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Inside The Numbers: "The Tennessee Streak"

By Corey Price

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It doesn’t matter which side you speak to, Kentucky football fans or Tennessee football fans. All you have to do is mention two little words and they both know what it means and its significance. These two words have meant pure domination for one side and pure frustration for the other. Those two words are “The Streak”. And alot of Kentucky football fans can even recite one particular date for you: November 24th, 1984. That’s the last time Kentucky defeated Tennessee in football, a streak that has now lasted 26 years. The above picture is of Kentucky players carrying head coach Jerry Claiborne on their shoulders after their defeat of Tennessee at Neyland Stadium. That was on the front page of The Cats’ Pause the week after the win and the title “The Victory Ride” has not been commonplace for the Wildcats. When the two teams kickoff Saturday in Knoxville at 12:21 p.m., it’ll be 9,499 days since the Wildcats last beat the Volunteers. Over a quarter of a century ago, that’s hard to swallow for most Kentucky fans, including me. I was born on August 25th, 1985 so I’ve never been alive to witness a Kentucky victory over Tennessee. I am traveling down to Knoxville on Saturday and hopefully that’ll change. For more on “The Streak”, here are some numbers and facts of interest that I’ve compiled concerning the last 25 games played between Kentucky and Tennessee, unfortunately all victories for the Volunteers.

28 different teams have defeated Tennessee a total of 88 times since Kentucky last defeated Tennessee. Here are those teams and the number of times they have defeated the Volunteers:

Florida – 16
Alabama – 14
Georgia – 8
Auburn – 7
LSU – 6
South Carolina – 4
Arkansas – 3
Notre Dame – 3
Penn State – 3
UCLA – 3
Maryland – 2
Mississippi State – 2
Nebraska – 2
Army – 1
Boston College – 1
California – 1
Clemson – 1
Duke – 1
Georgia Tech -1
Kansas State – 1
Memphis – 1
Miami (FL) – 1
Ole Miss – 1
Oregon – 1
Vanderbilt – 1
Virginia Tech – 1
Washington State – 1
Wyoming – 1

Every other SEC team has defeated Tennessee at least once.

Average score: Tennessee – 37.6 Kentucky – 17 (941-424)

Most points scored by Tennessee: 59 (1997, 1998, 2000)
Least points scored by Tennessee: 16 (1991)
Most points scored by Kentucky: 50 (2007)
Least points scored by Kentucky: 0 (1985, 1993, 1994, 2002)
Most combined points scored by both teams: 102 (2007, Tennessee – 52 Kentucky – 50 4 Overtimes)
Least combined points scored by both teams: 23 (1991, Tennessee – 16 Kentucky – 7)
Largest margin of victory for Tennessee: 52 (1994, Tennessee – 52 Kentucky – 0)
Smallest margin of victory for Tennessee: 2 (1987, Tennessee – 24 Kentucky – 22 and 2007, Tennessee – 52 Kentucky – 50 4 Overtimes)

13 games played at Commonwealth Stadium (Average score: Tennessee – 36.7 Kentucky – 18.9)
12 games played at Neyland Stadium (Average score: Tennessee – 38.7 Kentucky – 14.8)

Defeats of 1 to 9 points: 9 times (1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
Defeats of 10 to 19 points: 5 times (1986, 1990, 2003, 2005, 2008)
Defeats of 20 to 29 points: 4 times (1989, 1992, 1997, 2002)
Defeats of 30 to 39 points: 3 times (1998, 1999, 2000)
Defeats of 40 points or more: 4 times (1985, 1993, 1994, 1996)

Tennessee scoring 10 to 19 points: 2 times (1991, 2006)
Tennessee scoring 20 to 29 points: 7 times (1986, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008)
Tennessee scoring 30 to 39 points: 6 times (1989, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2009)
Tennessee scoring 40 to 49 points: 3 times (1985, 1990, 1993)
Tennessee scoring 50 or more points: 7 times (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007)

Kentucky scoring 0 to 9 points: 8 times (1985, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Kentucky scoring 10 to 19 points: 5 times (1989, 1992, 1996, 2006, 2008)
Kentucky scoring 20 to 29 points: 7 times (1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009)
Kentucky scoring 30 or more points: 5 times (1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007)

Kentucky and Tennessee scoring a combined 20 to 29 points: 4 times (1991, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Kentucky and Tennessee scoring a combined 30 to 39 points: 3 times (1986, 2005, 2008)
Kentucky and Tennessee scoring a combined 40 to 49 points: 5 times (1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993)
Kentucky and Tennessee scoring a combined 50 to 59 points: 3 times (1988, 1994, 2009)
Kentucky and Tennessee scoring a combined 60 to 69 points: 3 times (1995, 1996, 2004)
Kentucky and Tennessee scoring a combined 70 to 79 points: 4 times (1990, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Kentucky and Tennessee scoring a combined 80 points or more: 3 times (1997, 1998, 2007)

