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Louisville vs Western Kentucky Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONELouisville12 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD12–1WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWestern Kentucky1 recorded wins
13Recorded meetings
1975Earliest documented
2020Most 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.

13 games
  1. 1975
    Louisville17 — 21Western Kentucky
    Sep 13, 1975Western Kentucky won
  2. 1982
    Louisville20 — 10Western Kentucky
    Sep 4, 1982Louisville won
  3. 1983
    Louisville41 — 22Western Kentucky
    Sep 10, 1983Louisville won
  4. 1984
    Louisville45 — 17Western Kentucky
    Oct 6, 1984Louisville won
  5. 1985
    Louisville23 — 14Western Kentucky
    Sep 21, 1985Louisville won
  6. 1986
    Louisville45 — 6Western Kentucky
    Sep 20, 1986Louisville won
  7. 1988
    Louisville35 — 17Western Kentucky
    Nov 12, 1988Louisville won
  8. 1989
    Louisville55 — 7Western Kentucky
    Nov 4, 1989Louisville won
  9. 1990
    Louisville41 — 7Western Kentucky
    Oct 27, 1990Louisville won
  10. 1998
    Louisville63 — 34Western Kentucky
    Oct 31, 1998Louisville won
  11. 2018
    Louisville20 — 17Western Kentucky
    Sep 15, 2018Louisville wonL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
  12. 2019
    Louisville38 — 21Western Kentucky
    Sep 14, 2019Louisville wonNissan Stadium
  13. 2020
    Louisville35 — 21Western Kentucky
    Sep 13, 2020Louisville wonL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2020Louisville vs Western Kentucky35–21Louisville won
2019Louisville vs Western Kentucky38–21Louisville won
2018Louisville vs Western Kentucky20–17Louisville won
1998Louisville vs Western Kentucky63–34Louisville won
1990Louisville vs Western Kentucky41–7Louisville won
1989Louisville vs Western Kentucky55–7Louisville won
1988Louisville vs Western Kentucky35–17Louisville won
1986Louisville vs Western Kentucky45–6Louisville won
1985Louisville vs Western Kentucky23–14Louisville won
1984Louisville vs Western Kentucky45–17Louisville won
1983Louisville vs Western Kentucky41–22Louisville won
1982Louisville vs Western Kentucky20–10Louisville won
1975Louisville vs Western Kentucky17–21Western Kentucky 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.