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Clemson vs Kentucky Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEClemson6 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD6–8WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOKentucky8 recorded wins
14Recorded meetings
1925Earliest documented
2023Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

14 games
  1. 1925
    Clemson6 — 19Kentucky
    Oct 10, 1925Kentucky won
  2. 1929
    Clemson6 — 44Kentucky
    Nov 2, 1929Kentucky won
  3. 1934
    Clemson0 — 7Kentucky
    Oct 13, 1934Kentucky won
  4. 1936
    Clemson6 — 7Kentucky
    Nov 14, 1936Kentucky won
  5. 1938
    Clemson14 — 0Kentucky
    Nov 12, 1938Clemson won
  6. 1952
    Clemson14 — 27Kentucky
    Nov 15, 1952Kentucky won
  7. 1971
    Clemson10 — 13Kentucky
    Sep 11, 1971Kentucky won
  8. 1981
    Clemson21 — 3Kentucky
    Oct 3, 1981Clemson won
  9. 1982
    Clemson24 — 6Kentucky
    Oct 2, 1982Clemson won
  10. 1985
    Clemson7 — 26Kentucky
    Oct 5, 1985Kentucky won
  11. 1993
    Clemson14 — 13Kentucky
    Dec 31, 1993Clemson won
  12. 2006
    Clemson20 — 28Kentucky
    Dec 29, 2006Kentucky wonNissan Stadium
  13. 2009
    Clemson21 — 13Kentucky
    Dec 28, 2009Clemson wonNissan Stadium
  14. 2023
    Clemson38 — 35Kentucky
    Dec 29, 2023Clemson wonEverBank Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Clemson vs Kentucky38–35Clemson won
2009Clemson vs Kentucky21–13Clemson won
2006Clemson vs Kentucky20–28Kentucky won
1993Clemson vs Kentucky14–13Clemson won
1985Clemson vs Kentucky7–26Kentucky won
1982Clemson vs Kentucky24–6Clemson won
1981Clemson vs Kentucky21–3Clemson won
1971Clemson vs Kentucky10–13Kentucky won
1952Clemson vs Kentucky14–27Kentucky won
1938Clemson vs Kentucky14–0Clemson won
1936Clemson vs Kentucky6–7Kentucky won
1934Clemson vs Kentucky0–7Kentucky won
1929Clemson vs Kentucky6–44Kentucky won
1925Clemson vs Kentucky6–19Kentucky 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.