Florida State vs. Kentucky

Florida State and Kentucky have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1960; Kentucky leads the series 4–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Kentucky 4–⁠1, and Kentucky has won the last 2.

Florida State wins
1
Kentucky wins
4
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1960
Longest streak
2 Kentucky
Current streak
2 Kentucky
Last 10 meetings
Kentucky 4–⁠1
Most recent
2007

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠3–⁠1
2000s0–⁠1
Average margin
15.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida State
1–⁠1 Florida State’s record at home
At Kentucky
2–⁠0–⁠1 Kentucky’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Florida State first
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Florida State’s biggest win1964: Florida State 48, Kentucky 6by 42 points
  2. Kentucky’s biggest win1960: Kentucky 23, Florida State 0by 23 points

Coach against coach

YearsFlorida StateSeriesKentucky
1962–⁠1965Bill Peterson1–⁠1–⁠1Charley Bradshaw

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida State’s side (Peterson 1–⁠1–⁠1 against Bradshaw). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida State and Kentucky, 1960 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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

Andre’ Woodson Kentucky32 of 50, 358 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT2007 Passing

Named most valuable

Kentucky QB André Woodson2007

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Dec 31, 2007Kentucky 35, Florida State 28Nissan StadiumMusic City Bowl
Oct 9, 1965Kentucky 26, Florida State 24at Kentucky
Oct 10, 1964Florida State 48, 5Kentucky 6at Florida State
Sep 22, 1962Kentucky 0, Florida State 0at Kentucky
Nov 4, 1961Kentucky 20, Florida State 0at Kentucky
Oct 29, 1960Kentucky 23, Florida State 0at Florida State

Every game is listed as played on the field.