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Vanderbilt vs Western Kentucky Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEVanderbilt5 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD5–1WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWestern Kentucky1 recorded wins
6Recorded meetings
1931Earliest documented
2017Most 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. 1931
    Vanderbilt52 — 0Western Kentucky
    Sep 26, 1931Vanderbilt won
  2. 1932
    Vanderbilt26 — 0Western Kentucky
    Oct 8, 1932Vanderbilt won
  3. 1938
    Vanderbilt12 — 0Western Kentucky
    Oct 1, 1938Vanderbilt won
  4. 2015
    Vanderbilt12 — 14Western Kentucky
    Sep 4, 2015Western Kentucky wonFirstBank Stadium
  5. 2016
    Vanderbilt31 — 30Western Kentucky
    Sep 24, 2016Vanderbilt wonHouchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium
  6. 2017
    Vanderbilt31 — 17Western Kentucky
    Nov 4, 2017Vanderbilt wonFirstBank Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2017Vanderbilt vs Western Kentucky31–17Vanderbilt won
2016Vanderbilt vs Western Kentucky31–30Vanderbilt won
2015Vanderbilt vs Western Kentucky12–14Western Kentucky won
1938Vanderbilt vs Western Kentucky12–0Vanderbilt won
1932Vanderbilt vs Western Kentucky26–0Vanderbilt won
1931Vanderbilt vs Western Kentucky52–0Vanderbilt 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.