Kentucky is now 2-4 this season and 0-4 in Southeastern Conference play after last week’s 16-13 loss to the Longhorns.
Tennessee is 5-2 and 2-2 in league play after falling at Alabama 37-20 last weekend.
The Vols have won the last four matchups between the teams, a streak Kentucky will be looking to break on Saturday.
KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE
The Series
- Tennessee leads the all-time series with Kentucky, 85-26-9
- Tennessee also leads in Lexington, 40-15-3.
- UT has a four-game winning streak over UK.
- The last time UK defeated UT was in a 34-7 triumph on the road in 2020.
- The last time UK defeated UT in Lexington was in a 29-26 triumph in 2017.
In the Last Meeting
- Tennessee defeated Kentucky, 28-18, in Knoxville, on Nov. 2, 2024.
- In the first quarter, Brock Vandagriff and Josh Kattus connected on a 27-yard touchdown to go on the board first.
- It marked the first touchdown Tennessee had given up in the first quarter all last season.
- In the fourth quarter, Vandagriff and Ja’Mori Maclin connected on a two-point conversion to make it a three-point game with 13 minutes remaining.
- It marked UK’s first two-point conversion since a Stephen Johnson conversion pass to Benny Snell Jr. in 2017.
- The Wildcats had nine receivers in the game, the most since the Cats used 11 receivers against South Carolina on Oct. 8, 2022.
The Connections
- Kentucky has five players from the state of Tennessee on its roster: S Martels Carter Jr. (Chattanooga), RB James Dalrymple (Clarksville), DL Kalen Edwards (Dyersburg), LB Kris Thompson (Nashville), OLB Steven Soles Jr. (Powell)