VMI at Kentucky
Saturday, September 30, 1939 Share
Kentucky beat VMI 21–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 11–2.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 47°F, 0.53 in. of rainAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 2, 1939, page 5 (results column)
Read the text
FOOTBALL SCORES The folIowing are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon. Pittsburgh 27; University of Washington 6. Oregon State 12: Stanford 0. Montana State 6; Idaho T. Oregon State T. Southern Oalifor- mia ‘, tie. New York University T; Colgate 6. Furman T, Army Is. Purdue 0; Notre Dame 3. Missouri 30; Colorado 0. Arizona 0: Minnesota 62. South Dakota o; Iowa Al. Illinois 0; Bradley 0. Clemson 6; Tulane T. Duke 26; Davidson 6. Virginia Military Institute 0; Kentucky 21. Florida O; Texas 6. Wuttenberg o; Carnegie Tech 35 Wake Forest 6; North Carolina 36. Detroit IA; Western Michigan State 0. Vanderbilt IS; Rice 12 Montana State g: Portland Uni yersity 0. Mississippi IA; Louisiana State T. SUNDAY GAME St. MarY,s IS. Gonzaga 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)
Kentucky 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every VMI–Kentucky gameKentucky leads 12–2 in 14 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1944 | Kentucky 26, VMI 2 | |
| 1939 | Kentucky 21, VMI 0 | |
| 1936 | Kentucky 38, VMI 0 | |
| 1933 | Kentucky 21, VMI 6 | |
| 1932 | Kentucky 23, VMI 0 | |
| 1931 | Kentucky 20, VMI 12 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gamevs. DavidsonOct. 7, 1939
- SeasonVMI in 1939
- ProgramVMI history and records
Kentucky
- Next gameat VanderbiltOct. 7, 1939
- SeasonKentucky in 1939
- ProgramKentucky history and records

