Alabama at Kentucky
Saturday, November 2, 1940 Share
Alabama beat Kentucky 25–0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 18–1–1.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 41°FAttendance 13,000
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Alabama–Kentucky gameAlabama leads 40–2–1 in 43 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
| 2026 | Alabama 45, Kentucky 17 | |
| 2023 | Alabama 49, Kentucky 21 | |
| 2020 | Alabama 63, Kentucky 3 | |
| 2016 | Alabama 34, Kentucky 6 | |
| 2013 | Alabama 48, Kentucky 7 | |
| 2009 | Alabama 38, Kentucky 20 |
Around this game
Alabama
- Next gamevs. TulaneNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonAlabama in 1940
- ProgramAlabama history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonKentucky in 1940
- ProgramKentucky history and records

