Duke vs. Kentucky
Duke and Kentucky have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1930; Duke leads the series 4–0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Duke 4–0, and Duke has won the last 4. Share
- Duke wins
- 4
- Kentucky wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1930
- Longest streak
- 4 Duke
- Current streak
- 4 Duke
- Last 10 meetings
- Duke 4–0
- Most recent
- 1933
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 8.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Duke
- 2–0 Duke’s record at home
- At Kentucky
- 0–2 Kentucky’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Coach against coach
| Years | Duke | Series | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931–1933 | Wallace Wade | 3–0 | Harry Gamage |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Duke’s side (Wade 3–0 against Gamage). 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

1933 · The Waterbury Democrat, Oct 30, 1933
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 28, 1933 | Duke 14, Kentucky 7 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 5, 1932 | Duke 13, Kentucky 0 | at Duke | ||
| Nov 7, 1931 | Duke 7, Kentucky 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 8, 1930 | Duke 14, Kentucky 7 | at Duke |
Every game is listed as played on the field.