Kentucky vs. Maryland

Kentucky and Maryland have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1931; Maryland leads the series 3–⁠2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Maryland 3–⁠2.

Kentucky wins
2
Maryland wins
3
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1931
Longest streak
2 Maryland
Current streak
1 Kentucky
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 3–⁠2
Most recent
1979

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠1
1970s1–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
9.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kentucky
1–⁠1–⁠1 Kentucky’s record at home
At Maryland
2–⁠1–⁠1 Maryland’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kentucky’s biggest win1956: Kentucky 14, Maryland 0by 14 points
  2. Maryland’s biggest win1954: Maryland 20, Kentucky 0by 20 points

Coach against coach

YearsKentuckySeriesMaryland
1975–⁠1979Fran Curci1–⁠2–⁠1Jerry Claiborne

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kentucky and Maryland, 1931 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1931 game: AMERICA MATERIAL ON SQUAD

    1931 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 19, 1931

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Maryland Cashes In On AIeriness, Beats Kentucky, 70 10 0

    1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 19, 1954

  • The Evening star's story of the 1956 game: KENTUCKY MARYLAND Michigan Wins, 17-14, 10 Halt Streak

    1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 4, 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

Sep 29, 1979Kentucky 14, Maryland 7at Kentucky
Sep 30, 197815Maryland 20, Kentucky 3at Maryland
Oct 30, 19765Maryland 24, Kentucky 14at Maryland
Sep 27, 1975Kentucky 10, 20Maryland 10at Kentucky
Nov 3, 1956Kentucky 14, Maryland 0at Maryland
Sep 18, 19543Maryland 20, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Oct 17, 1931Maryland 6, Kentucky 6at Maryland

Every game is listed as played on the field.