Xavier at Kentucky

Saturday, November 16, 1957

Kentucky beat Xavier 27–⁠0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 13–⁠1.

AwayXavier0–⁠4 in 1957
0
HomeKentucky3–⁠7 in 1957
27

FinalHigh 68°F, low 45°F, 0.07 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Xavier Banked By Kentucky, 40

    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.

Kentucky leads 17–⁠2 in 19 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1962Xavier 14, Kentucky 9
1961Kentucky 9, Xavier 0
1960Kentucky 49, Xavier 0
1959Kentucky 41, Xavier 0
1958Kentucky 20, Xavier 6
1957Kentucky 27, Xavier 0

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