Kentucky vs. Tulane
Kentucky and Tulane have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1910; Kentucky leads the series 9–6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kentucky 8–2, and Kentucky has won the last 3. Share
- Kentucky wins
- 9
- Tulane wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1910
- Longest streak
- 4 Tulane
- Current streak
- 3 Kentucky
- Last 10 meetings
- Kentucky 8–2
- Most recent
- 1985
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 3–1 |
- Average margin
- 14.6 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kentucky
- 6–2 Kentucky’s record at home
- At Tulane
- 4–3 Tulane’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 37, Tulane 0by 37 points
- Tulane’s biggest win1933: Tulane 34, Kentucky 0by 34 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Kentucky | Series | Tulane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–1975 | Fran Curci | 3–0 | Bennie Ellender |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kentucky’s side (Curci 3–0 against Ellender). 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
1910 · The Democratic banner, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Nov 1, 1910
1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 14, 1932
1934 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Nov 19, 1934
1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 18, 1935
1951 · Evening star, Nov 11, 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.
Every game
| Sep 21, 1985 | Kentucky 16, Tulane 11 | at Kentucky | ||
| Sep 22, 1984 | Kentucky 30, Tulane 26 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 24, 1983 | Kentucky 26, Tulane 14 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 1, 1980 | Tulane 24, Kentucky 22 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 1, 1975 | Kentucky 23, Tulane 10 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 2, 1974 | Kentucky 30, Tulane 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 3, 1973 | Kentucky 34, 14Tulane 7 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 4, 1972 | Tulane 18, Kentucky 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 8, 1952 | Kentucky 27, Tulane 6 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 10, 1951 | 12Kentucky 37, Tulane 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 16, 1935 | Tulane 20, Kentucky 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 17, 1934 | Tulane 20, Kentucky 7 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 18, 1933 | Tulane 34, Kentucky 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 12, 1932 | Tulane 6, Kentucky 3 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 29, 1910 | Kentucky 10, Tulane 3 | at Kentucky |
Every game is listed as played on the field.