Florida at Kentucky

Saturday, October 22, 1955

Kentucky beat Florida 10–⁠7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 11–⁠4 as played.

AwayFlorida4–⁠6 in 1955
7
HomeKentucky6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1955
10

FinalHigh 63°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 24, 1955, page 18

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    GAINESVILLE. Fla. Oct. ~ tR1. Bob Woodruff. Florida football coach, says there is con- siderable evidence that Kentucky violated the code of ethics to stop the clock Saturday night and beat Florida, 10–⁠7. with . field goal. But Blanton Collier. Kentucky coach. denies any violation. Delrnar Hughes kicked the |three-pointer with only “a sec onds left to play. Collier was able to substitute Hughes in the game and send in the rubber tee he used for the 20-yard place kick only because the clock was stopped for a player injury. Woodruff raised the question |of whether it was q bona flde injury that stopped the clock

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Florida leads 54–⁠21; as played, 54–⁠22 in 76 meetings, counting the 61 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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