Kentucky at Tennessee
Saturday, October 17, 1908 Share
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.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Kentucky–Tennessee 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 115 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
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. SewaneeOct. 31, 1908
- SeasonKentucky in 1908
- ProgramKentucky history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. GeorgiaOct. 24, 1908
- SeasonTennessee in 1908
- ProgramTennessee history and records

