Memphis at Kentucky
Saturday, November 14, 1953 Share
No. 13 Kentucky beat Memphis 20–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 36°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 15, 1953, page 70
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LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. IA Kentucky’s supposed romp against Memphis State turned into a fumbling nightmare and it took a last-half squirt for the Wildcats to gain a tough 20–7 football victory today. The crowd of 10000 saw Ken lucky tumble away the ball six times in what was scheduled as a prep for next weeks final against Tennessee. Kentucky, ranked 18th in the
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 97% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Memphis–Kentucky gameKentucky leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1957 | Kentucky 53, Memphis 7 | |
| 1955 | Kentucky 41, Memphis 7 | |
| 1954 | Kentucky 33, Memphis 7 | |
| 1953 | Kentucky 20, Memphis 7 |
Around this game
Memphis
- Next gameat Mississippi StateSept. 18, 1954
- SeasonMemphis in 1953
- ProgramMemphis history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. TennesseeNov. 21, 1953
- SeasonKentucky in 1953
- ProgramKentucky history and records