Kentucky at Florida

Saturday, October 16, 1954

Florida beat Kentucky 21–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 10–⁠4 as played.

AwayKentucky7–⁠3 in 1954
7
HomeFlorida5–⁠5 in 1954
21

FinalHigh 83°F, low 48°FAttendance 32,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Fumb|es Help Florida To Defeat Kentucky For 80 League Mark

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 64

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    Fumb|es Help Florida To Defeat Kentucky For 80 League Mark GAINESVILLE, Fla, Oct. 10 Dick Allen, slim sophomore do ing double duty for injured Bobby Lance, quarterbacked both Florida units to a 21–⁠7 victory over Kentucky today and COM manding position in the South eastern Conference football race with a 80 record. Kentucky travelled 72 yards to a touchdown with the opening kickoff. but Florida came right back to tie it up and initiated two more drives with Kentucky fumbles near midfield. Allen passed 10 yards to We’ll ton Lockhart for the first touch down, scored the second team from the first, pitched out to Jackie Simpson for 6 yards and the third. and kicked the three conversions. Kentucky moved the ball with ease until Jared loose from it.. or until Bob Hardy’s passes fell into Florida hands. Hardy scored Kentucky’s touch down and converted. FklentHsk’ Flepids y : 9 9 &e7 - Kentucky scoring: Touchdown-Hardy. ConverSion-Hardy. Florida scoring: Touchdowns-Lockhart. Allen. Simpson. Conversions-Allen 80.

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 52% to win. Florida won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Florida leads 54–⁠21; as played, 54–⁠22 in 76 meetings, counting the 62 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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