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Kentucky vs. Sewanee

Kentucky and Sewanee first met in 1908 and have played 13 times; Kentucky leads the series 7–⁠3–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kentucky 7–⁠2, and Kentucky has won the last 6.

Kentucky wins
7
Sewanee wins
3
Ties
3
First meeting
1908
Longest streak
6 Kentucky
Current streak
6 Kentucky
Last 10 meetings
Kentucky 7–⁠2
Most recent
1933

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s1–⁠1–⁠2
1920s3–⁠1–⁠1
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
9.3 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kentucky
6–⁠2–⁠3 Kentucky’s record at home
At Sewanee
1–⁠1 Sewanee’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kentucky’s biggest win1930: Kentucky 37, Sewanee 0by 37 points
  2. Sewanee’s biggest win1908: Sewanee 12, Kentucky 0by 12 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kentucky and Sewanee, 1908 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game: SEWANEE HELD ID TIE BY KENTUCKY Tigers Rely on Straight FOOtball-Sewanee Is Outplayed

    1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 24, 1915

  • The The Sunday telegram's story of the 1916 game: PLAY Tie GAME For Second Time in Two Years . Do SeWanee and Kentucky I Football Teams.

    1916 · The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct 22, 1916

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1917 game: .SEWANEE VICTOR IN EXCITING GAME BY WORTHAM'S WORK Tigers Down Kentucky State, 7 to 0-Great De- fensive Work Pre- vents Tie

    1917 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 28, 1917

  • The The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current's story of the 1920 game: Kentucky State Plays Sewanee to Tie Score

    1920 · The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, Kentucky, Oct 26, 1920

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: Sewanee Beats Kentucky u.

    1921 · The New York herald, Oct 30, 1921

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 30, 1933Kentucky 7, Sewanee 0at Kentucky
Oct 1, 1932Kentucky 18, Sewanee 0at Kentucky
Oct 4, 1930Kentucky 37, Sewanee 0at Kentucky
Oct 24, 1925Kentucky 14, Sewanee 0at Kentucky
Oct 25, 1924Kentucky 7, Sewanee 0at Kentucky
Oct 28, 1922Kentucky 7, Sewanee 0at Kentucky
Oct 29, 1921Sewanee 6, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Oct 23, 1920Kentucky 6, Sewanee 6at Kentucky
Oct 25, 1919Kentucky 6, Sewanee 0at Sewanee
Oct 27, 1917Sewanee 7, Kentucky 0at Sewanee
Oct 21, 1916Kentucky 0, Sewanee 0at Kentucky
Oct 23, 1915Kentucky 7, Sewanee 7at Kentucky
Oct 31, 1908Sewanee 12, Kentucky 0at Kentucky

Every game is listed as played on the field.