Centre–Kentucky rivalry

The Centre–Kentucky rivalry was an intercollegiate sports rivalry between Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. The two school first met in football in 1891 and basketball in 1906. The two rivals last played in 1929 in both sports.[1]

Football

Centre–Kentucky football rivalry
Centre Colonels
Kentucky Wildcats
SportFootball
First meetingDecember 19, 1891
Centre, 6–0
Latest meetingOctober 26, 1929
Kentucky, 33–0
Statistics
Meetings total35
All-time seriesCentre, 21–12–2
Largest victoryKentucky, 81–0 (1904)
Longest win streakCentre, 7 (1917–1924)
Current win streakKentucky, 3 (1927–1929)
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Football series

Game in 1918 cancelled due to flu epidemic. Kentucky is known as Kentucky State College before 1913. Centre merges with Central in 1901.

Kentucky victoriesCentre victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 December 19, 1891 Lexington, KY Centre 6–0
2 October 28, 1893 Danville, KY Centre 6–4
3 November 17, 1894 Lexington, KY Centre 67–0
4 October 19, 1895 Danville, KY Kentucky State College6–0
5 November 28, 1895 Lexington, KY Centre 16–0
6 October 31, 1896 Danville, KY Centre 32–0
7 November 14, 1896 Lexington, KY Centre 44–0
8 November 25, 1897 Lexington, KY Centre 36–0
9 November 5, 1898 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 6–0
10 October 21, 1899 Danville, KY Tie11–11
11 October 13, 1900 Danville, KY Centre 5–0
12 November 16, 1901 Lexington, KY Central University 5–0
13 November 1, 1902 Danville, KY Central University 15–0
14 October 12, 1904 Danville, KY Kentucky State College 40–0
15 November 19, 1904 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 81–0
16 November 25, 1905 Lexington, KY Tie11–11
17 November 29, 1906 Lexington, KY Central University 12–6
18 November 28, 1907 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 11–0
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
19 November 26, 1908 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 40–0
20 November 25, 1909 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 15–6
21 November 24, 1910 Lexington, KY Central University 12–6
22 November 23, 1911 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 8–5
23 October 7, 1916 Lexington, KY Kentucky 68–0
24 November 3, 1917 Danville, KY Centre 3–0
25 November 15, 1919 Danville, KY Centre 56–0
26 November 13, 1920 Lexington, KY Centre 49–0
27 November 5, 1921 Danville, KY Centre 55–0
28 November 4, 1922 Lexington, KY Centre 27–3
29 November 3, 1923 Danville, KY Centre 10–0
30 November 1, 1924 Lexington, KY Centre 7–0
31 October 31, 1925 Danville, KY Kentucky 16–0
32 November 20, 1926 Lexington, KY Centre 7–0
33 November 19, 1927 Danville, KY Kentucky 53–0
34 October 27, 1928 Lexington, KY Kentucky 8–0
35 October 26, 1929 Danville, KY Kentucky 33–0
Series: Centre leads 20–13–2

Basketball

Starting in 1906, Kentucky won the first three games but only before Centre College did the same, tying the series at 3. For the next three games Kentucky and Centre traded wins and the series lead, until Centre went on a five-game winning streak to break the tie.

The series was put on hold in 1910 and resumed in 1912 with Kentucky winning both games that year. The series was again put on hold for the 1913 and 1914 seasons. The next year the two met in Danville, with the result being the same, Kentucky blowing out Centre 38–5. Kentucky would win the next three games and extend their win streak to five, tying Centre's longest streak. The streak was snapped at five when Centre beat Kentucky twice in the next three games.

Starting in 1918 it was Centre's turn to dominate once again. The Colonels would rally of six straight wins over the Wildcats, once again taking the series lead over Kentucky. Kentucky would bounce back and win three straight games, but Centre responded by winning the following two. These two wins would be Centre's last against Kentucky.

