A look back at the modern history of the Kentucky-Louisville football rivalry:
1994
Date: Sept. 3
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Bill Curry
Louisville coach: Howard Schnellenberger
Kentucky starting quarterback: Jeff Speedy
Louisville starting quarterback: Marty Lowe
Favorite: Kentucky by 4
Final score: Kentucky 20, Louisville 14
Attendance: 59,162
Story line: Kentucky found the Key to victory in Game One — linebacker Donte Key set up UK's winning touchdown with a fumble recovery then sealed the win with a late interception of U of L QB Marty Lowe.
Final Kentucky record: 1-10
Final Louisville record: 6-5.
1995
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Date: Sept. 2
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Bill Curry
Louisville coach: Ron Cooper
Kentucky starting quarterback: Jeff Speedy
Louisville starting quarterback: Marty Lowe
Favorite: Louisville by 4.
Final score: Louisville 13, Kentucky 10
Attendance: 58,967
Story line: In a tense defensive struggle, Louisville running back Calvin Arrington carried the ball 37 times for 133 yards, including the game-winning 1-yard TD with 1:29 left.
Final Kentucky record: 4-7
Final Louisville record: 7-4
1996
Date: Aug. 31
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Bill Curry
Louisville coach: Ron Cooper
Kentucky starting quarterback: Billy Jack Haskins
Louisville starting quarterback: Jason Payne
Favorite: Kentucky by 11/2
Final score: Louisville 38, Kentucky 14
Attendance: 59,384
Story line: U of L scored two defensive touchdowns and got 10 more points off two blocked punts in a game that also goes down in Kentucky football history as the first college football appearances of a pair of pretty significant QBs: Tim Couch and Chris Redman.
Final Kentucky record: 4-7
Final Louisville record: 5-6
1997
Date: Aug. 30
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Hal Mumme
Louisville coach: Ron Cooper
Kentucky starting quarterback: Tim Couch
Louisville starting quarterback: Chris Redman
Favorite: Louisville by 3
Final score: Kentucky 38, Louisville 24
Attendance: 59,186
Story line: The pass-happy Mumme era debuted with a bang - Couch threw for 398 yards and four touchdowns to earn his first victory as a college QB.
Final Kentucky record: 5-6
Final Louisville record: 1-10
1998
Date: Sept. 5.
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Hal Mumme
Louisville coach: John L. Smith
Kentucky starting quarterback: Tim Couch
Louisville starting quarterback: Chris Redman
Favorite: Kentucky by 11
Final score: Kentucky 68, Louisville 34
Attendance: 42,643
Story line: In the inaugural game for U of L's new football stadium and the first game on the Cardinals' sideline for John L. Smith, Couch spoiled the party by throwing for seven TDs and leading UK to 801 yards of total offense.
Final Kentucky record: 7-5
Final Louisville record: 7-5
1999
Date: Sept. 4
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Hal Mumme
Louisville coach: John L. Smith
Kentucky starting quarterback: Dusty Bonner
Louisville starting quarterback: Chris Redman
Favorite: Louisville by 3
Final score: Louisville 56, Kentucky 28.
Attendance: 70,692
Story line: One year after UK and Tim Couch ruined the opening of Louisville's new stadium, U of L and Redman returned the favor. In the first game in the expanded Commonwealth, the Louisville senior threw for five touchdowns.
Final Kentucky record: 6-6
Final Louisville record: 7-5
2000
Date: Sept. 2
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Hal Mumme
Louisville coach: John L. Smith
Kentucky starting quarterback: Jared Lorenzen
Louisville starting quarterback: Dave Ragone
Favorite: Kentucky by 51/2
Final score: Louisville 40, Kentucky 34 (OT)
Attendance: 42,515
Story line: Talk about your thunder over Louisville, UK had a 19-14 lead when the game was stopped in the third quarter by an electrical storm. After an one hour and 12 minute delay, it resumed. UK had a chip shot of a potential game-winning field goal blocked on the final play of regulation. U of L's Tony Stallings won the game with a 25-yard TD run in the overtime.
Final Kentucky record: 2-9
Final Louisville record: 9-3
2001
Date: Sept. 1
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Guy Morriss
Louisville coach: John L. Smith
Kentucky starting quarterback: Jared Lorenzen
Louisville starting quarterback: Dave Ragone
Favorite: Louisville by 3
Final score: Louisville 36, Kentucky 10
Attendance: 70,838
Story line: The debut of Guy Morriss as UK head coach was a dud, as the Wildcats amassed a paltry 213 yards of offense.
Final Kentucky record: 2-9
Final Louisville record: 11-2
2002
Date: Sept. 1
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Guy Morriss
Louisville coach: John L. Smith
Kentucky starting quarterback: Jared Lorenzen
Louisville starting quarterback: Dave Ragone
Favorite: Louisville by 12
Final score: Kentucky 22, Louisville 17
Attendance: 42,660
Story line: A stout UK defensive front brought the lumber on U of L QB Ragone and led the Cats to an upset of the No. 17 Cards.
Final Kentucky record: 7-5
Final Louisville record: 7-6
2003
Date: Aug. 31
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Rich Brooks
Louisville coach: Bobby Petrino
Kentucky starting quarterback: Jared Lorenzen
Louisville starting quarterback: Stefan LeFors
Favorite: Kentucky by 51/2
Final score: Louisville 40, Kentucky 24
Attendance: 70,467
Story line: In the first game for the coaches of both teams, an error-filled Kentucky effort produced a sour taste in the fan base toward the Rich Brooks coaching regime - one it took the coach 31/2 years to shake off.
