Kentucky at Tennessee

Saturday, November 23, 1940

No. 6 Tennessee beat Kentucky 33–⁠0. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 17–⁠10–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1940
0
Home6Tennessee10–⁠1 in 1940
33

FinalHigh 69°F, low 49°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: [E3}!3|]||

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    [E3}!3|]|| The following are final scores Of football games played last Satur- day afternoon: Harvard 28; Yale 0. Dartmouth 20; Brown 6. Marquette 0; Detroit l9. Georgetown G. George Washing ton 0. North Carolina State 6; Duke 42. Michigan 40; Ohio State 0. West Virginia 0; Michigan State F. Auburn T; Boston College 33. Army l9; Princeton 26. West Maryland 0; Boston Uni- yerSity 37. Penn State 2; Pittsburgh 20. Colgate IT; Columbia 20 Lehigh 0; Lafayette 46. Pennsylvania P; Cornell 20. Clemson l3; Furman ‘. Indiana 3; Purdue o. Manhattan 25; Holy Cross 33. Indiana ‘; Iowa l8. Notfe Dame G; Northwestern 20. Kentucky 0; Tennessee 33. Creighton IA; Drake 0. Minnesota p; Wisconsin 13. Mississippi State 19 Mississippi 0. University Of Washington 4l; UCLA O. Washington State 14; Gonzaga :. Montana 0; Portland 0. Brigham Young 30 Colorado State 13

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 82% 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 85 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Tennessee 56, Kentucky 34
2024Tennessee 28, Kentucky 18
2023Tennessee 33, Kentucky 27
2022Tennessee 44, Kentucky 6
2021Tennessee 45, Kentucky 42
2020Kentucky 34, Tennessee 7

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