Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Saturday, October 20, 1917 Share
Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 5–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 5–0 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 21, 1917, page 14
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MANDY |S WINNER OVER KENTUCKY Lexington. Ky, October 20.-(SpeciaL) Vanderbilt defeated the Kentucky State football eleven here today in a close and exciting game by the score of 5 to 0. Vanderbilt made her first score in the third quarter and kicked a field goal in the last period of the game.

Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., October 22, 1917, page 13 (results column)
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Saturdays Scores in Big Football Games Scholastic Steelton, 21; Central, 13. Tech, III; Altoona, 0. Enhaut, 6; Tech Scrubs. 0. Harrisburg Academy, 10; Lykens High, I. Penn, 20; Bucknell, 6. Pittsburgh, 2S; Syracuse, 0. Navy, 61 Indians, 0. Army, 26; Tufts, 8. Colgate, 90; Cornell, 0. Dartmouth. 6; w, Virginia, 2. Yale Fresh, 20; Exeter, o. u. S. Marines, 20; Ewing, 0. w. and j., 4 Penn State, o. Muhlenberg, Il; +. and NJ, 0. Columbia, 21; Union. 0. Carnegie, 81; Ohio, O. Swarthmore, II; Gettysburg, 0. Ursinus, 90; Haveford. o. Rutgers, 33; Lafayette, Z. Williamson, z: Northeast, 0. Friends c., q; Bordentown, 0. Georgetown, II; Lehigh, 6. Bowdoin, 1C: Colgate, Z. Allegheny, SO: Geneva, 0. st. Lawrence. 26; Hobart, O. Norwich. Z; Middlebury, o. williams, IL; Hamilton, O. Lebanon Valley, 16; Villanova, o. Dickinson, IA; Johns Hopkins, o. Bates, 6; Maine, 0. Andover, Z; Bumpkin, 0. Brown. Z; Boston Col. 2. Spring gneld, l3s Amherst, T.. Worcester, 6; Rensselaer,, 0. Fordham. IL; Holy Cross, 0. WESLEYAN. Z; New York, 8. Harvard, 10: Maine Artillery. 0. w. Maryland. 10; Delaware, 0. Trinity, 20: Camp Devens, 0. Carnegie. 21: Ohio, O. w. Va, Wesleyan, 81; Westminster Buffalo. 2S: Rochester, O. Rhode Island. 0; y. Hampshire, 0. Andover, z; Bumkin. 6. p. NJ. c., z: st. Johns, o. Western Reserve. 6: Kenyon, 0. Case, 16; Baldwin, 0. Miami. 81; Earlham, 0. Otterbein, 81; Marshall. O. Nebraska, {; Notre Dame, 0. Illinois, Z: Wisconsin. 0. Wooster. z; Akron, s. Minnesota, SO; Indiana, g. Camp Custer, Z; Great Lakes. 0. Michigan, 81; Aggies. 0. Chicago, 81: Perdue, 0. Miami. 81: Earlham. 0. Vanderbilt. 5; Kentucky. 0.
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 51% to win. Vanderbilt won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Kentucky 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 90 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
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. SamfordOct. 27, 1917
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1917
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Kentucky
- Next gameat SewaneeOct. 27, 1917
- SeasonKentucky in 1917
- ProgramKentucky history and records