Final Kentucky record: 4-8
Final Louisville record: 9-4
2004
Date: Sept. 5
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Rich Brooks
Louisville coach: Bobby Petrino
Kentucky starting quarterback: Shane Boyd
Louisville starting quarterback: Stefan LeFors
Favorite: Louisville by 9
Final score: Louisville 28, Kentucky 0
Attendance: 42,681
Story line: In a drab offensive effort, UK failed to cross mid-field in the entire first half.
Final Kentucky record: 2-9
Final Louisville record: 11-1
2005
Date: Sept. 4
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Rich Brooks
Louisville coach: Bobby Petrino
Kentucky starting quarterback: Andre Woodson
Louisville starting quarterback: Brian Brohm
Favorite: Louisville by 221/2
Final score: Louisville 31, Kentucky 24
Attendance: 70,752
Story line: Down 28-7 at half, underdog UK rallied furiously and was driving for the tying score in the fourth quarter when it fumbled at the U of L 2.
Final Kentucky record: 3-8
Final Louisville record: 9-3
2006
Date: Sept. 3
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Rich Brooks
Louisville coach: Bobby Petrino
Kentucky starting quarterback: Andre Woodson
Louisville starting quarterback: Brian Brohm
Favorite: Louisville by 221/2
Final score: Louisville 59, Kentucky 28
Attendance: 42,597
Story line: In what turned out to be his final college game, Michael Bush gashed a hopeless Kentucky defense for 128 yards and three touchdowns - before suffering a season (and U of L career) ending broken leg on the second play of the third quarter.
Final Kentucky record: 8-5
Final Louisville record: 12-1
2007
Date: Sept. 15
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Rich Brooks
Louisville coach: Steve Kragthorpe
Kentucky starting quarterback: Andre Woodson
Louisville starting quarterback: Brian Brohm
Favorite: Louisville by 51/2
Final score: Kentucky 40, Louisville 34
Attendance: 70,857
Story line: In what most consider the best game ever played in the Governor's Cup series, Andre Woodson hit Steve Johnson with a 57-yard scoring pass with 28 seconds left in the game to give Kentucky its first win in the rivalry since 2002. UK's upset of No. 9 Louisville was its first victory over a top-10 foe since 1977.
Final Kentucky record: 8-5
Final Louisville record: 6-6
2008
Date: Aug. 31
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Rich Brooks
Louisville coach: Steve Kragthorpe
Kentucky starting quarterback: Mike Hartline
Louisville starting quarterback: Hunter Cantwell
Favorite: Louisville by 31/2
Final score: Kentucky 27, Louisville 2
Attendance: 42,696
Story line: The Kentucky defense put a smackdown on Louisville. The UK defense returned two fumbles for touchdowns and set up a third TD with an interception. For the game, Kentucky forced five turnovers and held Louisville to a paltry 205 yards of offense.
Final Kentucky record: 7-6
Final Louisville record: 5-7
2009
Date: Sept. 19
Site: Commonwealth Stadium
Kentucky coach: Rich Brooks
Louisville coach: Steve Kragthorpe
Kentucky starting quarterback: Mike Hartline
Louisville starting quarterback: Justin Burke
Favorite: Kentucky by 131/2
Final score: Kentucky 31, Louisville 27
Attendance: 70,988
Story line: Heavily-favored UK led 17-7 at the half but let Louisville back in the game with three third-quarter turnovers. Lexington product Justin Burke threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to put U of L at the brink of the upset. But UK star Randall Cobb saved the Cats with two clutch plays in the final period, including catching the game-winning TD pass on a fade pattern with 4:28 left in the game.
Final Kentucky record: 7-6
Final Louisville record: 4-8
2010
Date: Sept. 4
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Joker Phillips
Louisville coach: Charlie Strong
Kentucky starting quarterback: Mike Hartline
Louisville starting quarterback: Adam Froman
Favorite: Kentucky by 3
Final score: Kentucky 23, Louisville 16
Attendance: 55,327
Howard Schnellenberger MVP Award: Derrick Locke, Kentucky Story line: The first game played in the expanded Papa John's Cardinal Stadium also featured the first time in college football history that two African-American head coaches from BCS conferences faced each other in a season opener. Behind play-makers Derrick Locke and Randall Cobb, Kentucky took a 20-3 first-half lead, then held on. UK QB Mike Hartline became the first quarterback in the modern history of the Governor's Cup to go 3-0 as a starter in the rivalry.
Final Kentucky record: 6-7
Final Louisville record: 7-6
2011
Date: Sept. 17
Site: Commonwealth Cardinal Stadium
Kentucky coach: Joker Phillips
Louisville coach: Charlie Strong
Kentucky starting quarterback: Morgan Newton
Louisville starting quarterback: Will Stein
Favorite: Kentucky by 51/2
Final score: Louisville 24, Kentucky 17
Attendance: 68,170
Howard Schnellenberger MVP Award: Dexter Heyman, Louisville
Storyline: Louisville true freshman quarterback Teddy Bridgewater replaced an injured Will Stein and threw two touchdown passes and U of L claimed the Governor's Cup for the first time since 2006. Linebacker Dexter Heyman (12 tackles, a forced fumble) had two of the whopping 14 tackles for loss (including six sacks) recorded by the Cardinals' defense.
Final Kentucky record: 5-7
Final Louisville record: 7-6
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