Centre College–Kentucky rivalry

A historic rival in both basketball and football, Kentucky and nearby Centre College always played fiercely against each other. Centre with Transylvania and Georgetown College, Centre rounded off Kentucky's major rivalries before Rupp and long before Louisville or Indiana.

Football

Centre College–Kentucky rivalry
Sport Football
First meeting December 19, 1891
Centre 6, Kentucky 0
Latest meeting October 26, 1929
Kentucky 33, Centre 0
Statistics
Meetings total 35
All-time series Centre, 21–12–2
Largest victory Kentucky, 81–0 (1904)
Longest win streak Centre, 7 (1917–1924)

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
#DateLocationWinnerScore
11891-12-19 Lexington, KYCentre6–0
21893-10-28Danville, KY Centre6–4
31894-11-17 Centre 67–0
41895-10-19 Kentucky State College6–0
51895-11-28 Centre16–0
61896-10-31 Centre32–0
71896-11-14 Centre44–0
81897-11-25 Centre36–0
91898-11-5 Kentucky State College6–0
101899-10-21 Tie11–11
111900-10-13 Centre5–0
121901-11-16 Centre5–0
131902-11-1 Centre15–0
141904-10-12 Kentucky State College40–0
151904-11-19 Kentucky State College81–0
161905-11-25 Tie11–11
171906-11-29 Centre12–6
181907-11-28 Kentucky State College11–0
#DateLocationWinnerScore
191908-11-26 Kentucky State College40–0
201909-11-25 Kentucky State College15–6
211910-11-24 Centre12–6
221911-11-23 Kentucky State College8–5
231916-10-7 Kentucky68–0
241917-11-3 Centre3–0
251919-11-15 Centre56–0
261920-11-13 Centre49–0
271921-11-5 Centre55–0
281922-11-4 Centre27–3
291923-11-3 Centre10–0
301924-11-1 Centre7–0
311925-10-31 Kentucky16–0
321926-11-20 Centre7–0
331927-11-19 Kentucky53–0
341928-10-27 Kentucky8–0
351929-10-26 Kentucky33–0
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, unil Centre went on a fivegame win streak winning of the last games.

The series was put on hold in 1910 and resumed in 1912 with Kentucky winning both series 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 two games and extend their streak to five, also tying Centre's longest streak. Five was as long as the streak would go, 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 though, and win three straight games. Then Centre would winning back to back games. These two games 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.

Kentucky-Centre College Rivalry
Men's basketball regular season history
First meeting January 6, 1906
First result Kentucky State College (Kentucky) 15 – Central University (Centre College) 14
Latest meeting February 13, 1929
Latest result Kentucky 47 – Centre College 11
Next meeting TBA
Total number of meetings 35
Largest victory Kentucky: 42 points (1910), Centre College: 42 points (1912)
Current streak Kentucky 11
All-time series Kentucky leads 25–19
Men's basketball post-season history
Last meeting Never
Last result Never
All-time post-season series Kentucky 0 – Centre College 0

Basketball Series

Date Site Kentucky Centre College Series Notes
1906-1-19 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College       15 Central University 14 UK 1–0
1906-1-26 Danville, KY Kentucky State College       17 Central University 15 UK 2–0
1907-1-25 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College       22 Central University 9 UK 3–0
1907-2-12 Danville, KY Kentucky State College        23 Central University 15 UK 3–1
1907-3-9 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College        13 Central University 15 UK 3–2
1908-1-25 Danville, KY Kentucky State College        21 Central University 32 Tie 3–3
1908-2-13 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College       31 Central University 20 UK 4–3
1908-3-7 Danville, KY Kentucky State College        10 Central University 29 Tie 4–4
1909-1-27 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College       24 Central University 23 UK 5–4
1909-2-6 Danville, KY Kentucky State College        20 Central University 35 Tie 5–5
1909-2-26 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College        20 Central University 26 CC 6–5
1910-1-28 Danville, KY Kentucky State College        17 Central University 87 CC 7–5
1910-3-5 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College        13 Central University 31 CC 8–5
1910-3-11 Danville, KY Kentucky State College        9 Central University 51 CC 9–5
1912-1-12 Danville, KY Kentucky State College        32 Central University 13 CC 9–6
1912-2-1 Lexington, KY Kentucky State College       52 Central University 10 CC 9–7
1916-2-15 Danville, KY Kentucky       38 Centre College 5 CC 9–8
1916-2-29 Lexington, KY Kentucky       38 Centre College 14 Tie 9–9
1917-1-17 Lexington, KY Kentucky       31 Centre College 21 UK 10–9
1917-2-16 Danville, KY Kentucky        24 Centre College 28 Tie 10–10
1918-1-17 Danville, KY Kentucky        21 Centre College 29 CC 11–10
1918-2-21 Lexington, KY Kentucky        22 Centre College 20 Tie 11–11
1918-3-9 Louisville, KY Kentucky        12 Centre College 24 CC 12–11
1919-1-25 Danville, KY Kentucky        21 Centre College 29 CC 13–11
1919-2-24 Lexington, KY Kentucky        10 Centre College 21 CC 14–11
1920-2-14 Danville, KY Kentucky        15 Centre College 44 CC 15–11
1920-3-6 Lexington, KY Kentucky        18 Centre College 20 CC 16–11
1921-2-8 Danville, KY Kentucky        27 Centre College 29 CC 17–11
1921-2-18 Lexington, KY Kentucky        20 Centre College 13 CC 17–12
1922-2-4 Danville, KY Kentucky        28 Centre College 21 CC 17–13
1922-2-20 Lexington, KY Kentucky        40 Centre College 23 CC 17–14
1923-1-27 Lexington, KY Kentucky        14 Centre College 21 CC 18–14
1923-2-14 Danville, KY Kentucky        10 Centre College 17 CC 19–14
1924-2-9 Danville, KY Kentucky        27 Centre College 18 CC 19–15
1924-2-21 Lexington, KY Kentucky        38 Centre College 24 CC 19–16
1925-1-17 Lexington, KY Kentucky        33 Centre College 26 CC 19–17
1925-2-21 Lexington, KY Kentucky        39 Centre College 10 CC 19–18
1926-1-22 Lexington, KY Kentucky        '45 Centre College 25 Tie 19–19
1926-2-4 Danville, KY Kentucky        46 Centre College 19 UK 20–19
1927-1-29 Lexington, KY Kentucky        27 Centre College 25 UK 21–19
1927-2-12 Danville, KY Kentucky        22 Centre College 16 UK 22–19
1928-1-9 Danville, KY Kentucky        36 Centre College 23 UK 23–19
1928-2-18 Lexington, KY Kentucky        30 Centre College 20 UK 24–19
1929-2-13 Lexington, KY Kentucky        47 Centre College 11 UK 25–19

References

    http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/rivalCentreCollege.html http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/CentreCollege.html

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