Kentucky at Tennessee

Saturday, October 17, 1908

Tennessee beat Kentucky 7–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky0–⁠3 in 1908
0
HomeTennessee7–⁠2 in 1908
7

FinalHigh 80°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Sewanee. Tennessee Beats Kentucky.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 18, 1908, page 1

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    Sewanee. Tennessee Beats Kentucky. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. October 17.-Although outweighed by fifteen pounds to the man, University of Tennessee today defeated the Kentucky State eleven I to o. Tennessee scored touchdown in twenty minutes of play, when White made a brilliant end run to the 6-yard line, from whence Peery bucked over. In the second half Capt. Leach punted for twice the distance that Taylor had booted the ball for Kentucky State. and the punt was received on Kentucky’s goal line. Taylor dropped back to punt, but was thrown behind the line for a safety.

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 115 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Tennessee 56, Kentucky 34
2024Tennessee 28, Kentucky 18
2023Tennessee 33, Kentucky 27
2022Tennessee 44, Kentucky 6
2021Tennessee 45, Kentucky 42
2020Kentucky 34, Tennessee 7

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