Vanderbilt at Kentucky

Saturday, October 11, 1941

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 39–⁠15. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 14–⁠1–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayVanderbilt8–⁠2 in 1941
39
HomeKentucky5–⁠4 in 1941
15

FinalHigh 71°F, low 37°FAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: PAGfF1ernNST Kentucky Bows To Vanderbilt

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 12, 1941, page 18

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    PAGfF1ernNST Kentucky Bows To Vanderbilt LEXINGTON. KY. Oct. IL Trailing 10 TO 6 at the half Van .derbilt came back to down the Kentucky Wildcats here on Stoll tleld by a score Of 80 TO IS Kentucky played beautiful foot ball for the first half and proved .it by scoring a safety and crossing the pay dirt. Twice Vanderbilt’s Jenkins intercepted Mullins pass and was tackled in the end zone. with the result being 2 points for Kentucky After an exchange of punts, Mullins ripped of a IS yard dash to set up the touchdown pass from Allen TO POrtwood. Jones kicked the extra point. Allen scored for Kentucky when he returned a punt IS yards. then went over from the 2-yard line. Jones kick was wide. Score hy quarters KeoiucF, “a d ..ra.aI..a

  • The Evening star's story: Kentucky Routed, 39-l5 By Strong Vanderbilt

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1941, page 39

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    Kentucky Routed, 39-l5 By Strong Vanderbilt LEXINGTON, KY. Oct. II lP).- In a smashing second half comeback Vanderbilt rolled over the Kentucky Wildcats, 80 to Is. A homecoming crowd of 1000 at Stoll Field witnessed the 50th anniversary of Kentucky football. The Vanderbilt surge registered 33 points in the last two periods.

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 67% to win. Vanderbilt pulled the upset.

Officially, Kentucky leads 48–⁠45–⁠4; as played, 49–⁠42–⁠4 in the 95 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Vanderbilt 45, Kentucky 17
2024Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 13
2023Kentucky 45, Vanderbilt 28
2022Vanderbilt 24, Kentucky 21
2021Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17
2020Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 35

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