Governor's Cup (Kentucky)

The Governor's Cup
Kentucky	File:Louisville scipt L logo.png Louisville
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 28, 1912; Kentucky 41, Louisville 0
Latest meeting	November 28, 2015; Louisville 38, Kentucky 24
Next meeting	November 26, 2016
Trophy	The Governor's Cup
Statistics
Meetings total	28
All-time series	Tied, 14–14
Largest victory	Kentucky, 73–0 (1922)
Longest win streak	Kentucky, 7 (1912–1994)
Current win streak	Louisville, 5 (2011–present)

The Governor's Cup is a trophy awarded to the victor of the annual college football game between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville in the state of Kentucky; it is also used as a reference to the rivalry itself.^[1] Though the teams first played in 1912,^[1] they only played six times until the rivalry ended in 1924, not to be renewed for another 70 years. The rivalry resumed in 1994 with a new Governor's Cup trophy, which has been awarded every year since.

The all-time rivalry is tied at 14–14, although Louisville leads the modern series 14 to 8.^[1] Louisville currently has a five-game winning streak in the series. From 1994 to 2006 the annual matchup was always played in the opening weekend of the college football season. In 2007 the game was moved to the third game of the season when played in Lexington but remained the first game when played in Louisville. Starting in 2014, which marked Louisville's inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Governor's Cup became the last game of the regular season for both teams^[2] to coincide with several other ACC-SEC same-state rivalries.

All-time results

Kentucky victories	Louisville victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 26, 1912	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	41–0
2	November 22, 1913	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	20–0
3	November 14, 1914	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	42–0
4	November 6, 1915	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	15–0
5	October 14, 1922	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	73–0
6	October 4, 1924	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	29–0
7	September 3, 1994	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	20–14
8	September 2, 1995	Lexington, KY	Louisville	13–10
9	August 31, 1996	Lexington, KY	Louisville	38–14
10	August 30, 1997	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	38–24
11	September 5, 1998	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	68–34
12	September 4, 1999	Lexington, KY	Louisville	56–28
13	September 2, 2000	Louisville, KY	Louisville	40–34*
14	September 1, 2001	Lexington, KY	Louisville	36–10
15	September 1, 2002	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	22–17

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
16	August 31, 2003	Lexington, KY	Louisville	40–24
17	September 5, 2004	Louisville, KY	Louisville	28–0
18	September 4, 2005	Lexington, KY	Louisville	31–24
19	September 3, 2006	Louisville, KY	Louisville	59–28
20	September 15, 2007	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	40–34
21	August 31, 2008	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	27–2
22	September 19, 2009	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	31–27
23	September 4, 2010	Louisville, KY	Kentucky	23–16
24	September 17, 2011	Lexington, KY	Louisville	24–17
25	September 2, 2012	Louisville, KY	Louisville	32–14
26	September 14, 2013	Lexington, KY	Louisville	27–13
27	November 29, 2014	Louisville, KY	Louisville	44–40
28	November 28, 2015	Lexington, KY	Louisville	38–24
Series: Tied 14–14

(*)- denotes overtime

Howard Schnellenberger Award

The 2010 game was the inaugural year for the award. The award is given to the Most Valuable Player on the winning team by the Louisville Sports Commission. It is named for Howard Schnellenberger, who played under Bear Bryant for Kentucky and was Louisville's head coach when the modern football rivalry began in 1994.

Date	Player	Team	Position	Statistics
9-04-2010	Derrick Locke	Kentucky	RB	23 carries, 104 yards, 2 TDs ^[3]
9-17-2011	Dexter Heyman	Louisville	LB	12 tackles & 1 forced fumble^[4]
9-02-2012	Teddy Bridgewater	Louisville	QB	19/21, 232 yards^[5]
9-14-2013	Teddy Bridgewater	Louisville	QB	16/28, 250 yards, 1 TD
11-29-2014	DeVante Parker	Louisville	WR	6 catches, 180 yards, 3 TD
11-28-2015	Lamar Jackson	Louisville	QB	8/21, 130 yards, 1 TD 17 carries, 186 yards, 2 TDs

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