Kentucky vs. Xavier
Kentucky and Xavier first met in 1935 and have played 19 times; Kentucky leads the series 17–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kentucky 9–1. Share
- Kentucky wins
- 17
- Xavier wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1935
- Longest streak
- 14 Kentucky
- Current streak
- 1 Xavier
- Last 10 meetings
- Kentucky 9–1
- Most recent
- 1962
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 7–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–1 |
- Average margin
- 23.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kentucky
- 8–1 Kentucky’s record at home
- At Xavier
- 1–9 Xavier’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
- Kentucky’s biggest win1946: Kentucky 70, Xavier 0by 70 points
- Xavier’s biggest win1938: Xavier 26, Kentucky 7by 19 points
- Upset1962: Xavier 14, Kentucky 9Xavier had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Kentucky | Series | Xavier |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959–1961 | Blanton Collier | 3–0 | Edward Doherty |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kentucky’s side (Collier 3–0 against Doherty). 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
1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 1957
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
| Nov 17, 1962 | Xavier 14, Kentucky 9 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 18, 1961 | Kentucky 9, Xavier 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 12, 1960 | Kentucky 49, Xavier 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 14, 1959 | Kentucky 41, Xavier 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 15, 1958 | Kentucky 20, Xavier 6 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 16, 1957 | Kentucky 27, Xavier 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 17, 1956 | Kentucky 33, Xavier 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 5, 1949 | 13Kentucky 21, Xavier 7 | at Xavier | ||
| Sep 25, 1948 | Kentucky 48, Xavier 7 | at Kentucky | ||
| Oct 4, 1947 | Kentucky 20, Xavier 7 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 5, 1946 | Kentucky 70, Xavier 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Sep 25, 1942 | Kentucky 35, Xavier 19 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 18, 1941 | Kentucky 21, Xavier 6 | at Xavier | ||
| Sep 27, 1940 | Kentucky 13, Xavier 0 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 28, 1939 | Kentucky 21, Xavier 0 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 22, 1938 | Xavier 26, Kentucky 7 | at Xavier | ||
| Oct 2, 1937 | Kentucky 6, Xavier 0 | at Xavier | ||
| Sep 25, 1936 | Kentucky 21, Xavier 0 | at Xavier | ||
| Sep 27, 1935 | Kentucky 21, Xavier 7 | at Xavier |
Every game is listed as played on the field.