Kentucky at Tennessee

Thursday, November 26, 1936

No. 17 Tennessee beat Kentucky 7–⁠6. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 13–⁠10–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky6–⁠4 in 1936
6
Home17Tennessee6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1936
7

FinalHigh 33°F, low 25°F, 0.59 in. of snowAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: N. Y. u. PULLS OUT 7-6 WIN OVER RAMS

    Imperial Valley press, November 27, 1936, page 2

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    N. Y. u. PULLS OUT 7–⁠6 WIN OVER RAMS NEW YORK, Nov. 81. U.R)-The metropolitan areas last hope for a representative in the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. Jan. 1, had fad Cd today with the Fordham Rams bounced completely out of the pic ture by New York University’s underrate6 team The Violets, who were supposed to be a setup for the Rams, here tcfcre undefeated although twice tied. scored a touchdown and the extra point to win to 6. In another upset. Bucknell got a scoreless tie with Pop Warmers Temple Owls. Duke won the southern confer cnce title with a 13 10 decision over North Carolina State. Ala bama beat Vanderbilt IA to 6 and Tennessee edged out Kentucky, Z to

  • The Evening star's story: Foot Ball Stars

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1936, page 49 (results column)

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    Foot Ball Stars AL Cruver, Washington-Scored three touchdowns, one on an in tercepted pass, in 400 Pacific Coast Conference championship win over Washington State. Howard Dunney, New York u His long-range, cofin-corner kick ing was the main factor in 7–⁠6 up set Of Fordham. Ace Parker, Duke-Scored all points in 1870 triumph over North Carolina State, making one touch down on 70-yard runback of punt. Judson Atchison, Texas–Counted only touchdown in surprise 10 win over Texas Aggies. Henry Mahley, Missouri–His 60 yard touchdown run featured 1873 conquest of Kansas. Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh Scored touchdowns on runs of SO, AZ and yards in 3l-14 victory over Carnegie. Ambrose SCHNEIDER, Southern California–His passing and rum ming led 52-yard touchdown drive to tie U. c. L. A. Joe Riley, Alabama–Threw two touchdown passes to beat Wander bilt, 14–⁠6. Dick Rifle, Albright-Scored five touchdowns in 70–⁠13 humping of Muhlenberg. Jack Robbins, Arkansas–His passing led to 1913 win over Tulsa. Jim Porter and Phil Dickens, Tennessee – Formers place-kick for extra point provided winning 7–⁠6 margin over Kentucky, after Dickens had set up tying touch. down with 7o-yard run. Andy Farkas, Detroit-Caught 15-yard pass to pave way for 60 win over Creighton. Bill Kurlish, Penn-His line cracking led Quaker ground-gaining in 1916 victory over Cornell. Charley Ellinger, Maryland Scored all three touchdowns In 1876 win over Washington and Lee. Andy Bershak, North Carolina Led way to 59–⁠14 win over Virginia, scoring once on 50-yard run with blocked punt.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 89 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Tennessee 56, Kentucky 34
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2023Tennessee 33, Kentucky 27
2022Tennessee 44, Kentucky 6
2021Tennessee 45, Kentucky 42
2020Kentucky 34, Tennessee 7

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