Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 11, 1911

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 18–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayKentucky1–⁠1 in 1911
0
HomeVanderbilt8–⁠1 in 1911
18

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VANDERBILT, 1s TO 0. Beats Kentucky State in a Hard Game.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1911, page 1

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    VANDERBILT, 1s TO 0. Beats Kentucky State in a Hard Game. NASHVILLE. Tenn, November Il Vanderbilt won strenuous game from Kentucky State here this afternoon by the score of IS to O. Although Wander bits goal was never in danger. it was with the utmost difficulty that the locals were able to do their scoring. The Ken lucky boys had a powerful defense and time and again held the fast Commodores for downs near the goal lines The grounds were exceedingly slippery. Vanderbilt’s first touchdown came six minutes after play started on a forward pass from Robins TO J.. Brown. who ran 20 yards for touchdown. In the third period Vanderbilt rushed the ball to Kentuclly’s 1-yard line, from which Ray Morrison skirted the end for Nanderbilt’s second touchdown. Zack Curtain, the man who made Vanderbilt 6 first three points at Michigan by a drop kick. kicked two field goals out of two attempts.

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)

Vanderbilt 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Kentucky leads 48–⁠45–⁠4; as played, 49–⁠42–⁠4 in the 95 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Vanderbilt 45, Kentucky 17
2024Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 13
2023Kentucky 45, Vanderbilt 28
2022Vanderbilt 24, Kentucky 21
2021Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17
2020Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 35

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