Duke vs. Kentucky: The All-Time Series
Every Duke–Kentucky meeting from 1977-78 to 2024-25, game by game.
Where the Series Stands
Duke and Kentucky have met 13 times since the 1974-75 season, and Duke leads the series 9-4. All 13 were played on neutral floors — Duke 9-4. The first meeting in this span came on Mar 27, 1978, a Duke loss 88-94; the most recent was Nov 12, 2024, a Duke loss 72-77.
The longest run either way in this span is 4 straight Duke wins. The widest Duke win was 34 points, 118-84 on Nov 6, 2018; the widest loss was 11 points, 63-74 on Nov 17, 2015. One of the 13 has gone to overtime.
Four of the meetings have come in the postseason, all of them in the NCAA Tournament. The other 9 were regular-season games.
The Series by Era
The same series looks like a different rivalry depending on which Duke team is playing it. Broken out by the eras in which the two teams met:
| Era | Record | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Foster Era | 2-1 | .667 |
| First Dynasty | 2-0 | 1.000 |
| Transition | 0-1 | .000 |
| Second Dynasty | 2-0 | 1.000 |
| Resurgence + Title | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| One-and-Done Superteam | 2-1 | .667 |
| Scheyer Era | 0-1 | .000 |
Every Duke–Kentucky Meeting
All 13 games, oldest first. Each season links to that team's page, where the roster, the full schedule and the season's statistics live.
| Season | Date | Site | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-78 | Mar 27 | Neutral | L | 88-94 |
| 1979-80 | Nov 17 | Neutral | W | 82-76 OT |
| 1979-80 | Mar 13 | Neutral | W | 55-54 |
| 1988-89 | Nov 19 | Neutral | W | 80-55 |
| 1991-92 | Mar 28 | Neutral | W | 104-103 |
| 1997-98 | Mar 22 | Neutral | L | 84-86 |
| 1998-99 | Dec 22 | Neutral | W | 71-60 |
| 2001-02 | Dec 18 | Neutral | W | 95-92 |
| 2012-13 | Nov 13 | Neutral | W | 75-68 |
| 2015-16 | Nov 17 | Neutral | L | 63-74 |
| 2018-19 | Nov 6 | Neutral | W | 118-84 |
| 2021-22 | Nov 9 | Neutral | W | 79-71 |
| 2024-25 | Nov 12 | Neutral | L | 72-77 |
Profiled Duke Players in This Series
135 of the profiled players on this site were on a Duke roster for at least one of these meetings.
Roster overlap, not box scores: this says a player was on the Duke roster in a season the two teams met, not that he played in the game. Game-by-game box scores are the next layer being built.