Kentucky at Tennessee
Saturday, November 21, 1942 Share
No. 11 Tennessee beat Kentucky 26–0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 19–10–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 58°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 22, 1942, page 35 (results column)
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Results OF Football Games Yesterday Bluefield State. 80; Winston Salem Teachers, 0. Lincoln, “a; Delaware College, 0. Geneva, 81; Bethany, 6. East Stroudsburg, 13; Panzer, 7. SOUTH. Auburn, 81 Georgia, 49, Georgia Tech. 20; Florida, 7. Tennessee, 26; Kentucky, 0. Duke, At; North Carolina State o. North Carolina. 28; Virginia, 49, North Carolina Pre- Flight, Il; William and Mary, o. Randolph Macon s; Hampden-sydney, g (tie). Lane (Tenn) IA; Xavier, IL. The Citadel, 21; Davidson, 8. Mississippi State, 81; Mississippi, 49, Alabama, ~; Vanderbilt, T. Miami, -; South Carolina, 6. Western Kentucky Teachers. a. Murray Teach .ers, Is. Morehead tKy) Teachers, 10; Maryvile, 6. Louisiana Tech, SO; Memphis State z. Presbyterian Al; Tampa, Z. Florida A. and NJ, 80; Alabama A. and NJ, 0. Continued on Page ca. Col. -
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.
The series
Every Kentucky–Tennessee gameOfficially, 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 83 since this game.
| 2025 | Tennessee 56, Kentucky 34 | |
| 2024 | Tennessee 28, Kentucky 18 | |
| 2023 | Tennessee 33, Kentucky 27 | |
| 2022 | Tennessee 44, Kentucky 6 | |
| 2021 | Tennessee 45, Kentucky 42 | |
| 2020 | Kentucky 34, Tennessee 7 |
Around this game
Kentucky
- SeasonKentucky in 1942
- ProgramKentucky history and records
Tennessee
- Next gameat VanderbiltNov. 28, 1942
- SeasonTennessee in 1942
- ProgramTennessee history and records

