Indiana–Kentucky football rivalry

Battle of the Barrel
Sport Football
First meeting November 30, 1893
Indiana 24, Kentucky 24
Latest meeting September 17, 2005
Indiana 38, Kentucky 14
Next meeting TBD
Trophy Bourbon Barrel (1987–1999)
Statistics
Meetings total 36
All-time series Indiana 18–17–1
Largest victory Kentucky, 48–14 (1984)
Longest win streak Indiana, 8 (1919–1973)
Current win streak Indiana, 1 (2005–present)

The Indiana–Kentucky football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers and Kentucky Wildcats. The Hoosiers played the Wildcats first met in 1893 in Lexington and both tied the game at 24. They played annually in football from 1987 until 2005 in what was known as the "Bourbon Barrel" game as C. M. Newton wanted something similar to the Kentucky–Tennessee rivalry, beer barrel.

Bourbon Barrel

The two teams played for a trophy called the "Bourbon Barrel" from 1987 until both schools mutually agreed to retire the trophy in 1999 following the alcohol-related death of a Kentucky football player.[1] Indiana leads the series (18–17–1).[2]

Game results

Indiana victoriesKentucky victoriesTie games

See also

References

  1. "IU gears up for rival". Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  2. College Football Data Warehouse, Indiana vs Kentucky. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.