Alabama at Kentucky

Saturday, November 2, 1940

Alabama beat Kentucky 25–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 18–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayAlabama7–⁠2 in 1940
25
HomeKentucky5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1940
0

FinalHigh 68°F, low 41°FAttendance 13,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome nugget, November 4, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores Saturday, Nov ? l4) - Finals Oregon Fresh 0 - Washington Frosh 9. Oregon State 19-California 13 Washington State 26-Idaho 0 Stanford 20-UCLA IA Utah 2O-Colorado 13 Utah State 7-Brigham Young 12. Montana State T – Colorado Mines 21 Monaaa 0-Oregon 38. St. Mary’s 25-Portland 13 Santa Clara 27-University of San Francisco c Georgia Tech 7-Duke Al Temple 1O-Bucknell T Tulsa 7-Dstroit 0 Minnesota l3 - Northwestern l2 Baylor 12-Texas Christian fl Alabama 25-Kentucky 0 New York University 0-Miss- ouri 33 Mississippi 13-Vanderbilt T Louisiana State 0-TeneSsee 28 Purdue 2l-IoWa 6 Clemson 0-Tulane l3 Auburn l3-Georgia IA Illinois 6-Wisconsin 13 Notrs Dame Army 0 Navy 0-Pennsylvania 20 Colgate 6-Holy Cross 0 Dartmouth Observance 0 Brown 6 - Yale 2 Columbia 0-Cornell 27 Princeton 0-Harvard North Carolina 0-Fordham 14 Kansas State 0 - Michigan State l2 Boston College 25-Manhattan / 0. / Indiana 6-Ohio State 2l / Georgetown 28-SyracuSe

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: 1, }. ,,!ls sy;'i;E'[|

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    1, }. ,,!ls sy;‘i;E’[| The following are final scores of important football played last Sat- urday afternoon: Notre Dame T; Army O. Navy 0; Pennsylvania 20 Colgate $; Holy Cross O. Dartmouth 26 SeWanee 0. Brown 6; Yale 2. Columbia 0; Cornell 27. Princeton 0; Harvard 0, score less. North Carolina 0; Fordham IA. Kansas State 0; Michigan State 32. Boston College 25; Manhattan 0. Indiana 6; Ohio State 21. Georgetown 28; Syracuse G. Georgia Tech ‘; Duke fl. Temple 10, Bucknell r Tulsa [; Detroit 0. Minnesota 13; Northwestern 12. Baylor 12; Texas Christian IA. Alabama 25; Kentucky 0. New York University 0; Missouri 33. Mississippi 13; Vanderbilt T.

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 58% to win. Alabama won as Elo’s underdog.

Alabama leads 40–⁠2–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 23 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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