Duke at Kentucky

Saturday, October 28, 1933

Duke beat Kentucky 14–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; Duke leads the series 4–⁠0.

AwayDuke9–⁠1 in 1933
14
HomeKentucky5–⁠5 in 1933
7

FinalHigh 60°F, low 39°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story

    The Waterbury Democrat, October 30, 1933, page 12 (results column)

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    (By United Pressl From Jim Crowley-Fordham New York: The biggest surprise in eastern football was Lafayette’s tic with Colgate. This is the first time in two years any team came that close to beating Colgate. Army’s remarkable victory over Yale proves that the Soldiers are getting stronger every week. Du- Quesne, Holy Cross. Princeton and Fordham have continued victori- ous1y while Syracuse, Yale, Colgate and Carnegie Tech joined the ranks of tied or defeated. From Noble Kizer-Purdue Chicago: Michigan showed a ver- satile attack in beating Chicago. and holds Conference lead as it heads for Illinois game. zuppke, laying for Michigan. secuted Vol verines Saturday and has two weeks to prime his team. Michigan will have trouble stopping Illinois passes. Purdue’s running attack flinctioned best this season against Wisconsin. Carnegie Tech brings unscored on team to meet Purdue this week. Minnesota proved one of Bi1 Tens best teams by crushing Iowa. Northwestern’s errors beat them. From Harry Mehre-Georgla Athens: Southern play was fea- tured by Auburn’s 13–⁠7 comeback against Tulane. This showed that Auburn will be dangerous the rest of the season. Duke emphasized that 1t is a southern power by SCOT ing its fifth straight victory, 14–⁠7 over Kentucky. Georgia’s 25–⁠0 win over New York University was un, Sxpectedly easy. From Bill Spaulding-U. c. l.. A. Los Angeles: Irwin Warburton proved the difference between Southern California and California. His 60-yard sprint for Trojan touchdown kept Southern Califor- ria in the unbeaten column. Oregon State has great defense line, and coupled with Red Franklin, makes Beavers hard outfit to beat. U. C.. l.. A.-California game will be only important contest on coast this week.

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)

Duke 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Duke leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings.

Recent meetings
1933Duke 14, Kentucky 7
1932Duke 13, Kentucky 0
1931Duke 7, Kentucky 0
1930Duke 14, Kentucky 7

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