Kentucky vs. Missouri

Kentucky and Missouri have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1965; officially, Kentucky leads 8–⁠5; as played, 9–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kentucky 7–⁠3. The NCAA vacated Kentucky’s win (2021); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Kentucky leads 8–⁠5
Kentucky wins on file
9
Missouri wins on file
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1965
Longest streak
5 Kentucky
Current streak
1 Missouri
Last 10 meetings
Kentucky 7–⁠3
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s2–⁠0
2010s5–⁠3
2020s2–⁠2
Average margin
11.9 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kentucky
5–⁠2 Kentucky’s record at home
At Missouri
3–⁠4 Missouri’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kentucky’s biggest win2019: Kentucky 29, Missouri 7by 22 points
  2. Missouri’s biggest win2013: Missouri 48, Kentucky 17by 31 points
  3. Upset1965: Kentucky 7, Missouri 0Kentucky had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2015: Kentucky 21, Missouri 13Kentucky had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2023: Missouri 38, Kentucky 21Missouri had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsKentuckySeriesMissouri
2013–⁠2015Mark Stoops1–⁠2Gary Pinkel
2016–⁠2019Mark Stoops4–⁠0Barry Odom
2020–⁠2023Mark Stoops2–⁠2Eli Drinkwitz

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kentucky’s side (Stoops 1–⁠2 against Pinkel). 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 Missouri, 1965 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Chris Rodriguez Jr. Kentucky27 carries, 207 yards, 2 TD2021 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 21, 2026Kentucky at Missouri upcomingat Missouri
Oct 14, 2023Missouri 38, 24Kentucky 21at Kentucky
Nov 5, 2022Kentucky 21, Missouri 17at Missouri
Sep 11, 2021Kentucky 35, Missouri 28vacatedat Kentucky
Oct 24, 2020Missouri 20, Kentucky 10at Missouri
Oct 26, 2019Kentucky 29, Missouri 7at Kentucky
Oct 27, 201812Kentucky 15, Missouri 14at Missouri
Oct 7, 2017Kentucky 40, Missouri 34at Kentucky
Oct 29, 2016Kentucky 35, Missouri 21at Missouri
Sep 26, 2015Kentucky 21, 25Missouri 13at Kentucky
Nov 1, 2014Missouri 20, Kentucky 10at Missouri
Nov 9, 20139Missouri 48, Kentucky 17at Kentucky
Oct 27, 2012Missouri 33, Kentucky 10at Missouri
Sep 21, 1968Kentucky 12, Missouri 6at Kentucky
Sep 18, 1965Kentucky 7, Missouri 0at Missouri

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.