Florida at Kentucky
Saturday, October 22, 1955 Share
Kentucky beat Florida 10–7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 11–4 as played.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 47°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Florida–Kentucky gameOfficially, Florida leads 54–21; as played, 54–22 in 76 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
| 2025 | Kentucky 38, Florida 7 | |
| 2024 | Florida 48, Kentucky 20 | |
| 2023 | Kentucky 33, Florida 14 | |
| 2022 | Kentucky 26, Florida 16 | |
| 2021 | Kentucky 20, Florida 13 | |
| 2020 | Florida 34, Kentucky 10 |
Around this game
Florida
- Next gamevs. GeorgiaNov. 5, 1955
- SeasonFlorida in 1955
- ProgramFlorida history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. RiceOct. 29, 1955
- SeasonKentucky in 1955
- ProgramKentucky history and records

