Kentucky–Louisville rivalry

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School University of Kentucky University of Louisville
Logo Uk logo preston ursini.svg Logo of the University of Louisville
Ownership Commonwealth of Kentucky Commonwealth of Kentucky
Location Lexington, KY Louisville, KY
Conference Southeastern Big East
Students 27,209 21,841
School Colors Blue & White Red & Black
Nickname Wildcats Cardinals
Mascot(s) Blue, The Wildcat, Scratch Cardinal Bird
Football Stadium Commonwealth Stadium Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Basketball Arena Rupp Arena (men)
Memorial Coliseum (women)		 KFC Yum! Center

The Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals, athletic programs for the most prominent universities in Kentucky, are intense sport rivals. The teams first played each other in 1912 (football) and 1913 (basketball). The yearly men's basketball game is called the Battle for the Bluegrass and the yearly football game is played for the Governor's Cup trophy. Many of the schools' other sports teams also play annually despite the fact that the teams are not in the same conference.

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[edit] Background

The University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville are the two largest universities in the state of Kentucky, the Wildcats being members of the Southeastern Conference and the Cardinals being members of the Big East conference.

The University of Louisville was founded in 1798, it was a municipally supported institution. With the combination of two medical schools and a newly established law school in 1846 it was given it's current name, University of Louisville, by the General Assembly. It remained independent until 1970, when due to financial concerns it joined the state system.[1][2]

The University of Kentucky was founded when John Bryan Bowman founded the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky (A&M), a publicly chartered department of Kentucky University, after receiving federal support through the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act in 1865.[3]

[edit] Basketball

Battle for the Bluegrass
Kentucky Wildcats Louisville Cardinals
Sport(s) Men's Basketball
Total meetings 43
Series record Kentucky leads, 29-14
First meeting February 15, 1913
Kentucky 34, Louisville 10
Last meeting December 31, 2011
Kentucky 69, Louisville 62
Next meeting
Largest win Kentucky, 91–57 (1948) Kentucky 85-51 (1986)
Longest win streak Kentucky, 5 (1916, 1922 (twice), 1948, 1951)
Current win streak Kentucky, 3 (2010–present)
Trophy none

Kentucky and Louisville first played against each other in 1913 but stopped playing each other in the 1920s. The rivalry was generally dormant with only occasional matchups until the teams met in the 1983 NCAA Tournament. Since then, the two teams have met each year in late December or early January. Kentucky leads the all-time basketball series with Louisville, 29 games to 14, and leads the modern series 20 to 11.[4] In four tournament meetings, the teams are tied at two games apiece. The Kentucky-Louisville basketball rivalry was ranked the 3rd best rivalry in all of college sports by Basketball Hall of Fame, contributor Dick Vitale. [5]

