Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Saturday, November 11, 1911 Share
Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 18–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 3–0 in the games on file.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Kentucky–Vanderbilt gameOfficially, 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.
| 2025 | Vanderbilt 45, Kentucky 17 | |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 13 | |
| 2023 | Kentucky 45, Vanderbilt 28 | |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt 24, Kentucky 21 | |
| 2021 | Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17 | |
| 2020 | Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 35 |
Around this game
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. TennesseeNov. 30, 1911
- SeasonKentucky in 1911
- ProgramKentucky history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. Ole MissNov. 18, 1911
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1911
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records

