Tennessee at Kentucky
Saturday, November 25, 1944 Share
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.
FinalHigh 42°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Tennessee–Kentucky 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 81 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
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. USCJan. 1, 1945, Rose Bowl
- SeasonTennessee in 1944
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. Ole MissSept. 21, 1945
- SeasonKentucky in 1944
- ProgramKentucky history and records

