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Butler at Kentucky

Saturday, September 29, 1917

Kentucky beat Butler 33–⁠0. It was their third meeting; Kentucky leads the series 3–⁠0.

AwayButler0–⁠1 in 1917
0
HomeKentucky3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1917
33

FinalHigh 75°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: KENTUCKY VICTOR OVER BUTLER TEAM

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, September 30, 1917, page 14

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    KENTUCKY VICTOR OVER BUTLER TEAM Lexington, Ky, September 29-The University of Kentucky football eleven showed up strongly in it’s first game of the season today and defeated Butler college of Indiana 8 to 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)

Kentucky 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Butler–Kentucky game

Kentucky leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings.

Recent meetings
1917Kentucky 33, Butler 0
1916Kentucky 39, Butler 3
1915Kentucky 33, Butler 0

Around this game

Butler

Kentucky