Date Site Winning team Losing team Series Notes
1913-02-15 Lexington, KY Kentucky       34 Louisville 10 UK 1-0
1914-02-07 Lexington, KY Kentucky 22 Louisville 17 UK 2-0
1914-03-03 Louisville, KY Kentucky 26 Louisville 13 UK 3-0
1915-01-23 Lexington, KY Kentucky 18 Louisville 14 UK 4-0
1915-02-27 Louisville, KY Louisville 26 Kentucky        15 UK 4-1
1916-02-12 Lexington, KY Louisville 28 Kentucky 22 UK 4-2
1916-02-22 Louisville, KY Kentucky 32 Louisville 24 UK 5-2
1922-01-17 Louisville, KY Kentucky 38 Louisville 14 UK 6-2
1922-01-21 Lexington, KY Kentucky 29 Louisville 22 UK 7-2
1948-03-27 New York City, NY Kentucky 91 Louisville 57 UK 8-2
1951-03-20 Raleigh, NC Kentucky (1) 79 Louisville 68 UK 9-2 NCAA Tournament First Round
1959-03-13 Evanston, IL Louisville 76 Kentucky (2) 61 UK 9-3 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1983-03-26† Knoxville, TN Louisville (2) 80 Kentucky (12) 68 UK 9-4 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1983-11-26 Louisville, KY Kentucky (1) 65 Louisville (6) 44 UK 10-4
1984-03-22 Lexington, KY Kentucky (3) 72 Louisville 67 UK 11-4 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1984-12-15 Louisville, KY Louisville (14) 71 Kentucky 64 UK 11-5
1985-12-28 Lexington, KY Kentucky (13) 69 Louisville (15) 64 UK 12-5
1986-12-27 Louisville, KY Kentucky (18) 85 Louisville 51 UK 13-5
1987-12-12 Lexington, KY Kentucky (1) 76 Louisville 75 UK 14-5
1988-12-31 Louisville, KY Louisville (14) 97 Kentucky 75 UK 14-6
1989-12-30 Lexington, KY Louisville (8) 86 Kentucky 79 UK 14-7
1990-12-29 Louisville, KY Kentucky (18) 93 Louisville 85 UK 15-7
1991-12-28 Lexington, KY Kentucky (17) 103 Louisville (21) 89 UK 16-7
1992-12-12 Louisville, KY Kentucky (3) 88 Louisville (9) 68 UK 17-7
1993-11-27 Lexington, KY Kentucky (2) 78 Louisville (7) 70 UK 18-7
1995-01-01 Louisville, KY Louisville 88 Kentucky (5) 86 UK 18-8
1995-12-23 Lexington, KY Kentucky (4) 89 Louisville (25) 66 UK 19-8
1996-12-31 Louisville, KY Kentucky (3) 74 Louisville (16) 54 UK 20-8
1997-12-27 Lexington, KY Louisville 79 Kentucky (4) 76 UK 20-9
1998-12-26 Louisville, KY Louisville 83 Kentucky (3) 74  UK 20-10 
1999-12-18 Lexington, KY Kentucky 76 Louisville 46 UK 21-10
2001-01-02 Louisville, KY Kentucky 64 Louisville 62 UK 22-10
2001-12-29 Lexington, KY Kentucky 82 Louisville (6) 62 UK 23-10
2002-12-28 Louisville, KY Louisville 81 Kentucky (14) 63 UK 23-11
2003-12-27 Lexington, KY Louisville (20) 65 Kentucky (2) 56 UK 23-12
2004-12-18 Louisville, KY Kentucky (9) 60 Louisville (13) 58 UK 24-12
2005-12-17 Lexington, KY Kentucky (23) 73 Louisville (4) 61 UK 25-12
2006-12-16 Louisville, KY Kentucky 61 Louisville 49 UK 26-12
2008-01-05 Lexington, KY Louisville 89 Kentucky 75 UK 26-13
2009-01-04 Louisville, KY Louisville (18) 74 Kentucky 71 UK 26-14
2010-01-03 Lexington, KY Kentucky (3) 71 Louisville 62 UK 27-14
2010-12-31 Louisville, KY Kentucky (11) 78 Louisville (22) 63 UK 28-14
2011-12-31 Lexington, KY Kentucky (3) 69 Louisville (4) 62 UK 29-14

Kentucky victories are shaded ██ blue. Louisville victories shaded in ██ red. † indicates overtime. Numbers in parentheses indicate a team's Associated Press Top 25 rank at the time of the games.

[edit] Football

The Governor's Cup
Kentucky Wildcats Louisville Cardinals
Sport(s) Football
Total meetings 24
Series record Kentucky leads, 14-10
First meeting October 28, 1912
Kentucky 41, Louisville 0
Last meeting September 17, 2011
Louisville 24, Kentucky 17
Next meeting September 1, 2012
Largest win Kentucky, 63–0 (1922)
Longest win streak Kentucky, 7 (1912–1915, 1922, 1924, 1994)
Current win streak Louisville, 1 (2011–present)
Trophy The Governor's Cup

Kentucky and Louisville first played each other in football in 1912. Kentucky dominated six meetings between the teams from 1912 until 1924, holding Louisville scoreless in all six games, after which the teams stopped playing. In 1994, with former Kentucky player Howard Schnellenberger coaching Louisville, the series was revived after a 70-year dormancy. Kentucky leads the all-time football series with Louisville, 14 to 10. Since 1994, Louisville leads 10 to 8.

