Kentucky vs. LSU

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

1. Kentucky’s biggest win1999: Kentucky 31, LSU 5by 26 points
2. LSU’s biggest win2006: LSU 49, Kentucky 0by 49 points
3. Upset1998: Kentucky 39, LSU 36Kentucky had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1983: Kentucky 21, LSU 13Kentucky had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2007: Kentucky 43, LSU 37Kentucky had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown2007: Kentucky 43, LSU 37No. 1 LSU at No. 17 Kentucky
7. Ranked showdown1984: LSU 36, Kentucky 10No. 10 LSU at No. 16 Kentucky
8. Ranked showdown1977: Kentucky 33, LSU 13No. 12 Kentucky at No. 16 LSU

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kentucky’s side (Bryant 2–⁠1–⁠1 against Tinsley). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1952 · The Key West citizen, Florida, Oct 14, 1952

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  1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 11, 1953

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  1954 · Evening star, Oct 3, 1954

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 21, 1956

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 is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.

• Kentucky vs. Tennessee118 meetings, Kentucky 25–⁠84–⁠9
• Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt95 meetings, Kentucky 49–⁠42–⁠4
• Kentucky vs. Georgia79 meetings, Kentucky 12–⁠65–⁠2
• Kentucky vs. Florida76 meetings, Kentucky 22–⁠54
• LSU vs. Mississippi State115 meetings, LSU 75–⁠37–⁠3
• LSU vs. Ole Miss110 meetings, LSU 64–⁠42–⁠4
• LSU vs. Tulane90 meetings, LSU 63–⁠20–⁠7
• LSU vs. Alabama89 meetings, LSU 26–⁠58–⁠5