The Indiana–Kentucky football rivalry is a dormant 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. Indiana leads the series (18–17–1).College Football Data Warehouse, Indiana vs Kentucky. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
Game results
By decade (through 2025)
Indiana advantage Kentucky advantage Tie
Decade Indiana Kentucky Tie 1890s 1 1900s 1 1 1910s 1 1 1920s 2 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 2 1970s 4 1 1980s 2 4 1990s 4 6 2000s 2 4 2010s 2020s Total 18 17 1
See also Indiana–Kentucky rivalry List of NCAA college football rivalry games
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