Kentucky vs Vanderbilt
Kentucky494 ties95 meetings
42Vanderbilt
Kentucky leads the series · Kentucky on a 2-game losing run.
| Season | Site | Result | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 17-45 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 13-20 |
| 2023 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 45-28 |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 21-24 |
| 2021 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 34-17 |
| 2020 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 38-35 |
| 2019 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 38-14 |
| 2018 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 14-7 |
| 2017 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 44-21 |
| 2016 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 20-13 |
| 2015 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 17-21 |
| 2014 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 17-7 |
| 2013 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 6-22 |
| 2012 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 0-40 |
| 2011 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 8-38 |
| 2010 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 38-20 |
| 2009 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 24-13 |
| 2008 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 24-31 |
| 2007 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 27-20 |
| 2006 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 38-26 |
| 2005 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 48-43 |
| 2004 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 14-13 |
| 2003 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 17-28 |
| 2002 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 41-21 |
| 2001 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 56-30 |
| 2000 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 20-24 |
| 1999 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 19-17 |
| 1998 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 55-17 |
| 1997 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 21-10 |
| 1996 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 25-0 |
| 1995 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 10-14 |
| 1994 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 6-24 |
| 1993 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 7-12 |
| 1992 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 7-20 |
| 1991 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 7-17 |
| 1990 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 28-21 |
| 1989 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 15-11 |
| 1988 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 14-13 |
| 1987 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 29-38 |
| 1986 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 34-22 |
| 1985 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 24-31 |
| 1984 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 27-18 |
| 1983 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 17-8 |
| 1982 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 10-23 |
| 1981 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 17-10 |
| 1980 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 31-10 |
| 1979 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 29-10 |
| 1978 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 53-2 |
| 1977 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 28-6 |
| 1976 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 14-0 |
| 1975 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 3-13 |
| 1974 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 38-12 |
| 1973 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 27-17 |
| 1972 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 14-13 |
| 1971 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 14-7 |
| 1970 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 17-18 |
| 1969 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 6-42 |
| 1968 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 0-6 |
| 1967 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 12-7 |
| 1966 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 14-10 |
| 1965 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 34-0 |
| 1964 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 22-21 |
| 1963 | Tie | Lexington | T | 0-0 |
| 1962 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 7-0 |
| 1961 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 16-3 |
| 1960 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 27-0 |
| 1959 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 6-11 |
| 1958 | Tie | Nashville | T | 0-0 |
| 1957 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 7-12 |
| 1956 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 7-6 |
| 1955 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-34 |
| 1954 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 19-7 |
| 1953 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 40-14 |
| 1948 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 7-26 |
| 1947 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 14-0 |
| 1946 | Kentucky win | Lexington | W | 10-7 |
| 1945 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 6-19 |
| 1942 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 6-7 |
| 1941 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 15-39 |
| 1940 | Tie | Lexington | T | 7-7 |
| 1939 | Kentucky win | Nashville | W | 21-13 |
| 1938 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 7-14 |
| 1937 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-12 |
| 1928 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 7-14 |
| 1927 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 6-34 |
| 1922 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-9 |
| 1921 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 14-21 |
| 1920 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-20 |
| 1919 | Tie | Nashville | T | 0-0 |
| 1918 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-33 |
| 1917 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 0-5 |
| 1916 | Vanderbilt win | Lexington | L | 0-45 |
| 1911 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-18 |
| 1907 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-40 |
| 1906 | Vanderbilt win | Nashville | L | 0-28 |
The head-to-head series, every meeting on record since 1906.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the all-time record between Kentucky and Vanderbilt?
Kentucky is 49-42-4 against Vanderbilt across 95 meetings on record since 1906. Kentucky leads the series.
When did Kentucky last play Vanderbilt?
They last met in 2025, a 17-45 loss for Kentucky.