Kentucky vs. UL Monroe

Kentucky and UL Monroe have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1994; officially, Kentucky leads 4–⁠1; as played, 5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Kentucky 5–⁠1, and Kentucky has won the last 5. 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 4–⁠1
Kentucky wins on file
5
UL Monroe wins on file
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1994
Longest streak
5 Kentucky
Current streak
5 Kentucky
Last 10 meetings
Kentucky 5–⁠1
Most recent
2021

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s1–⁠1
2000s2–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
22.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kentucky
5–⁠1 Kentucky’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kentucky’s biggest win2021: Kentucky 45, UL Monroe 10by 35 points
  2. UL Monroe’s biggest win1994: UL Monroe 21, Kentucky 14by 7 points
  3. Upset1994: UL Monroe 21, Kentucky 14UL Monroe had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kentucky and UL Monroe, 1994 on1300150017001995200020052010201520202025

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

Keenan Burton Kentucky9 catches, 115 yards, 3 TD2006 Receiving

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

Every game

Sep 4, 2021Kentucky 45, UL Monroe 10vacatedat Kentucky
Oct 11, 2014Kentucky 48, UL Monroe 14at Kentucky
Oct 24, 2009Kentucky 36, UL Monroe 13at Kentucky
Nov 18, 2006Kentucky 42, UL Monroe 40at Kentucky
Oct 18, 1997Kentucky 49, UL Monroe 14at Kentucky
Nov 12, 1994UL Monroe 21, Kentucky 14at Kentucky

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.