Vanderbilt at Kentucky

Saturday, October 19, 1946

Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 10–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 16–⁠2–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayVanderbilt5–⁠4 in 1946
7
HomeKentucky7–⁠3 in 1946
10

FinalHigh 61°F, low 49°FAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

  • The Tabor City tribune's story: ;P-I-G-S-K-I-N REVIEW

    Tabor City tribune, Tabor City, N.C., October 25, 1946, page 1 (results column)

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    ;P-I-G-S-K-I-N REVIEW Furman u. 14-C1tadel U. Citadel’s fighting Bulldog eleven took a 14-O defeat from Furman’s bigger and tougher Purple Hurricane in a bruising gridiron match which definitely kept its promise that the game would be no runaway, as some of the experts had predicted. N. C. State 14-Wake Forest 6. North Carolina States flash Wolf pack took to the air to win hard earned 14–⁠6 victory over Wake Forest College. Until the teams met Saturday neither had been defeated nor tied. It was bitterly-fought thrill-packed battle, with both bulky lines playing bruising football, break ing up sustained marches and pass interruptions that kept the spectators rising from their seats. GuiIford College 36-Wooford O. Guilford Colleges Quakers put the skids under the Wofford Terriers $50 to remain among the unbeaten united and unscored-on football teams. The game was feature OF the Wofford college Homecoming week end. E.C.T.C. 21-Erskine College I. Eastern Carolina Teachers college chalked up a Git victory over the Erskine college eleven in the Green vile, N. c. stadium. Other scores of interest include: Tennessee 12-Alabama 0 Kentucky 10-Vanderbilt 7 Army 48-Columbia IA Duke 41-Richmond Michigan 14-Northwestern IA

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)

Kentucky 59% 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 75 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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