Alabama at Kentucky

Saturday, October 29, 1938

No. 18 Alabama beat Kentucky 26–⁠6. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 17–⁠1.

Away18Alabama7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1938
26
HomeKentucky2–⁠7 in 1938
6

FinalHigh 69°F, low 37°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current's story: VOLS HEADING GRID PARADE IN SOUTHEAST Vandy Only Obstacle Be- tween Them and Per ) and feet Season =

    The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, October 31, 1938, page 1 (results column)

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    VOLS HEADING GRID PARADE IN SOUTHEAST Vandy Only Obstacle Be- tween Them and Per ) and feet Season = ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 81; lUPj The powerful Volunteers OF Ten SSSsee rode at the head Of the Southeastern football parade 10 law with four victories and no aefeats and only two more CONFER ence games to play. - Only one major ObStacle--Sahderbilt-lieS between Tennessee and a perfect season. The otnet conference foe is Kentucky. when has not won 4 major game TINS season. Tennessee also has game with Chattanooga. but thus should he nothing more than WORKOUT for Major Bob Ncyland’S eleven: In all. the Vols have scored 124 points to Is for their SlN OPP moments. They have beaten Sc vance. Clemson and l.S.U. have crossed the Vols goal line. Saturday Tennessee proved SUI perior to the Tigers OF L.S.U. by scoring in the first period ana adding another i’m the,thirt TO ring mn a 1916 victory before 3H.Ouo spectators. ,.,. Second to Tennessee IS Wander bilt. with three wins ana one loss At the same time Vanderbilt bowled over Georgia Tech, 49, ut Nashville i’m game that saw the CommodoreS take lead III the second period, increase II III the third. and ride TO victory be” hind two brilliant little backs Bert Marshall and JunmS Pun kett-who passed and ran the” way to glory before $4,000 persons. Alabama, gaining momentum after a 1870 setback at the hands of Tennessee, whipped Kentucky at Lexington, 26–⁠6. The Crimson Tide led off with 1t points, saw the Wildcats score six in the sec ond period, then added two more touchdowns in the last two quartiers for a convincing victory. Tulane, whose record had beea blurred only by a 1910 loss to Clemson and a ScOreleSs tie with Auburn, turned on the pressure against Mississippi State and won handily, 27-O. Florida invaded Boston for a game with Boston college and was showed under, $50. The Ga tors held the BOstonS at bay for two periods, weakened and allow ed a touchdown in the third, then collapsed in the final quarter when. Boston scored four times. Out in Houston, Tex. Auburn ; Plainsmen fell before the reJuvemated Rice Owls, 40. Rice scored in the second and fourth pc riods to give Auburn its second defeat in as many weeks. Sewanee played rings around Tennessee Polytechnic and made l3 first downs to three, but lost the game, 7–⁠6. Tech scored first on a 37-yard pass and added the extra point that proved the mar gin of victory. ~ Georgia’s Bulldogs had an open date. 0s.:-‘ -r-. .....”‘ This weeks program features four games. Alabama entertains Tulane at Birmingham, Kentucky meets Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Mississippi State tangles with l.. s. III. at Baton Aouge. and Georgia plays Florida in Jacksonville.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Points FOOT BAIL m {a{3SW{5 IFS Me

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    Points FOOT BAIL m {a{3SW{5 IFS Me The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon on the principal grid fields in the Nation: Idaho 19; Montana 6. Oregon Frosh 0; University of Washington Frosh 6. Stanford 0; U.CLA. 6. Oregon State T. California 13. Oregon T; Southern California 31 Washington State IS; Gonzaga 13. Oklahoma 23; Tulsa 6. Centenary IT; Loyola G. Utah State 6; Colorado State 0. Amherst 35; Massachusetts State 0. Maryland IA; Virginia Military 47. Montana State 20; Portland 12. Grinnell 6; Drake 2l. Army ‘; Notre Dame 19. Michigan IA, Illinois 0. Colgate O; Holy Cross 0. Tufts 0: Brown 48. Dartmouth 24; Yale 6. Santa Clara ‘; Michigan State 6. Duke IA; North Carolina 0. Fordham 13; Pittsburgh 24. Cornell 23; Columbia T. Washington and Lee o; Richmond 6. Mississippi 25; George Washing ton 0. Cincinnati 12; Ohio 13 !, Ohio State 32; New York Uni versity 0. Alabama 26; Kentucky 6. North Carolina State 0; Virginia Tech ‘. William and Mary 0; Virginia 34. John Hopkins ‘; Haverford 6. Indiana O; Wisconsin 6. Iowa State T; Marquette J. Missouri 13; Nebraska 10. Purdue 0: Iowa 0. Minnesota 3; Northwestern 6. Louisiana State 6; Tennessee IA. Texas Christian 39; Baylor T. Kansas 27; Kansas State T. South Dakota ‘; South Dakota State 0. DePauw IA; Chicago 34. Mississippi State o; Tulane 27. Carnegie Tech 27; Akron 13. Miami 16; Wesleyan 20 Texas A and M 13; Arkansas ‘. Southern Methodist T; Texas 6. Georgia Tech 2; Vanderbilt 13. Auburn 0: Rice IA. Navy 0; Penn 0, tie. Harvard 26; Princeton ‘. Penn State B; Syracuse 6. St. Louis U 13; Catholic U 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)

Alabama 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Alabama leads 40–⁠2–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Alabama 45, Kentucky 17
2023Alabama 49, Kentucky 21
2020Alabama 63, Kentucky 3
2016Alabama 34, Kentucky 6
2013Alabama 48, Kentucky 7
2009Alabama 38, Kentucky 20

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