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Comparison of the two universities | ||
| School | UK | U of L |
|---|---|---|
| Logo | File:UKentucky logo.png | 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 | Freedom Hall |
The Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals, athletic programs for the two largest universities in Kentucky, are intense sport rivals. The teams first played each other in 1912 but both rivalries were largely dormant for several decades until the teams started playing regularly in the 1980s and 1990s. Historically, basketball has been the more important of the two rivalries but the football rivalry has also become more heated in recent years. The rivalry became even more intense after Rick Pitino, former head basketball coach for Kentucky, became the coach of Louisville.[1] 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.
Background
The University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville are the two largest universities in the state of Kentucky and are the only major athletic programs in the state, 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 1846 as a municipally supported institution by the combination of two medical schools and a newly established law school. It didn't join the state university system until 1970.
The University of Kentucky grew out of three prior institutions. Founded in 1780, Transylvania Seminary merged with Bacon College, later known as Kentucky University, in 1865. Due to concerns regarding a religious entity receiving a land grant under the Morrill Act, the university's agricultural and mechanical college was spun off as Kentucky A&M in 1878 as an independent, state-run institution. Kentucky A&M is now known as the University of Kentucky. Lexington Theological Seminary traces its roots to Bacon College, and Kentucky University changed its name to that of its oldest entity, Transylvania University in 1908 to avoid confusion with the University of Kentucky.
Basketball
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Battle for the Bluegrass (basketball) | |
| Kentucky Wildcats | Louisville Cardinals |
| Originated | 1913 |
| Continuity | Continuous since 1983 |
| Overall series leader | Kentucky (27-14) |
| Modern series leader | Kentucky (18-11) |
| Current champion | Kentucky |
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 elite eight of the 1983 NCAA Tournament. Since that year, the rivalry has been renewed and the two teams have met each year, usually in late December or early January. Kentucky leads the all-time basketball series with Louisville, 26 games to 14, and leads the modern series seventeen to eleven.[2] In four tournament meetings, the teams are tied at two games apiece.
| 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 | |
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.
Football
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Governor's Cup (football) | |
| Kentucky Wildcats | Louisville Cardinals |
| Originated | 1912 |
| Next meeting | 2009-09-12[3] |
| Continuity | Continuous since 1994 |
| Overall series leader | Kentucky (13-9) |
| Modern series leader | Louisville (9-7) |
| Current champion | Kentucky |
| Kentucky (13) 1912 1913 1914 1915 1922 1924 1994 1997 1998 2002 2007 2008 2009 |
Louisville (9) 1995 1996 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 |
When Kentucky and Louisville first started played each other in football in 1912, Louisville's football program was still in its infancy. Kentucky dominated six meetings between the teams from 1912 until 1924, holding Louisville scoreless in all six games, after which the teams stopped playing. Kentucky is recognized by the NCAA as its national champion in football for the 1950 season by virtue of the Sagarin ratings, but since then neither program has been particularly strong in football. As the basketball rivalry intensified and both schools' football programs improved, the two teams began playing annually in 1994 after an 80 year dormancy and the rivalry began in earnest. Kentucky leads the all-time football series with Louisville, thirteen games to nine. In the modern series, Louisville leads Kentucky, nine games to seven.
| Date | Site | Winning team | Losing team | Series | ||
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| 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 |
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.
See also
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Louisville Cardinals
- Governor's Cup (Kentucky)
- Traditional athletic rivalries in many countries of the world
References
- ^ "Best Rivalries: Kentucky vs. Louisville". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Kentucky's Record versus Louisville". Big Blue History. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ "Louisville Cardinals 2009 football schedule". Retrieved 2008-11-20.
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