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Kentucky vs Southern Miss Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEKentucky4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–1WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOSouthern Miss1 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1949Earliest documented
2024Most 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.

5 games
  1. 1949
    Kentucky71 — 7Southern Miss
    Sep 17, 1949Kentucky won
  2. 1986
    Kentucky32 — 0Southern Miss
    Oct 4, 1986Kentucky won
  3. 2016
    Kentucky35 — 44Southern Miss
    Sep 3, 2016Southern Miss wonKroger Field
  4. 2017
    Kentucky24 — 17Southern Miss
    Sep 2, 2017Kentucky wonM. M. Roberts Stadium
  5. 2024
    Kentucky31 — 0Southern Miss
    Aug 31, 2024Kentucky wonKroger Field
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Kentucky vs Southern Miss31–0Kentucky won
2017Kentucky vs Southern Miss24–17Kentucky won
2016Kentucky vs Southern Miss35–44Southern Miss won
1986Kentucky vs Southern Miss32–0Kentucky won
1949Kentucky vs Southern Miss71–7Kentucky 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.