Kentucky vs. VMI
Kentucky and VMI have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1921; Kentucky leads the series 12–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kentucky 10–0, and Kentucky has won the last 10. Share
- Kentucky wins
- 12
- VMI wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1921
- Longest streak
- 10 Kentucky
- Current streak
- 10 Kentucky
- Last 10 meetings
- Kentucky 10–0
- Most recent
- 1944
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 16.1 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kentucky
- 10–1 Kentucky’s record at home
- At VMI
- 1–2 VMI’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kentucky’s biggest win1936: Kentucky 38, VMI 0by 38 points
- VMI’s biggest win1924: VMI 10, Kentucky 3by 7 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Kentucky | Series | VMI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924–1926 | Fred Murphy | 1–2 | Blandy Clarkson |
| 1927–1933 | Harry Gamage | 7–0 | W.C. Raftery |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kentucky’s side (Murphy 1–2 against Clarkson). 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
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
| Oct 20, 1944 | Kentucky 26, VMI 2 | at Kentucky | ||
| Sep 30, 1939 | Kentucky 21, VMI 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | Kentucky 38, VMI 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 11, 1933 | Kentucky 21, VMI 6 | at Kentucky | ||
| Sep 24, 1932 | Kentucky 23, VMI 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 14, 1931 | Kentucky 20, VMI 12 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 15, 1930 | Kentucky 26, VMI 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 16, 1929 | Kentucky 23, VMI 12 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 17, 1928 | Kentucky 18, VMI 6 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 12, 1927 | Kentucky 25, VMI 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 13, 1926 | VMI 10, Kentucky 9 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 14, 1925 | Kentucky 7, VMI 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 15, 1924 | VMI 10, Kentucky 3 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 12, 1921 | Kentucky 14, VMI 7 | at Kentucky |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

