Kentucky at Tennessee
Thursday, November 30, 1916 Share
Kentucky and Tennessee tied 0–0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 6–3–2 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, December 5, 1916, page 7
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Tennessee Comedies THZe 10 Tech; Exhibits Best of SportSmanship Comparative Title Failure Defeat Kentucky State Ruined Chances for Consideration but 1t is the only way. Tech has shade when everything is taken into considera- tion. Look: Tennessee beat Vandy by a single touchdown, while the latter won from Auburn, 20 to g, or touchdown and a field goal victory. Tech comes along and piles up 33 to 6 against the Plainsmen, which is practically two touchdowns or more better than Vandy proved to be against Donahue’s men. Tech beat Alabama when the latter was at her best by two touchdowns, Kelley 8 men scored a technical victory over Se- vance, which in turn held Vandy even. Take the Vandy standing with the Vols and figure. To make the Alabama con- nection stronger, pipe off Georgias vic- tory over the Crimson and then remember that Tech beat Georgia 21 to 0. Tennessee, taking it from still another angle, was able to down Clemson with a 26 to 0 score, all of which plus the Tech victory over the Crackers, puts Tech way ahead. Other instances, possibly more remote, could be given-undoubtedly the bug will find them-but the above are about the

Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, December 1, 1916, page 8
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KENTUCKY STAFF: HOLDS TENNESSEE, TO 90 TIE KNOXVILLE. TENN. November 10 versity Of Tennessee football team 70 Sc”r”lcsS tic her” this AFTERNOON i’m :. gam” mad” slow by a soCrv field The Is en’nctlans kept the play i’m Ten ncsse”‘s territorv most of tho time though Tennessee once got tho ball 10 kentuckN’s thr”c-yard line. only to lose ii “n a tumble Governor Rvc and his STAFF attended the game
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 71% to win.
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 107 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. ButlerSept. 29, 1917
- SeasonKentucky in 1916
- ProgramKentucky history and records
Tennessee
- SeasonTennessee in 1916
- ProgramTennessee history and records

