Bowling Green vs. Kentucky

Bowling Green and Kentucky have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1979; Kentucky leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Kentucky 2–⁠1.

Bowling Green wins
1
Kentucky wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1979
Longest streak
2 Kentucky
Current streak
1 Bowling Green
Last 10 meetings
Kentucky 2–⁠1
Most recent
1985

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠1
1980s1–⁠1
Average margin
3.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kentucky
2–⁠1 Kentucky’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowling Green and Kentucky, 1979 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Sep 14, 1985Bowling Green 30, Kentucky 26at Kentucky
Sep 27, 1980Kentucky 21, Bowling Green 20at Kentucky
Nov 3, 1979Kentucky 20, Bowling Green 14at Kentucky

Every game is listed as played on the field.