Vanderbilt at Kentucky

Saturday, October 14, 1916

Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 45–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayVanderbilt7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1916
45
HomeKentucky4–⁠1–⁠2 in 1916
0

FinalHigh 61°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Kentucky State Loses

    The Birmingham age-herald, October 15, 1916, page 15

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    Kentucky State Loses Lexington, Ky, October 14--Vander- bilt’s powerful eleven smothered Ken. lucky State here today, 45 to 0. Work bilt backs were able to plunge through the line or skirt the ends at will, and the only two forward passes they at tempted netted long gains. For Mc- Gugin’s eleven, Curry and Cody held the limelight, while Rodes, Hayden and Britain divided the honors for the Kentuckians. Curry ran a punt back 65 yards for a touchdown. The lineup: Kentucky-Crutcher, left end; Mur- phree, left tackle; Britain, left guard {; Clements, center; Simpson, right guard !; Heick, right tackle; Thompson, right end; Kinne, quarterback; Rodes. left halfback; Hayden, right halfback i; Grabfelder. fullback. Vanderbilt-Lee Hays, left end; Cody, left tackle Williams. left guard; Ham iltcn. center; Carmen. right guard; Lpscomb, right tackle; Cohen, right end; Curry, quarterback; Zeerfoss, left halfback: Floyd, right halfback; Nor man, fullback. Score by periods: Vanderbilt ............14 3 21 17–⁠45 Kentucky ....... o o O. o Referee, Walker, (Virginia). Umpire Hclderness Uehigh). Head linesman, Ryan douisville). Touchdowns; Vanderbilt, Curry 8, Richardson ?, Norman l. Goals from touchdowns, Curry 6. goals from fields, Cody l. Substitutions: Kentucky, Dempsey for Clements, Gumbert for Thompson, Hickerson for Simpson, Simpson for Hickerson. McIlvain for Gumbert, Gay for Kinne, Kinne for Gay. Wand Adams for Cohen, Cohen for Hays. Price for Curry. Curry for Price, Richardson for Zeerfoss, Greer for Carmen, Beas1ey for Floyd, Nor we’ll for Cody, Gore for Cohen. Tigue for Hamilton

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: FOOTBALL GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY. ScHCOLBOY GAMES

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 16, 1916, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY. ScHCOLBOY GAMES Portland High %. Morse High O. Deering High 8, Thornton Academy 0. Biddeford High I, South Portland High o. Lewiston High IS, westbrook Sem mary o. Bates Second 81. Gardiner High O. Hebron 90, Bowdoin Second S. COLLEGE GAMES Bates :. New Hampshire State 0. Rhode Island State 10, Maine 0. Colby 20. Fort Mckinley o. Wesleyan 10. Bowdon 49, Princeton 3, Tufts 0. Harvard p, North Carolina o. Yale II, Lehigh 0. swarthmore s, Pennsylvania o. T. Pittsburs 20. Navy 10. Bown SO, Amhest O. Dartmouth 50. Mass. Aggies 0. Colgate Is. Illinois 3. Army II, Holy Cross 0. Columbia 6, Vermont a. Phillips Andover TO- Harvard Fresh man l. Cornell AZ: Williams o. Wisconsin IS, South Dakota & Ohio State 128, Oberlin 0. Vanderbilt 45. Kentucky 0. Michigan &c, Mount Union 0. Chicago %, Indiana 0. Lafayette 0, Ursinus 6. Syracuse 81, Franklin Marshall O. Bucknell 8, SuSquehanna TO- Rochester 40. Clarkson 49, New York University Z, Haverford Z. Georgetown SO, Eastern College Z. Gettysburg 20, George Washing ton 0. Penn. State SO, West Virginia Yves. leyan 0. = :. Dickinson IS, Albright o. -. a.. Rensselaer, 4, ST. Lawrence %. Catholic University ~, Randolph Macon O. E.. Springfield Is, Trinity o. Hobart 10. Hamilton Z. Washington and Lee 49,, Rutgers Ia Carnegie Tech IS. Grove City o. Minnesota ~, No. Dakota Z. Johns Hopkins “a. Washington Z MYhlenbuEg q. Penn. Military q. -

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 52% 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 91 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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