Schedule (2026)

	Game Date	Home VS Away	Score	Game Stats
	Sep-05 2026	Kentucky  -VS-  Youngstown St (OH)	WIN 45 - 13	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 6-70 205 301 506 0 8 3 Youngstown St (OH) 4-28 59 246 305 1 15 8 2nd meeting between the schools / 1st played in 2022, Kentucky won 31-0 / Youngstown State plays in the Missouri Valley Football Conference / the MVFC is arguably the best league in all of the FCS / In 2025 Youngstown made the FCS Tourney / The Penguins went 8-5 in 2025, losing in the 1st round of the tourney to IVY League Champ, Yale, 43-42!
	Sep-12 2026	Kentucky  -VS-  Alabama	LOSS 17 - 45	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 8-70 63 146 209 3 14 1 Alabama 8-45 155 188 343 3 11 5 The Tide has rolled in this series, they have dominated Kentucky, winning 39 of 42 games! Bana's record vs the Wildcats is 39-2-1! The teams 1st met in 1917 with Bama winning, 27-0 They played again in 1922, UK won 6-0. Since then Alabama has put together three massive win streaks, one for 17 (1923 thru 1938), another of 14 games (1940 thru1996), and finally winning 8 straight beginning in 2008 thru 2023!
	Sep-19 2026	Texas A&M  -VS-  Kentucky	WIN 21 - 31	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Texas A&M 2-10 187 236 423 2 17 9 Kentucky 7-59 156 252 408 0 9 3 The Wildcats & Aggies have met just 3 times in their long FB histories / In fact, A&M & UK have played only once as Southeastern Conferences foes (2018, 20-14 A&M won) This single game flies in the face, of the fact, that A&M has been in the league since 2012 (15 years = one conference game? / The teams 1st met in 1952, @ College Station, TX, UK won, 10-7 / The teams played the following year (1953) in Lexington, KY, this time A&M prevailed, 7-6!
	Sep-26 2026	Kentucky  -VS-  South Alabama	WIN 45 - 21	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 2-22 390 177 567 2 8 2 South Alabama 6-50 88 266 354 2 15 4
	Oct-03 2026	South Carolina  -VS-  Kentucky	WIN 34 - 35 Overtime	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions South Carolina 7-60 232 226 458 2 16 8 Kentucky 4-38 122 272 394 0 14 4
	Oct-10 2026	Kentucky  -VS-  LSU	WIN 35 - 34 Overtime	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 2-20 155 246 401 0 14 5 LSU 7-50 94 316 410 2 13 7
	Oct-17 2026	Oklahoma  -VS-  Kentucky	WIN 13 - 21	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Oklahoma 4-31 76 270 346 4 17 8 Kentucky 4-32 72 158 230 0 12 5
	Oct-24 2026	Kentucky  -VS-  Vanderbilt	WIN 34 - 17	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 3-24 173 203 376 0 13 8 Vanderbilt 9-75 15 247 262 2 12 7
BYE WEEK!
	Nov-07 2026	Tennessee  -VS-  Kentucky	LOSS 34 - 6	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Tennessee 6-60 240 149 389 0 12 5 Kentucky 7-50 137 224 361 3 14 6
	Nov-14 2026	Kentucky  -VS-  Florida	N/A	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 These Southeastern Conference Rivals has lined-it up 75 times / FL leads the series, 54-21-0 / Teams 1st met in 1917, UK won in Lexington, 52-0 / In the last 10: Teams have split, 5 apiece (it should be noted UK had to vacate their 20-13 win, in 2021) / Lonest win streak: FL won 33 straight (1987 thru 2017) while UK's 4 (1948 thru 1951) / Largest Margin of Victory (MOV) Florida's is 66 (73-7 in 1994) & Kentucky's is 52 (52-0 1917)
	Nov-21 2026	Missouri  -VS-  Kentucky	N/A	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missouri & Kentucky hsve played 23 times / The Wildcats lead the series, 8-5-0 / The teams 1st met in 1965, in Columbia MO, KY won, 7-0 / These Universities last played in 2023, Mizz won, 38-21 / in the last 10: the teams have each won 5 games (It should be noted the KY's win (35-28) in 2021 was vacated) / WIN Streak: UK 5 in a row (2015-2019) MO 3 (2012-2014) MOV: Mizzou 31 points (48-17 in 2013) & KY's is 22 (29-7 in 2019)
	Nov-28 2026	Kentucky  -VS-  Louisville (KY)	N/A	Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Louisville (KY) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 This is one of Four, ACC vs Southeastern Conference rivalry games played, every year, during Rivalry Weekend (Thanksgiving weekend)! The other 3 games are; FL vs FSU, UGA vs GT, & SC vs Clemson!) Kentucky leads the series vs Louisville, 19-17-0 / The teams have split the last 10 games @ 5 apiece! Louisville has won the lsst two games in Lexington (2024), 41-14 & in Louisville (2025), 41-0
Record 2026 Overall: W:7 L:2 T:0 Conf: W:7 L:2 T:0 Division: W:7 L:2 T:0			Totals Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions Kentucky 43 - 385 Yards 1473 1979 3452 8 106 37 Opponents 53 - 409 Yards 1146 2144 3290 18 128 61

KEY

Colored Dots Indicate that the game is outside of their division.

• = Conference Game
• = Power Four Opponent
• = Group of 5 Opponent
• = FCS Opponent
• = Non-Division I Opponent

Offense Data   Back To Top

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Offense Total Yards

Games	Yards	Avg. Yards Per Game
9	3452	384

Offense Passing

Games	Yards	Avg. Passing Yards Per Game
9	1979	220

Offense Rushing

Games	Yards	Avg. Rushing Yards Per Game
9	1473	164

Offense Scoring

Games	Total Points	Avg. Points Per Game
9	269	30

Offense Turnovers

Games	Turnovers	Avg. Turnovers Per Game
9	8	0.89

Offense Third Down Conversion

Third Down Attempts	Third Down Coversions	Third Down Conversion Percentage
106	37	34.9%

Offense Red Zone

Games	RZ Drives	RZ Scores	RZ Points	RZ Rushing TD	RZ Passing TD	RZ TD Total	RZ Field Goals	RZ Scoring Percentage	RZ TD Percentage
9	29	24	129	12	7	19	5	83%	66%

Defense Data   Back To Top

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Defense Total Yards

Games	Opponent Total Yards	Opponent Avg. Yards Per Game
9	3290	366

Defense Passing

Games	Opponent Total Passing Yards	Opponent Avg. Passing Yards Per Game
9	2144	238

Defense Rushing

Games	Opponent Total Rushing Yards	Opponent Avg. Passing Yards Per Game
9	1146	127

Defense Scoring

Games	Opponent Total Points	Opponent Avg. Points Per Game
9	232	26

Defense Turnovers

Games	Opponent Turnovers	Opponent Avg. Turnovers Per Game
9	18	2

Defense Third Down Stops

Opponent Third Down Attempts	Opponent Third Down Coversions	Opponent Third Down Conversion Percentage
128	61	47.7%

Defense Red Zone

Games	Opponent RZ Drives	Opponent RZ Scores	Opponent RZ Points	Opponent RZ Rushing_TD	Opponent RZ Passing_TD	Opponent RZ Zone TD	Opponent RZ Field Goals	Opponent RZ Scoring Percentage	Opponent RZ TD Percentage
9	25	23	123	10	8	18	5	92%	72%