Kentucky at Tennessee

Thursday, November 27, 1924

Kentucky beat Tennessee 27–⁠6. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 8–⁠6–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky4–⁠5 in 1924
27
HomeTennessee3–⁠5 in 1924
6

FinalHigh 51°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: KENUUCKY. TEAM BEATS VOLS, 27-6 Wildcats Display Great Attack To Win Game

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 28, 1924, page 14

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    KENUUCKY. TEAM BEATS VOLS, 27–⁠6 Wildcats Display Great Attack To Win Game KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Nov. 27.-The University of Kentucky, showing a powerfully sustained attack, scoring in three of the four periods, clearly out played the University of Tennessee here this afternoon before large holiday crowd, winning P to G. Exhibiting a tremendous amount of drive the Kentucky backfield amassed total of 24 first downs against seven by the Tennessee clan. touchdowns in the final quarter. Hughes. Sanders and Gregg leading the attack. Kentucky (2O Tennessee (6) Position hlrWLn s............... Schultz Left End hlce ‘‘.’.... ................ Batey Left Tackle montgomery ................. Brown Left Guard oUuer T. Robinson Center Van Meter ................. King Right Guard DenaVen .................. Burdette Right Tackle hlng .............. Flowers Right End OregS ................. Hardness Quarterback oHllIu ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘.. ............ Neff (C) Left Half Hughes ................. Wilson Right Half oaHuers NCl ...’.......... Campbell Fullback Score by periods: Kentucky .......... o1427 Tennessee .......... 6 o O. 6 Scoring touchdowns Huges, Smith Sanders (2), Neff. Points after touch. down, Sander, 3 (placement) officials :: Referee, Randolph (Virginia) umpire, Reynolds, (Georgia) headlinesman,

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 60% to win. Kentucky won as Elo’s underdog.

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 101 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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