Vanderbilt at Kentucky

Saturday, October 15, 1921

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 21–⁠14. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 8–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayVanderbilt7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1921
21
HomeKentucky4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1921
14

FinalHigh 70°F, low 49°FAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: Kentucky Loses, 2l to Ia, in Vanderbilt Kicking Duel

    The New York herald, New York, October 16, 1921, page 46

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    Kentucky Loses, 2l to Ia, in Vanderbilt Kicking Duel LrxrNoroN. KY. Oct 15.---Outweighed more than a dozen pounds TO the man the University OF Kentucky football team to-day lost its first big game of the season to Vanderbilt by the score of 21 to IA. Two touchdowns for the Commodores in tho first quarter, one a result OF punt f’,mbled by the Wild Sss quarterback, and the other follow ing a fluke forward pass. gave the visitors an advantage that the Kentucky gridders were never able to overcome.

  • The South Bend news-times's story: Heavy Vanderbilt Team Defeats Kentucky ELeUen

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 16, 1921, page 8

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    Heavy Vanderbilt Team Defeats Kentucky ELeUen LEXINGTON, KY. oct. 15.-Outweighed more than a dozen pounds to the man, the University OF Ken lucky football team today lost its first big game OF the season to Van derbilt by the score of q to II. Two touchdowns for the Commodores In the frst quarter. one a result of punt fumbled by the Wildcat quarterback and the other following a huke forward pass gave the visitors an advantage that the Kentucky gridders were never able to over come.

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 60% 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 86 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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