Kentucky vs. Miami
Kentucky and Miami have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1948; Kentucky leads the series 5–3 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Kentucky 5–3, and Miami has won the last 3. Share
- Kentucky wins
- 5
- Miami wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1948
- Longest streak
- 5 Kentucky
- Current streak
- 3 Miami
- Last 10 meetings
- Kentucky 5–3
- Most recent
- 1963
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Kentucky 1, Miami 0
- Average margin
- 17 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kentucky
- 1–2 Kentucky’s record at home
- At Miami
- 1–4 Miami’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
- Kentucky’s biggest win1951: Kentucky 32, Miami 0by 32 points
- Miami’s biggest win1962: Miami 25, Kentucky 17by 8 points
- Ranked showdown1951: Kentucky 32, Miami 0No. 19 Miami at No. 14 Kentucky
Coach against coach
| Years | Kentucky | Series | Miami |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–1952 | Bear Bryant | 4–0 | Andy Gustafson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kentucky’s side (Bryant 4–0 against Gustafson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
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 2, 1963 | Miami 20, Kentucky 14 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 2, 1962 | Miami 25, Kentucky 17 | at Miami | ||
| Sep 23, 1961 | Miami 14, Kentucky 7 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 30, 1959 | Kentucky 22, Miami 3 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 31, 1952 | Kentucky 29, Miami 0 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 3, 1951 | 14Kentucky 32, 19Miami 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 25, 1949 | 20Kentucky 21, Miami 6 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 26, 1948 | Kentucky 25, Miami 5 | at Miami |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

