2019 Vanderbilt Football Opponent Preview: Kentucky

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All-Time Series Record: Kentucky leads, 45-42-4.

Last meeting: Kentucky won, 14-7, last year in Lexington. Ke’Shawn Vaughn missed this game due to injury, and weather conditions made this an extremely weird game. Still, Vanderbilt had its chances to win, but Kentucky picked up its third win in a row in the series.

Last year: 10-3, 25th in S&P+

Head coach: Mark Stoops (36-39, 7th year)

Kentucky was extremely patient with Mark Stoops, and it paid off massively in 2018.

For the first time since 1977, and only the third time ever, the Wildcats won ten games in a season. Granted, the Wildcats won some of those by the skin of their teeth:…