Kentucky at Tennessee

Thursday, November 25, 1920

Tennessee beat Kentucky 14–⁠7. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 7–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1920
7
HomeTennessee7–⁠2 in 1920
14

FinalHigh 50°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: TENNESSEE DEFEATS KENTUCKY GRID TEAM

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 26, 1920, page 12

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    TENNESSEE DEFEATS KENTUCKY GRID TEAM Knoxville. Tenn, November 25.-Com- ing from behind after Kentucky nad scored in the first period on an intercept- ed pass and an SO-yard run by Wilhelm. Tennessee took a hard-fought IA to ! game from the Wildcats today in the final engagement of the season. The Volunteers registered in the third period on a S0-yard pass over the goal line and again in the final quarter on a 30-yard run by Smith. substitute quarter. Lineup and summary, Tennessee–Janes, left end:, Doak left tackle; Robinson, left guard: Bradford. center, Striegel. right guard; Hatcher, right tackle: Lane. right end; Campbell, quarterback; Blair left halfback; Deit- zen, right halfback; Holt, fullback Kentucky-Rice left end Server left tackle: Thompson, left guard; Fest, cen ter, Colpitts, right guard; Murphree, right tackle; Heber, right end; Lavin, quarterback: Thornton. left halfack; Fuller, right halfback; Wilhelm, full back. Score, by periods: Tennessee ......-................ 0 ‘ T-14 kentucAy ..-..-...-.-............7 0 0 O. Touchdowns, Lane. Smith, Wilhelm. Goals from touchdown, Server, Hatcher I(2). Officials Referee Finlay tvirginia); umpire, Whitaker (Sewanee); head lines man. Hinton (Yalel.

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)

Tennessee 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Tennessee leads 85–⁠26–⁠9; as played, 84–⁠25–⁠9 in the 118 games on file; the official count covers all 121 meetings, counting the 105 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Tennessee 56, Kentucky 34
2024Tennessee 28, Kentucky 18
2023Tennessee 33, Kentucky 27
2022Tennessee 44, Kentucky 6
2021Tennessee 45, Kentucky 42
2020Kentucky 34, Tennessee 7

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