Tennessee has been ranked in the AP Poll in 17 of the 25 games (1985, 1987, 1989-1993, 1995-1999, 2001, 2003-2004, 2006-2007) (Average score: Tennessee – 39.1  Kentucky – 19.4)
Tennessee has been unranked in 8 of the 25 games (1986, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008-2009) (Average score: Tennessee – 34.5 Kentucky – 11.9)

Kentucky has been unranked in all 25 of the games

Kentucky had a better record than Tennessee going into the game 4 times (1986, 1988, 2008, 2009) (Average score: Tennessee – 28.5 Kentucky – 16.8)
Kentucky had the same record as Tennessee going into the game 1 time (2002) (Score: Tennessee -24 Kentucky – 0)
Kentucky had a worse record than Tennessee going into the game 20 times (1985, 1987, 1989-2001, 2003-2007) (Average score: Tennessee – 40.2 Kentucky – 17.9)

Kentucky had the lead in the 4th quarter or overtime in 6 games (1987, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007)

5 games coached under Jerry Claiborne (1985-1989) (Average score: Tennessee – 30.6 Kentucky – 13)
7 games coached under Bill Curry (1990-1996) (Average score: Tennessee – 40.3 Kentucky – 12.7)
4 games coached under Hal Mumme (1997-2000) (Average score: Tennessee – 58.3 Kentucky – 23.3)
2 games coached under Guy Morriss (2001-2002) (Average score: Tennessee – 31 Kentucky – 17.5)
7 games coached under Rich Brooks (2003-2009) (Average score: Tennessee – 30.1 Kentucky – 20.3)

8 games played against Johnny Majors (1985-1992) (Average score: Tennessee – 30.6 Kentucky – 14.1)
16 games played against Phillip Fulmer (1993-2008) (Average score: Tennessee – 37 Kentucky – 15.9)
1 game played against Lane Kiffin (2009) (Score: Tennesse – 30 Kentucky – 24 Overtime)

Here are some occurrences since Kentucky last defeated Tennessee in football:

There have been 5 different U.S. Presidents (Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama)

There have been 4 different Tennessee head coaches (Johnny Majors, Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley)

There have been 6 different Kentucky head coaches (Jerry Claiborne, Bill Curry, Hal Mumme, Guy Morriss, Rich Brooks, Joker Phillips)

There have been 6 different Kentucky governors (Martha Layne Collins, Wallace G. Wilkinson, Brereton Jones, Paul E. Patton, Ernie Fletcher, Steve Beshear)

There have been 4 different Kentucky senators (Walter Huddleston, Mitch McConnell, Wendell H. Ford, Jim Bunning)

There have been 4 different University Of Kentucky presidents (Otis A. Singletary, David Roselle, Charles T. Wethington, Jr. Lee T. Todd, Jr.)

There have been 4 different University Of Kentucky athletic directors (Cliff Hagan, C.M. Newton, Larry Ivy, Mitch Bar
nhart)

There have been 5 different Tennessee governors (Ray Blanton, Lamar Alexander, Ned McWherter, Donald K. Sundquist, Phil Bredesen)

There have been 8 different Tennessee senators (Jim Sasser, Bill Frist, Bob Corker, Howard Baker, Al Gore, Jr., Harlan Mathews, Fred Thompson, Lamar Alexander)

There have been 7 different University of Tennessee presidents (Edward J. Boling, Lamar Alexander, Joseph E. Johnson, J. Wade Gilley, Emerson H. Fly, John W. Shumaker, John D. Peterson)

Kentucky Individual Game Highs
300 Yard Passing Games

  • 476, Tim Couch, 1997
  • 430, Andre Woodson, 2007
  • 406, Jared Lorenzen, 2001
  • 361, Dusty Bonner, 1999
  • 337, Tim Couch, 1998
  • 328, Jared Lorenzen, 2000

100 Yard Receiving Games

  • 170, Dee Smith, 1987
  • 157, Quentin McCord, 2000
  • 147, Kio Sanford, 1997
  • 120, Jacob Tamme, 2006
  • 118, Derek Abney, 2001
  • 114, James Whalen, 1999
  • 111, Scott Mitchell, 2004
  • 108, Rafael Little, 2007
  • 104, Jacob Tamme, 2007
  • 102, Craig Yeast, 1998

100 Yard Rushing Games

  • 151, Moe Williams, 1995
  • 137, Derek Homer, 1997
  • 137, Mark Higgs, 1987
  • 119, Rafael Little, 2006
  • 109, Matt Riazzi, 1992
  • 101, Randall Cobb, 2009

Tennessee Individual Game Records
Passing Yards: 523, Peyton Manning, 1997
Receiving Yards: 201, Carl Pickens, 1990

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