Kentucky vs. Ole Miss
Kentucky and Ole Miss have 47 meetings on file, the first in 1944; officially, Ole Miss leads 30–15–1; as played, 31–15–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Ole Miss 7–3. The NCAA vacated Ole Miss’s win (2010); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
- Official series
- Ole Miss leads 30–15–1
- Kentucky wins on file
- 15
- Ole Miss wins on file
- 31
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1944
- Longest streak
- 8 Ole Miss
- Current streak
- 1 Ole Miss
- Last 10 meetings
- Ole Miss 7–3
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–7–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–3 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Kentucky 0, Ole Miss 2
- Average margin
- 13.5 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kentucky
- 11–12–1 Kentucky’s record at home
- At Ole Miss
- 14–4 Ole Miss’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–5 Kentucky first
- Shutouts
- 7
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kentucky’s biggest win1949: Kentucky 47, Ole Miss 0by 47 points
- Ole Miss’s biggest win1956: Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 7by 30 points
- Upset1964: Kentucky 27, Ole Miss 21Kentucky had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2024: Kentucky 20, Ole Miss 17Kentucky had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2020: Ole Miss 42, Kentucky 41Ole Miss had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2022: Ole Miss 22, Kentucky 19No. 7 Kentucky at No. 14 Ole Miss
- Ranked showdown1958: Ole Miss 27, Kentucky 6No. 17 Kentucky at No. 9 Ole Miss
Coach against coach
| Years | Kentucky | Series | Ole Miss |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–1953 | Bear Bryant | 2–4–1 | John Vaught |
| 1954–1961 | Blanton Collier | 1–7 | John Vaught |
| 1962–1968 | Charley Bradshaw | 2–5 | John Vaught |
| 1990–1993 | Bill Curry | 1–3 | Billy Brewer |
| 2020–2025 | Mark Stoops | 1–3 | Lane Kiffin |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kentucky’s side (Bryant 2–4–1 against Vaught). 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
1944 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 24, 1944
1946 · Evening star, Sep 23, 1946
1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 21, 1947
1950 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1950
1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1951
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.
On television
| 2025 | ABC | 4.8 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
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.