Xavier at Kentucky
Saturday, November 16, 1957 Share
Kentucky beat Xavier 27–0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 13–1.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 45°F, 0.07 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 1
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Xavier Banked By Kentucky, 40 LEXINGTON, KY. Nov. Is (P.-Lowell Hughes 33-yard run and Guard Bob Talamini’s 47-yard touchdown sprint with an intercepted pass highlighted Kentucky’s 27–0 football victory over Xavier today, the Wildcats second victory Of the season. Kentucky ground out a touchdown in each quarter while holding Xavier without a critical threat and for the first time this year BANKED an OPP ponent. T Ksns5cky - 3 3 9 “a Kentucky scoring – Touchdowns; Hushes l33-run); Talamini (4s-pass interceptionl; Herzog to-plunsel; Dr. baniak t23-pass from RoberNon). Conversions: Michaels 2. Hugtes.
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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Xavier–Kentucky gameKentucky leads 17–2 in 19 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1962 | Xavier 14, Kentucky 9 | |
| 1961 | Kentucky 9, Xavier 0 | |
| 1960 | Kentucky 49, Xavier 0 | |
| 1959 | Kentucky 41, Xavier 0 | |
| 1958 | Kentucky 20, Xavier 6 | |
| 1957 | Kentucky 27, Xavier 0 |
Around this game
Xavier
- Next gameat CincinnatiOct. 11, 1958
- SeasonXavier in 1957
- ProgramXavier history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. TennesseeNov. 23, 1957
- SeasonKentucky in 1957
- ProgramKentucky history and records
