Kentucky vs. Washington and Lee

Kentucky and Washington and Lee first met in 1923 and have played 18 times; Kentucky leads the series 10–⁠7–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kentucky 7–⁠3, and Kentucky has won the last 3.

Kentucky wins
10
Washington and Lee wins
7
Ties
1
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
5 Kentucky
Current streak
3 Kentucky
Last 10 meetings
Kentucky 7–⁠3
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠4–⁠1
1930s5–⁠3
1940s3–⁠0
Average margin
20.4 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kentucky
8–⁠6–⁠1 Kentucky’s record at home
At Washington and Lee
1–⁠2 Washington and Lee’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kentucky’s biggest win1942: Kentucky 53, Washington and Lee 0by 53 points
  2. Washington and Lee’s biggest win1927: Washington and Lee 25, Kentucky 0by 25 points
  3. Upset1934: Washington and Lee 7, Kentucky 0Washington and Lee had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kentucky and Washington and Lee, 1923 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1923 game: KENTUCKY ELEVEN PLAYS MARYVILLE TEAM SATURDAY Wildcats Put Up Game Scrap To Tie Washington And Lee Saturday

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 17, 1923

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: GENERALS BEAT KENTUCKY, IO-7 Washington And Lee And Wild cats Stage Great Battle

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 19, 1924

  • The Evening star's story of the 1927 game

    1927 · Evening star, Oct 28, 1927

  • The Evening star's story of the 1928 game: Foot Ball Results LOCAL, TEAMS

    1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 14, 1928

  • The Evening star's story of the 1930 game: KENTUCKY'S RALLY DEFEATS GENERALS Washington and Lee Limits CoIoneIS to 14-14 Tie Until Last Period.

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 19, 1930

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 3, 1942Kentucky 53, Washington and Lee 0at Kentucky
Oct 4, 1941Kentucky 7, Washington and Lee 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 5, 1940Kentucky 47, Washington and Lee 12at Kentucky
Oct 15, 1938Washington and Lee 8, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Oct 16, 1937Kentucky 41, Washington and Lee 6at Kentucky
Oct 17, 1936Kentucky 39, Washington and Lee 7at Washington and Lee
Sep 29, 1934Washington and Lee 7, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Oct 21, 1933Washington and Lee 7, Kentucky 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 15, 1932Kentucky 53, Washington and Lee 7at Kentucky
Oct 10, 1931Kentucky 45, Washington and Lee 0at Kentucky
Oct 18, 1930Kentucky 33, Washington and Lee 14at Kentucky
Oct 12, 1929Kentucky 20, Washington and Lee 6at Kentucky
Oct 13, 1928Kentucky 6, Washington and Lee 0at Kentucky
Oct 22, 1927Washington and Lee 25, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Oct 16, 1926Washington and Lee 14, Kentucky 13at Kentucky
Oct 17, 1925Washington and Lee 25, Kentucky 0at Kentucky
Oct 18, 1924Washington and Lee 10, Kentucky 7at Kentucky
Oct 13, 1923Kentucky 6, Washington and Lee 6at Kentucky

Every game is listed as played on the field.