Florida at Kentucky

Saturday, November 4, 1950

No. 5 Kentucky beat No. 17 Florida 40–⁠6. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 8–⁠2 as played.

Away17Florida5–⁠5 in 1950
6
Home5Kentucky11–⁠1 in 1950
40

FinalHigh 39°F, low 33°F, 0.24 in. of rainAttendance 33,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Co|umba Extra Point Late in Fourth Quarter Upsets Cornell kentucky Downs Florida, 40-6, Game Played in Snow and Rain

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1950, page 47

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    Co|umba Extra Point Late in Fourth Quarter Upsets Cornell kentucky Downs Florida, 40–⁠6, Game Played in Snow and Rain its only score. Sullivan leaped and fired a short pass over the middle to End Kim French, who ankled across on play covering As yards The third Kentucky tally came at the end of an 85-yard advance with little Emery Clark scampering over from the nine. Leskovar and Jamerson provided the punch in this push. Kentucky stepped “a yards for the fourth touchdown, the payoff coming on a 16-yard Parilli to Ben Zaranka pass. Parilli fired the ball into the end zone and the big end, apparently unable to get to the ball. twisted suddenly and came up with a diving catch. Tackle Bob Gain converted and it was 26–⁠6. more than enough to assure Kentucky it’s eighth win in “a row, the first time Kentucky ever has enjoyed such a streak.

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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Florida leads 54–⁠21; as played, 54–⁠22 in 76 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Kentucky 38, Florida 7
2024Florida 48, Kentucky 20
2023Kentucky 33, Florida 14
2022Kentucky 26, Florida 16
2021Kentucky 20, Florida 13
2020Florida 34, Kentucky 10

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