Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Saturday, October 20, 1945

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 19–⁠6. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 16–⁠1–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky2–⁠8 in 1945
6
HomeVanderbilt3–⁠6 in 1945
19

FinalAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: VANDERBILT TAKES WIN OVER KENTUCKY

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 21, 1945, page 1

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    VANDERBILT TAKES WIN OVER KENTUCKY NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 20.-‘h Vanderbilt chalked up its SECOND consecutive Southeastern Confer ence win today, licking the Ken lucky Wild Cats, 10 to 6, before some 10000 persons. Displaying string of good re. serve backs, the CommodoreS kept the Kentucky passing attack well-bottled, but scored two OIL their own touchdowns on long aef’ ials. The other was set up by d.” intercepted tpass.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend Columbia, 31 Colgate, T. Penn State, 46; Bucllnell, ‘. Army, 55; Melville Raiders, B. Holy Cross, 25; Brown, 0. New London Subs, IS; Harvard, T. Illinois, 2; Wisconsin, (tie). Minnesota, 30; Northwestern, ‘. Purdue, 15; Ohio State, 1a Notre Dame, 39; Pittsburgh, g. Michigan State, 27; Wayne, ‘. Missouri, A. Kansas State, T. Indiana, 52: Iowa, 20. Louisiana State, 32; Georgia, 0. Alabama, 25; Tennessee, ‘. Virginia Tech, 21; Maryland, 13. William and Mary, 13; Virginia Military Institute, 9. Auburn, 20; Tulane, IA. North Carolina, 20; Cherry Point, A. Texas, 34; Arkansas, ‘. Miami (Ohio), 34; Ohio Univer- sity, 0. Iowa State, 27; Nebraska, ‘. Oklahoma, 39; Kansas, T. Tulsa, 40; Nevada, 0. North Dakota U, 20; North Da- kota State, 12. Vanderbilt, 19; Kentucky, 6. Oklahoma A & M, 46; Utah, 6. Colorado, 31; Colorado College, 0. Utah State, 13; Colorado A & M, Washington, IS; Oregon State, Southern California, 52; College of Pacific, 0. Oregon, 26; Washington State, 13. Idaho, 46; Montana, o. Southern Methodist, 21 Rice, 18 Texas Christian, IS; Texas A & M, 12. Louisiana Tech, 29; Southwestern, IA. Corpus Christi Naval Air, 30; Pensacola Naval Air, 0. Navy, 20; Georgia Tech, 69. Baylor, ?; Texas, ‘ (tie). Sundays Scores Villanova, IA; Detroit, 0. St. Marys (CalifD, 58; McClel- Ian Field, 0.

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)

Vanderbilt 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 76 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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