Date Site Winning team Losing team Series
1912-10-28  Lexington  Kentucky 41 Louisville 0 UK 1-0
1913-11-22 Louisville Kentucky 20 Louisville 0 UK 2-0
1914-11-14 Lexington Kentucky 42 Louisville 0 UK 3-0
1915-11-06 Louisville Kentucky 15 Louisville 0 UK 4-0
1922-10-14 Lexington Kentucky 63 Louisville 0 UK 5-0
1924-10-04 Lexington Kentucky 29 Louisville 0 UK 6-0
1994-09-03 Lexington Kentucky 20 Louisville 14 UK 7-0
1995-09-02 Lexington Louisville    13 Kentucky 10 UK 7-1
1996-08-31 Lexington Louisville 38 Kentucky     14 UK 7-2
1997-08-30 Lexington Kentucky 38 Louisville 24 UK 8-2
1998-09-05 Louisville Kentucky 68 Louisville 34 UK 9-2
1999-09-04 Lexington Louisville 56 Kentucky 28 UK 9-3
2000-09-02† Louisville Louisville 40 Kentucky 34 UK 9-4
2001-09-01 Lexington Louisville 36 Kentucky 10 UK 9-5
2002-09-01 Louisville Kentucky 22 Louisville (17) 17   UK 10-5  
2003-08-31 Lexington Louisville 40 Kentucky 24 UK 10-6
2004-09-04 Louisville Louisville 28 Kentucky 0 UK 10-7
2005-09-04 Lexington Louisville (12) 31 Kentucky 24 UK 10-8
2006-09-03 Louisville Louisville (13) 59 Kentucky 28 UK 10-9
 2007-09-15  Lexington Kentucky 40 Louisville (9) 34 UK 11-9
2008-08-31 Louisville Kentucky 27 Louisville 2 UK 12-9
 2009-09-19  Lexington Kentucky 31 Louisville 27 UK 13-9
2010-09-04 Louisville Kentucky 23 Louisville 16 UK 14-9
2011-09-17 Lexington Louisville 24 Kentucky 17 UK 14-10

Kentucky victories are shaded ██ blue. Louisville victories shaded in ██ red. † indicates overtime. Numbers in parentheses indicate a team's Associated Press Top 25 rank at the time of the games.

[edit] Howard Schnellenberger Award

NOTE:. The 2010 game was the inaugural year for the award. The award is given to the Most Valuable Player of the game. It is named for Howard Schnellenberger, who played under Bear Bryant for Kentucky and coached at Louisville.

Date Player Team Position Statistics
 9-04-2010  Derrick Locke Kentucky RB 23 Carries, 104 Yards, 2 TD's [6]
 9-17-2011  Dexter Heyman Louisville LB 12 Tackles & 1 Forced Fumbles

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "A brief history of UofL". A brief history of UofL. University of Louisville. http://louisville.edu/about/history.html. Retrieved 7 January 2012. 
  2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=JYoVg6RogawC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
  3. ^ "A Brief History of UK". Campus Guide. University of Kentucky. http://www.uky.edu/CampusGuide/uk-history.html. Retrieved 7 January 2012. 
  4. ^ "Kentucky's Record versus Louisville". Big Blue History. http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Louisville.html. Retrieved 2007-09-16. 
  5. ^ http://espn.go.com/espn/dickvitale/story/_/id/7561633/dick-vitale-picks-best-rivalries-college-sports
  6. ^ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302470097
  7. ^ http://www.lex18.com/news/louisville-linebacker-dexter-heyman-named-schnellenberger-mvp
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