Clemson vs. Kentucky

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

1. Clemson’s biggest win1982: Clemson 24, Kentucky 6by 18 points
2. Kentucky’s biggest win1929: Kentucky 44, Clemson 6by 38 points
3. Upset2006: Kentucky 28, Clemson 20Kentucky had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1929

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  1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1952

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Clemson vs. South Carolina117 meetings, Clemson 70–⁠43–⁠4
• Clemson vs. NC State91 meetings, Clemson 60–⁠30–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Wake Forest90 meetings, Clemson 72–⁠17–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Georgia Tech88 meetings, Clemson 34–⁠52–⁠2
• Kentucky vs. Tennessee118 meetings, Kentucky 25–⁠84–⁠9
• Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt95 meetings, Kentucky 49–⁠42–⁠4
• Kentucky vs. Georgia79 meetings, Kentucky 12–⁠65–⁠2
• Kentucky vs. Florida76 meetings, Kentucky 22–⁠54