Arkansas vs. Kentucky
Arkansas and Kentucky have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1998; Kentucky leads the series 5–3 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Kentucky 5–3. Share
- Arkansas wins
- 3
- Kentucky wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1998
- Longest streak
- 2 Kentucky
- Current streak
- 1 Kentucky
- Last 10 meetings
- Kentucky 5–3
- Most recent
- 2019
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 12.3 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arkansas
- 2–2 Arkansas’s record at home
- At Kentucky
- 3–1 Kentucky’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arkansas’s biggest win2012: Arkansas 49, Kentucky 7by 42 points
- Kentucky’s biggest win2007: Kentucky 42, Arkansas 29by 13 points
- Upset2002: Kentucky 29, Arkansas 17Kentucky had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Lynn Bowden Jr. Kentucky | 24 carries, 196 yards, 2 TD | 2019 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
Every game
| Oct 12, 2019 | Kentucky 24, Arkansas 20 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 13, 2012 | Arkansas 49, Kentucky 7 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 18, 2008 | Kentucky 21, Arkansas 20 | at Kentucky | ||
| Sep 22, 2007 | 21Kentucky 42, Arkansas 29 | at Arkansas | ||
| Nov 1, 2003 | Arkansas 71, Kentucky 63 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 19, 2002 | Kentucky 29, Arkansas 17 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 2, 1999 | Kentucky 31, 20Arkansas 20 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 3, 1998 | 22Arkansas 27, Kentucky 20 | at Arkansas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.