Alabama at Kentucky

Saturday, November 3, 1945

No. 4 Alabama beat Kentucky 60–⁠19. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 22–⁠1–⁠1.

Away4Alabama10–⁠0 in 1945
60
HomeKentucky2–⁠8 in 1945
19

FinalHigh 57°F, low 34°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ST. Mary 'Bama Gain In Gridiron Ranking Headed by Army

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 6, 1945, page 10

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    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.

Alabama leads 40–⁠2–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Alabama 45, Kentucky 17
2023Alabama 49, Kentucky 21
2020Alabama 63, Kentucky 3
2016Alabama 34, Kentucky 6
2013Alabama 48, Kentucky 7
2009Alabama 38, Kentucky 20

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