Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Saturday, November 10, 1956 Share
Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 7–6. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 18–6–2 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 35°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1956, page 1
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Kentucky Nips Vanderbilt, Is LEXINGTON, KY. Nov. 10 up Kentucky used a knockout Ipunch-a touchdown pass from IDelmar Hughes to End Doug lShively-to overcome Wander. Ibilt. 7–6. in a losely played Southeastern Conference game today. Shively. son of Bernie Shively the Kentucky athletic director shook into the clear down the left sideline in the second quarter and was unmolested as he took a heave a few plays after Vanderbilt had scored. Hughes converted and Kentucky had its victory. Jim Butler, Vanderbilt’s fine sophomore fullback, turned left end for 40 yards and Vandy’s touchdown after a tumble on the Kentucky four had set the Com modores in position. The tempo of the game became evident on the second play when Kentucky’s Bob Cravens fumbled at his 40 and Boyce Smith recovered for Vandv. From there on, it was a parade OF hobbies, pass interruptions, and penalties. Vanderbilt n n n a Kentucky q n Ter a, end run). N”‘‘ ksntucky scoring-Touchdown Shiyley t3S. pass-run from HuRhesl. Con. version: Hughes SoN-
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 Vanderbilt–Kentucky gameOfficially, Kentucky leads 48–45–4; as played, 49–42–4 in the 95 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
| 2025 | Vanderbilt 45, Kentucky 17 | |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 13 | |
| 2023 | Kentucky 45, Vanderbilt 28 | |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt 24, Kentucky 21 | |
| 2021 | Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17 | |
| 2020 | Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 35 |
Around this game
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. TulaneNov. 17, 1956
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1956
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. XavierNov. 17, 1956
- SeasonKentucky in 1956
- ProgramKentucky history and records