Going into the '20s Kentucky held a losing record of 15–11 to their rival. Kentucky however was shedding its label as a struggling program under Coach Buncheit and later Coach Mauer. Kentucky would defeat Centre in every game after 1924, carrying their win streak to a total of 11 by the end of the series in 1930. The same year Coach Rupp would take the coaching job after John Mauer.

Basketball series

Centre-Kentucky Basketball Rivalry
Centre Colonels
Kentucky Wildcats
SportMen's Basketball
First meetingJanuary 6, 1906
Latest meetingNovember 3, 2017
Next meetingUnscheduled
Statistics
Meetings total36
Most winsKentucky: 26
All-time seriesKentucky 26 – 19 Centre
Largest victoryKentucky: 42 Points (1912) Centre: 70 Points (1910)
Current win streakKentucky: 11 Wins (+1 Exhibition Win)
Kentucky victoriesCentre victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 January 19, 1906 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 15–14
2 January 26, 1906 Danville, KY Kentucky State College 17–15
3 January 25, 1907 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 22–9
4 February 12, 1907 Danville, KY Central University 25–23OT
5 March 9, 1907 Lexington, KY Central University 15–13
6 January 25, 1908 Danville, KY Central University 32–21
7 February 13, 1908 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 31–20
8 March 7, 1908 Danville, KY Central University 29–10
9 January 27, 1909 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 24–23
10 February 6, 1909 Danville, KY Central University 35–20
11 February 26, 1909 Lexington, KY Central University 26–20
12 January 28, 1910 Danville, KY Central University 87–17
13 March 5, 1910 Lexington, KY Central University 31–13
14 March 11, 1910 Danville, KY Central University 51–9
15 January 12, 1912 Danville, KY Kentucky State College 32–13
16 February 1, 1912 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College 52–10
17 February 15, 1916 Danville, KY Kentucky 38–5
18 February 29, 1916 Lexington, KY Kentucky 38–14
19 January 17, 1917 Lexington, KY Kentucky 31–21
20 February 16, 1917 Danville, KY Centre College 28–24
21 January 17, 1918 Danville, KY Centre College 29–21
22 February 21, 1918 Lexington, KY Kentucky 22–203 OT
23 March 9, 1918 Louisville, KY Centre College 24–12
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
24 January 25, 1919 Danville, KY Centre College 38–30
25 February 24, 1919 Lexington, KY Centre College 21–10
26 February 14, 1920 Danville, KY Centre College 44–15
27 March 6, 1920 Lexington, KY Centre College 20–18OT
28 February 8, 1921 Danville, KY Centre College 29–27
29 February 18, 1921 Lexington, KY Kentucky 20–13
30 February 4, 1922 Danville, KY Kentucky 28–21
31 February 20, 1922 Lexington, KY Kentucky 40–23
32 January 27, 1923 Lexington, KY Centre College 21–14
33 February 14, 1923 Danville, KY Centre College 17–10
34 February 9, 1924 Danville, KY Kentucky 27–18
35 February 21, 1924 Lexington, KY Kentucky 38–24
36 January 17, 1925 Lexington, KY Kentucky 33–26
37 February 21, 1925 Lexington, KY Kentucky 39–10
38 January 22, 1926 Lexington, KY Kentucky 45–25
39 February 4, 1926 Danville, KY Kentucky 46–19
40 January 29, 1927 Lexington, KY Kentucky 27–25
41 February 12, 1927 Danville, KY Kentucky 22–16
42 January 9, 1928 Danville, KY Kentucky 36–23
43 February 18, 1928 Lexington, KY Kentucky 30–20
44 February 13, 1929 Lexington, KY Kentucky 47–11
45November 3, 2017 Lexington, KY Kentucky106–63Exhibition
Series: Kentucky leads 26–19

See also

References

  1. ^ Kleppinger, Ben (November 1, 2018). "89 years ago, Kentucky ended its football rivalry with Centre College". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

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