George Washington vs. Kentucky
George Washington and Kentucky first met in 1940 and have played 3 times; Kentucky leads the series 3–0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Kentucky 3–0, and Kentucky has won the last 3. Share
- George Washington wins
- 0
- Kentucky wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1940
- Longest streak
- 3 Kentucky
- Current streak
- 3 Kentucky
- Last 10 meetings
- Kentucky 3–0
- Most recent
- 1951
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 26.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At George Washington
- 0–1 George Washington’s record at home
- At Kentucky
- 2–0 Kentucky’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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
1940 · Evening star, Oct 20, 1940
1942 · Evening star, Oct 31, 1942
1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 18, 1951
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
| Nov 17, 1951 | 9Kentucky 47, George Washington 13 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 30, 1942 | Kentucky 27, George Washington 6 | at George Washington | ||
| Oct 19, 1940 | Kentucky 24, George Washington 0 | at Kentucky |
Every game is listed as played on the field.