Eastern Kentucky vs. Louisville

Eastern Kentucky and Louisville have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1985; Louisville leads the series 6–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Louisville 6–⁠1, and Louisville has won the last 6.

Eastern Kentucky wins
1
Louisville wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1985
Longest streak
6 Louisville
Current streak
6 Louisville
Last 10 meetings
Louisville 6–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠0
1990s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠3
2020s0–⁠2
Average margin
26.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Louisville
6–⁠1 Louisville’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Eastern Kentucky’s biggest win1985: Eastern Kentucky 45, Louisville 21by 24 points
  2. Louisville’s biggest win2019: Louisville 42, Eastern Kentucky 0by 42 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Eastern Kentucky and Louisville, 1985 on1300150017001990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Teddy Bridgewater Louisville23 of 32, 397 yards, 4 TD2013 Passing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Aug 30, 2025Louisville 51, Eastern Kentucky 17at Louisville
Sep 11, 2021Louisville 30, Eastern Kentucky 3at Louisville
Sep 7, 2019Louisville 42, Eastern Kentucky 0at Louisville
Sep 7, 20138Louisville 44, Eastern Kentucky 7at Louisville
Sep 11, 2010Louisville 23, Eastern Kentucky 13at Louisville
Aug 31, 1991Louisville 24, Eastern Kentucky 14at Louisville
Nov 16, 1985Eastern Kentucky 45, Louisville 21at Louisville

Every game is listed as played on the field.