Tennessee at Kentucky

Saturday, November 25, 1944

No. 15 Tennessee beat Kentucky 21–⁠7. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 21–⁠10–⁠6 in the games on file.

Away15Tennessee7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1944
21
HomeKentucky3–⁠6 in 1944
7

FinalHigh 42°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: KUYKENDALL SETS NEW SCORING MARK FOR SINGLE GAMES

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 30, 1944, page 8

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    KUYKENDALL SETS NEW SCORING MARK FOR SINGLE GAMES ATLANTA, Nov. %. - up – Curtis Kuykendall, Southeastern conference sprint champion and star halfback Of the Auburn Tigers, in racking up “a points against Miami last week, set an individual scoring record for a single game this season in the Southeastern conference and moved his total to 81 points. His feat Of four touchdowns tops by one point the seasons previous high of % points set by Georgia’s Billy Bryan against Daniel Field, and gives him a third place tie in the scoring race with Bobby Forbes of Florida. Tom Shorty” McWilliams, Miss issippi States all-southeastern tailback, played only a few min utes as the Maroons fell before Mississippi, 1873, and failed to score, but held on to first place with “a points. Buster Stephens, star back for the Rose Bowl-bound Tennessee Vols, took undisputed possession of second place with go by scoring six points against Kentucky as the Wildcats went down, 21–⁠7.

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 74% 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 81 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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