Illinois vs. Kentucky
Illinois and Kentucky have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1909; the series is tied 1–1 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s even at 1–1. Share
- Illinois wins
- 1
- Kentucky wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1909
- Longest streak
- 1 Kentucky
- Current streak
- 1 Illinois
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 1–1
- Most recent
- 1913
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
1909 · The Paducah evening sun, Paducah, Ky., Oct 11, 1909
1913 · The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Oct 5, 1913
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 4, 1913 | Illinois 21, Kentucky 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 9, 1909 | Kentucky 6, Illinois 2 | at Illinois |
Every game is listed as played on the field.