Kentucky–Tennessee football rivalry

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The Kentucky–Tennessee football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Kentucky Wildcats and Tennessee Volunteers. The border rivals have faced off on the gridiron since 1893, making it one of the oldest series in major college football. It was close in the early years, with Kentucky holding a series lead after the first 22 match-ups, but since the early 1930s, Tennessee has dominated the cross-border rivalry. Even-yeared games are played in Knoxville, and odd-yeared games are played in Lexington. The game has never been contested in any other location. Both schools were charter members of the Southeastern Conference when it was established in 1932. Since that season, Tennessee has a 74–16–3 record against Kentucky, including a streak of 26 straight victories from 1985 to 2010, which is one of the longest such streaks in NCAA history. The Wildcats did not win any games against the Volunteers during the 1940s, 1990s, or 2000s. The only decade of the SEC era in which...

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