Alabama at Kentucky
Saturday, November 3, 1945 Share
No. 4 Alabama beat Kentucky 60–19. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 22–1–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 34°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 11,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 6, 1945, page 10
Read the text
ST. Mary ‘Bama Gain In Gridiron Ranking Headed by Army Alabama’s big Red Elephants and st. Mary’s feet teen-agers have zoomed into higher positions in the ratings of the first 10 college football elevens as the result of their latest impressive triumphs. Alabama, fourth a week ago and almost a cinch to maintain its unbeaten and united record, jumped into third ahead of Navy following the Crimson Tides 60–19 massacre of Kentucky and the Tars’ second narrow squeak in row. 6–6 tie with Notre Dame. The Gaels from California proved their class Saturday in walloping Southern California, 26–0, and jumped into fifth place in the Associated Press weekly poll. OF the 101 votes cast, Army received SO first-place nomination and 982 points, based on 10 for first, 8 for second, etc. Notre Dame col lected three top votes and Alabama four. FYT1-
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)
Alabama 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Alabama–Kentucky gameAlabama leads 40–2–1 in 43 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.
| 2026 | Alabama 45, Kentucky 17 | |
| 2023 | Alabama 49, Kentucky 21 | |
| 2020 | Alabama 63, Kentucky 3 | |
| 2016 | Alabama 34, Kentucky 6 | |
| 2013 | Alabama 48, Kentucky 7 | |
| 2009 | Alabama 38, Kentucky 20 |
Around this game
Alabama
- Next gameat VanderbiltNov. 17, 1945
- SeasonAlabama in 1945
- ProgramAlabama history and records
Kentucky
- Next gameat West VirginiaNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonKentucky in 1945
- ProgramKentucky history and records

