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Centre vs. Kentucky

Centre and Kentucky first met in 1916 and have played 13 times; Centre leads the series 8–⁠5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Centre 6–⁠4, and Kentucky has won the last 3.

Centre wins
8
Kentucky wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1916
Longest streak
7 Centre
Current streak
3 Kentucky
Last 10 meetings
Centre 6–⁠4
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠1
1920s6–⁠4
Average margin
29.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Centre
4–⁠3 Centre’s record at home
At Kentucky
2–⁠4 Kentucky’s record at home
Shutouts
12

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Centre’s biggest win1919: Centre 56, Kentucky 0by 56 points
  2. Kentucky’s biggest win1916: Kentucky 68, Centre 0by 68 points
  3. Upset1917: Centre 3, Kentucky 0Centre had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1925: Kentucky 16, Centre 0Kentucky had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1926: Centre 7, Kentucky 0Centre had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsCentreSeriesKentucky
1920–⁠1922Charley Moran3–⁠0William Juneau

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Centre’s side (Moran 3–⁠0 against Juneau). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Centre and Kentucky, 1916 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: CENTRE RETAINS KENTUCKY TITLE Defeats University of Ken lucky by ~ to O.

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Nov 14, 1920

  • The Evening star's story of the 1921 game: FAME WON BY CENTRE ROMANCE OF SPORTSDOM Moran, McMillin and Meyers Wonder Workers in Victory Over Harvard Achieved by OBJ scure Kentucky School of 276 Students.

    1921 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 6, 1921

  • The The Bourbon news's story of the 1922 game: THE GRIDIRON FIELD

    1922 · The Bourbon news, Paris, Ky., Nov 7, 1922

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: PRAYIR COLONIES DEFEAT WILDCATS Centre Wins Annual Clash With Kentucky 10 To 0

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 4, 1923

  • The Evening star's story of the 1925 game: KENTUCKY BEATS CENTRE FIRST TIME IN g YEARS

    1925 · Evening star, Nov 1, 1925

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 26, 1929Kentucky 33, Centre 0at Centre
Oct 27, 1928Kentucky 8, Centre 0at Kentucky
Nov 19, 1927Kentucky 53, Centre 0at Centre
Nov 20, 1926Centre 7, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Oct 31, 1925Kentucky 16, Centre 0at Centre
Nov 1, 1924Centre 7, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Nov 3, 1923Centre 10, Kentucky 0at Centre
Nov 4, 1922Centre 27, Kentucky 3at Kentucky
Nov 5, 1921Centre 55, Kentucky 0at Centre
Nov 13, 1920Centre 49, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Nov 15, 1919Centre 56, Kentucky 0at Centre
Nov 3, 1917Centre 3, Kentucky 0at Centre
Oct 7, 1916Kentucky 68, Centre 0at Kentucky

Every game is listed as played on the field.