Tennessee at Kentucky
Saturday, November 23, 1957 Share
Kentucky beat No. 12 Tennessee 20–6. It was their 53rd meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 28–14–8 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 31°FAttendance 36,500
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1957, page 1
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Kentucky Shocks Vols, |20–6, Behind MichoeIs LEXINGTON. KY. Nov. % (R.--Lou Michaels picked up underdog Kentucky and had a direct hand in all the Wild cat scoring in a stunning 20–6 victory over Tennessee today. The 235-pound senior tackle boosted his All-America stock by recovering a tumble for q touchdown and either caused or latched onto Vols miscues that led to inspired Kentucky’s early touchdowns. Kentucky, previously winless in Southeastern Conference play. all but erased favored Tennessee’s last shot at a pos sible bowl bid with two quick touchdown strikes in the first period and another in the fourth. The Vols, outside of a 76yard scoring march in the Sec ond period, never threatened critically. Bobby Gordon, Ten nessee’s classy tailback, scored on an end run Of two yards. The mighty Michaels bounced on a tumble charged to Gordon for the first touchdown, and ii was his Earring tackle of Cor
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)
Tennessee 74% to win. Kentucky pulled the upset.
The series
Every Tennessee–Kentucky gameOfficially, Tennessee leads 85–26–9; as played, 84–25–9 in the 118 games on file; the official count covers all 121 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.
| 2025 | Tennessee 56, Kentucky 34 | |
| 2024 | Tennessee 28, Kentucky 18 | |
| 2023 | Tennessee 33, Kentucky 27 | |
| 2022 | Tennessee 44, Kentucky 6 | |
| 2021 | Tennessee 45, Kentucky 42 | |
| 2020 | Kentucky 34, Tennessee 7 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. VanderbiltNov. 30, 1957
- SeasonTennessee in 1957
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. Hawai’iSept. 13, 1958
- SeasonKentucky in 1957
- ProgramKentucky history and records

