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Kentucky vs Penn State Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEKentucky3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOPenn State3 recorded wins
6Recorded meetings
1975Earliest documented
2018Most 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.

6 games
  1. 1975
    Kentucky3 — 10Penn State
    Oct 4, 1975Penn State won
  2. 1976
    Kentucky22 — 6Penn State
    Oct 2, 1976Kentucky won
  3. 1977
    Kentucky24 — 20Penn State
    Oct 1, 1977Kentucky won
  4. 1978
    Kentucky0 — 30Penn State
    Oct 7, 1978Penn State won
  5. 1998
    Kentucky14 — 26Penn State
    Jan 1, 1999Penn State won
  6. 2018
    Kentucky27 — 24Penn State
    Jan 1, 2019Kentucky wonCamping World Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2018Kentucky vs Penn State27–24Kentucky won
1998Kentucky vs Penn State14–26Penn State won
1978Kentucky vs Penn State0–30Penn State won
1977Kentucky vs Penn State24–20Kentucky won
1976Kentucky vs Penn State22–6Kentucky won
1975Kentucky vs Penn State3–10Penn State 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.