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Kentucky vs Rutgers Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Kentucky and Rutgers.

PROGRAM ONEKentucky2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–2–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWORutgers2 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1984Earliest documented
1990Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

5 games
  1. 1984
    Kentucky27 — 14Rutgers
    Oct 6, 1984Kentucky won
  2. 1986
    Kentucky16 — 16Rutgers
    Sep 13, 1986Tie
  3. 1987
    Kentucky18 — 19Rutgers
    Sep 26, 1987Rutgers won
  4. 1989
    Kentucky33 — 26Rutgers
    Oct 14, 1989Kentucky won
  5. 1990
    Kentucky8 — 24Rutgers
    Sep 8, 1990Rutgers won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1990Kentucky vs Rutgers8–24Rutgers won
1989Kentucky vs Rutgers33–26Kentucky won
1987Kentucky vs Rutgers18–19Rutgers won
1986Kentucky vs Rutgers16–16Tie
1984Kentucky vs Rutgers27–14Kentucky won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.