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Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Saturday, October 29, 1927

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 34–⁠6. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 10–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1927
6
HomeVanderbilt8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1927
34

FinalAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VANDERBILT'S PASSING GAME BEATS KENTUCKY

    Evening star, October 30, 1927, page 84

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    VANDERBILT’S PASSING GAME BEATS KENTUCKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. October % Upl.-Nanderbil took to the air today to down the Kentucky University Wildcats, 81 to &. A new passing attack with Spears hoavin- spirals to his hitherto dis regarded ends was developed for the encounter. ArmiS:ead. Commodore Fullhack. added three touchdoWns to his season string ana brought his scoring total TO SO points.

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Kentucky–Vanderbilt game

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 84 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

Around this game

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