Indiana–Kentucky football rivalry

Battle of the Barrel
	Indiana Hoosiers Kentucky Wildcats
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 30, 1893; Tied, 24–24
Latest meeting	September 17, 2005; Indiana, 38–14
Trophy	Bourbon Barrel (1987–1999)
Statistics
Meetings total	36
All-time series	Indiana 18–17–1
Largest victory	Kentucky, 49–7 (1997)
Longest win streak	Indiana, 8 (1919–1973)
Current win streak	Indiana, 1 (2005–present)

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Locations of Indiana and Kentucky

The Indiana–Kentucky football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers and Kentucky Wildcats. The Hoosiers played the Wildcats for the first time in 1893 at Lexington, and both tied the game at 24. They played annually in football from 1987 until 2005 in what was known as the "Bourbon Barrel" game as C. M. Newton wanted something similar to the Kentucky–Tennessee rivalry, beer barrel.

Bourbon Barrel

The two teams played for a trophy called the "Bourbon Barrel" from 1987 until both schools mutually agreed to retire the trophy in 1999 following the alcohol-related death of a Kentucky football player.^[2] Indiana leads the series (18–17–1).^[3]

Game results

Indiana victories	Kentucky victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	November 30, 1893	Lexington, KY	Tie	24–24
2	October 8, 1904	Bloomington, IN	Kentucky	12–0
3	October 7, 1905	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	29–0
4	October 5, 1918	Bloomington, IN	Kentucky	24–7
5	October 11, 1919	Lexington, KY	Indiana	24–0
6	October 9, 1926	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	14–6
7	October 1, 1927	Lexington, KY	Indiana	21–0
8	September 23, 1967	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	12–10
9	September 20, 1969	Lexington, KY	#14 Indiana	58–30
10	September 18, 1971	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	26–8
11	September 30, 1972	Lexington, KY	Indiana	35–34
12	September 29, 1973	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	17–3
13	September 28, 1974	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	28–22
14	September 22, 1979	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	18–10
15	September 20, 1980	Lexington, KY	Indiana	36–30
16	September 17, 1983	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	24–13
17	September 15, 1984	Bloomington, IN	Kentucky	48–14
18	September 19, 1987	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	34–15
19	September 17, 1988	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	36–15

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
20	September 9, 1989	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	17–14
21	September 15, 1990	Lexington, KY	Indiana	45–24
22	September 21, 1991	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	13–10
23	September 19, 1992	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	37–25
24	September 18, 1993	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	24–8
25	September 17, 1994	Lexington, KY	Indiana	59–29
26	September 16, 1995	Bloomington, IN	Kentucky	17–10
27	September 21, 1996	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	3–0
28	September 20, 1997	Bloomington, IN	Kentucky	49–7
29	September 19, 1998	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	31–27
30	September 18, 1999	Bloomington, IN	Kentucky	44–35
31	September 16, 2000	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	41–34
32	December 1, 2001	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	26–15
33	September 14, 2002	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	27–17
34	September 20, 2003	Bloomington, IN	Kentucky	34–17
35	September 18, 2004	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	51–32
36	September 17, 2005	Bloomington, IN	Indiana	38–14
Series: Indiana leads 18–17–1^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Winsipedia – Indiana Hoosiers vs. Kentucky Wildcats football series history". Winsipedia.
^ "IU gears up for rival". September 15, 2000. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014. Unlike IU's game with Purdue, which has been contested annually since 1920, the rivalry with Kentucky is still developing.
^ College Football Data Warehouse, Indiana vs Kentucky. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[series-1] "Winsipedia – Indiana Hoosiers vs. Kentucky Wildcats football series history". Winsipedia.

[2] "IU gears up for rival". September 15, 2000. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014. Unlike IU's game with Purdue, which has been contested annually since 1920, the rivalry with Kentucky is still developing.

[cfdwseriesrecord-3] College Football Data Warehouse, Indiana vs Kentucky. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

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v t e Indiana Hoosiers football
Venues	Athletic Field (1887–1897) Jordan Field (1898–1924) Memorial Stadium (old) (1925–1959) Memorial Stadium (1960–present) John Mellencamp Pavilion (practice; 1996–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Kentucky: Battle of the Barrel Michigan State: Battle for the Old Brass Spittoon Purdue: Old Oaken Bucket
Culture & lore	"Indiana, Our Indiana" Marching Hundred
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Kentucky Wildcats football
Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Kroger Field (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Florida Indiana Louisville: Governor's Cup Tennessee Transylvania: Battle On Broadway Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band Bluegrass Miracle 2003 Arkansas game Big Blue Nation
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks
Seasons	1881 1882–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Ten Conference football rivalries
Protected conference rivalries	Illinois–Northwestern Illinois–Purdue Indiana–Purdue Iowa–Minnesota Iowa–Nebraska Iowa–Wisconsin Maryland–Rutgers Michigan–Michigan State Michigan–Ohio State Minnesota–Wisconsin Oregon–Washington UCLA–USC
Other conference rivalries	Illinois–Indiana Illinois–Michigan Illinois–Ohio State Indiana–Michigan State Maryland–Penn State Michigan–Minnesota Michigan–Northwestern Michigan–Penn State Michigan State–Penn State Minnesota–Nebraska Minnesota–Penn State Nebraska–Wisconsin Ohio State–Penn State
Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Chicago–Michigan Chicago–Purdue California–UCLA Colorado–Nebraska Illinois–Missouri Indiana–Kentucky Iowa–Iowa State Kansas–Nebraska Kansas State–Nebraska Maryland–Navy Maryland–Virginia Maryland–West Virginia Miami–Nebraska Michigan–Notre Dame Michigan State–Notre Dame Missouri–Nebraska Nebraska–Oklahoma Northwestern–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Purdue Notre Dame–USC Oregon–Oregon State Northwest Championship (Oregon–Oregon State–Washington–Washington State) Oregon–Saint Mary's Penn State–Pittsburgh Penn State–Syracuse Penn State–West Virginia Old Ironsides (Penn State–Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Princeton–Rutgers Stanford–USC Washington–Washington State

Bourbon Barrel

Game results

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