, 0. University of North Carolina, 0: Western Maryland college, 13. Washington and Lee, 10; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 0.

  • The Evening star's story: SEVEN DIXIE ELEVENS LEFT IN TITLE RUSH

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1920, page 25 (results column)

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    SEVEN DIXIE ELEVENS LEFT IN TITLE RUSH ATLANTA. November 1.-The result of Saturdays foot ball contests was to leave seven Of the more important Dixie elevens with a clean slate at the hands of other southern teams The seven are Alabama. Georgia Tech, Georgia University, Mississippi A. and NJ. v. NJ. l., Washington and Lee and Tulane. the latter’s defeat Saturday being by Michigan. Next Saturdays schedule does not bring any Of the seven together. but a fortnight hence Alabama meets Washington and Lee and Mississippi A and NJ. plays Tulane. vanderbilt’s 20 to 0 victory over the strong Kentucky State team gave proof that the old Vandy spirit sur vived the Overwhelming defeats by Auburn and Georgia Tech. Alabama justified her heavy line and powerful backs by victory over Sewanee. Georgia raised high the hopes Of her sup porters by the to 0 triumph over Auburn. Techs defeat of Centre was by a wide enough margin to show real strength claimed for the Golden Tor nado, despite the fact that the Ken tuckians were Handicapped by in jufies from the Harvard game. The contest was hard fought and marked by fierce tack1ing by both teams. During the game it was stated that both the Army and Navy are. seek ing game for next season with Tech. and that negotiations also are on with Dartmouth. Princeton and other Eastern elevens.

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)

Vanderbilt 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 87 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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