Tennessee at Kentucky

Thursday, November 28, 1935

Kentucky beat Tennessee 27–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 12–⁠10–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayTennessee4–⁠5 in 1935
0
HomeKentucky5–⁠4 in 1935
27

Final0.36 in. of rainAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: ViOletS Just Paper Team, Rams Prove N. I. u. Over-Rated, Ford ham COnvinCes Experts in Easy Win.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 29, 1935, page 1 (results column)

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    ViOletS Just Paper Team, Rams Prove N. I. u. Over-Rated, Ford ham COnvinCes Experts in Easy Win. NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-With New York UniverSity’s temple of triump, RACED by Fordham, the struggle tor the EaSt’s Rose Bowl bid shifted today to far-away Texas, where two of TOUR undefeated and united teams IN the country, Texas Christian and Southern Methodist, meet tomorrow. Fordham, beaten by Purdue and tied by st. Mary’S and Pitt. exploded New York’S exaggerated opinion OF It’s proves in the first II min utes OF their battle before $4,000 in Yankee Stadium yesterday. In that tlme Fordham ran up IA points. Il added another touchdown in the hnal period TO round out a 2l-o victory. N. Y. US “cream-pur” schedule enabled the Violets to GER recognition out of all proportion 10 their true strength. Free-fOr All Halted For a few minutes during the tense battle the game threatened to develop into free-for-all when Amerino Sarno, Fordham tackle. and Perry Geffen, New York u. tackle. engaged in fisticuffS. Players of both teams swsrmed off the benches and onto the field. Quick action by policemen halted the rough stuff. Both Sarno, who was elected from the ST. Marys game for rough play and Geffen were banished and the game resumed. Two traditional battles in the East share the spotlight on tomorrow’s brief program. Army and Navy will battle before 10000 at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, and Princeton. pointing for its ninth triumph to round out perfect season. will meet Yale before 10000 at New Haven. Army and Princeton are favored. Another important game brings together Louisiana State and Tulane at New Orleans Tennessee Star Hurt Other games tomorrow are Holy Cross-Boston College; Columbia D a r m outh; Florida Auburn; Georgia Tech-Georgia; Mississippi Mississippi State; Rice-Baylor, and U. C. L. A.-Idaho The biggest upset of the Thanks giving Day games was Bucknells TO victory over Temple. Carnegie Tech, which hasn’t beat Pitt since 1923, missed three field goals in a scoreleSS tie with the Panthers. After getting a two-touchdown lead, Nebraska lost its advantage and had to stage a touchdown march in the last two minutes to conquer Oregon State, 1920. West Virginia scored 10 points early in the first period but wound up tying Loyola New Orleans) 1919. Kentucky scored its first VIC tory over Tennessee in 10 years. 27–⁠0. Herbert Tade, Tennessee center, received a fractured skull which physicians feared might cost him his life. Vanderbilt scored an upset victory over Alabama, 14–⁠6.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: RESULTS OF GRID GAMES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 29, 1935, page 5 (results column)

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    RESULTS OF GRID GAMES The following are results of prin- ,ipal football games played in vari- JUS parts of the country on Thanks yiving Day afternoon: Fordham 21; New York University ]. Penn 33; Cornell T. Nebraska 26; Oregon 20. Missouri 0; Kansas o. Texas Aggies 20; Texas 6. Alabama 6; Vanderbilt IA. Bucknell T; Temple 6. Utah State IA; Utah 14. Colorado IA; Denver 0. Detroit 12; Texas Tech. T. Xavier 12; Centenary o. Kentucky 27; Tennessee 0. Arizona 53; Drake 0. Montana State 6; Montana Mines 3. Linfield 21; Albany 6. Gonzaga 20; Portland University o Willamette 10; Whitman O. Colgate 33; Brown 0. Syracuse 0; Maryland o. Miami T; Cincinnati O. Pittsburgh 0; Carnegie Tech J. Virginia 0; North Carolina 61. Arkansas IA; Tulsa T.

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome daily nugget, Alaska, November 29, 1935, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores (By The Associated Press1 Fordham 21 N Y U 0 Penn B Cornell ‘ Nebraska 26 Oregon s 20 Missouri 0 Kansas 0 Texas Aggies 20 Texas 6 Alabama 6 Vanderbilt 14 Bucknell 2 Temple 6 Utah State l4 Utah IA Colorado 24 Denver 0 Xavier 12 Centenary 0 Detroit 12 Texas Tech ‘ Kentucky 27 Tennessee 0 Arizona 53 Drake 0 Montana State 6 Montana Mines 3 Lindfield 21 Albany 6 Gonzaga 20 Portland U 0 Willamette 10 Whitman 0 Colgate 33 Brown 0

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 53% 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 90 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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