Cincinnati vs. Kentucky
Cincinnati and Kentucky have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1915; Kentucky leads the series 19–4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kentucky 7–2. Share
- Cincinnati wins
- 4
- Kentucky wins
- 19
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1915
- Longest streak
- 6 Kentucky
- Current streak
- 1 Cincinnati
- Last 10 meetings
- Kentucky 7–2
- Most recent
- 1996
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–2 |
- Average margin
- 15 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cincinnati
- 4–8 Cincinnati’s record at home
- At Kentucky
- 11–0–1 Kentucky’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Cincinnati’s biggest win1996: Cincinnati 24, Kentucky 3by 21 points
- Kentucky’s biggest win1950: Kentucky 41, Cincinnati 7by 34 points
- Upset1919: Cincinnati 7, Kentucky 0Cincinnati had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Cincinnati | Series | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–1948 | Ray Nolting | 0–3 | Bear Bryant |
| 1949–1952 | Sid Gillman | 0–3 | Bear Bryant |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cincinnati’s side (Nolting 0–3 against Bryant). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
From the newspapers

1915 · The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct 31, 1915

1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 7, 1923

1933 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1933

1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 30, 1946

1949 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1949
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.