Washington and Lee at Kentucky
Saturday, October 18, 1930 Share
Kentucky beat Washington and Lee 33–14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Washington and Lee led the series 4–3–1.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 35°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1930, page 70
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KENTUCKY’S RALLY DEFEATS GENERALS Washington and Lee Limits CoIoneIS to 14–14 Tie Until Last Period. By the Associated Press. q TILL FIELD, Lexington, KY, Oc- tober 1S.-staging q smashing comeback In the final period, aft er being tied, II to IA, in the third quarter, Kentucky scored q 81 to-14 victory over washington and Lee here today. It was Kentucky’s second Conference victory this season. The Generals were making their Conference debut. “Shipwreck” Kelly, star wildcat half back, raced 50 yards OF tackle for a touchdown before the game was eight minutes old. The Wildcats marched down the field from their 37-yard line in the second quarter to score O second touchdown. Spicer kicked both extra points. Score Tied In Third. The Generals tied the score In the third. A 21-yard pass from Mattox 70 Thibodeau put the ball on Kentucky q S-yard line. Penalties against both teams iockeyed the bali to Q first down on the 1O-yard stripe. Mattox gained yards and Thibodeau went around emo for q touchdown. A few minutes later Thipodeau took q 25-yard pass from Mattox and ran ~ yaroS 70 hen tucky’S 5-yard line. Mattox carried 1t over for the Generals second touch down. Kentucky came back in the final when Sptcer passed to Cavana for 40 yards ana q touchdown. The Wildcats scored again when Kelly ran . punt back a yards, and then sprinteo on tackle Tor ~ yards TO put me ball on the Generals 4-yard line. Spicer took It over. johnson Starts Drive. Kentucky’s NTH touchdown came when the Wildcats obtained the Pig SKIN on Washington ana Lees 34-yard line. Ellis Johnson, playing his FIRST game this season, cut through Tor IA yards. Jack Pnipps added Is and then 4 more on the next play. PhlppS tumbled on q smash through the line, but Spicer fell on the nall over the goal for q touchdown. Spicer kicked the extra points. nentucky t33) Position. W. & l.. (14) Yates ......... Lett emu. .Wllhams MIsns ieis aMaI9 NesoIs Wllnams .......Centef ........s.s. holSteln Rose -.......... klgnT guard. ..s..... .1llsoll Ripping .......klgnL tackle. Faulkner Andrews Kignt emo. ......... .bieusoe SpiceE, 6luarteroeck .bcnncnarl Hrnaniak ...’..LeIt naiipaek ‘..;; MastoX =. Fnipps ...fuIloack ....ss.... .Miseneu Score By periods: K K.sSiSssoa ai ana Les: J ! /: iS “a; 90. KsIIy. Csysnsusn; EssrS point. sDissr 81 nsssou and E1a potntS-Mitchen Cd (piace-kicksl.
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)
Kentucky 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Washington and Lee–Kentucky gameKentucky leads 10–7–1 in 18 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
Around this game
Washington and Lee
- Next gamevs. St. John’s (Maryland)Oct. 25, 1930
- SeasonWashington and Lee in 1930
- ProgramWashington and Lee history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. VirginiaOct. 25, 1930
- SeasonKentucky in 1930
- ProgramKentucky history and records
