Kentucky at Michigan
Saturday, November 7, 1908 Share
Michigan beat Kentucky 62–0. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 34°F, 0.05 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Montgomery advertiser, November 8, 1908, page 9
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MICHIGAN DOWNS KENTUCKY. Ann Arbor. Mich, Nov, 7-The Michigan football eleven this afternoon defeated Kentucky State University. 62 to 0. The representatives of the Southern University never had an op- portunity to score. They made their first down, but three times during the entire contest and were always on the defensive. The Michigan rooters went wild with delight The team displayed even bet ter form than they did a week ago in the clash with Vanderbilt The forward passing of both teams was cratic Yost’s men made their gains on straight foot ball, tearing the opposing line open time after time for long gains. In the secondv half the Michigan line up was shifted every few minutes, giving the substitutes an op- portuntty to play.

The Cairo bulletin, Illinois, November 8, 1908, page 1
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MICHIGAN BEATS KENTUCKY Ann Arbor, Mich Nov. 1.-The Michigan football eleven this after noon defeated Kentucky University !, G2 to O. The representatives CT the southern university never had an op lportunity to score. They made their firfst down but three times duri g the entire contest and were always on the defensive. The Michigan rooters went wild with delight. The team displayed even better form than they did Il week ago i’ll a clash with Vanderbilt The forward passing OF both teams was erratic, Yost’s men made their gains on straight football, tearing the opposing line open time after time for long gains. In the second half the Michigan lineup was shifted every few min. utes, giving substitutes an opportu. nifty to play

The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 9, 1908, page 3
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Michigan 50. Kentucky O. Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 9-The Michigan football eleven defeated Kentucky State university Saturday afternoon. 62 to 0. The representatives of the Southern university never had an opportunity to score. The forward passing of both teams was cratic Yost’s men made their gains on straight football tearing the opposing line open time after time for long gains. In the second half the Mlch1gan lineup was shifted every few minutes, giving the substitutes an opportunity to play.
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)
Michigan 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Kentucky–Michigan gameMichigan leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Kentucky
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 9, 1909
- SeasonKentucky in 1908
- ProgramKentucky history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. PennsylvaniaNov. 14, 1908
- SeasonMichigan in 1908
- ProgramMichigan history and records

