This article is about the Eastern Kentucky–Western Kentucky football rivalry. For the Kentucky–Louisville rivalry, see Kentucky–Louisville rivalry.
Battle of the Bluegrass
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Sport
Football
First meeting
October 23, 1914 Eastern Kentucky, 34–6
Latest meeting
September 2, 2017 Western Kentucky, 31–17
Next meeting
September 7, 2024
Trophy
None
Statistics
Meetings total
85
All-time series
Western Kentucky leads, 47–35–3
Largest victory
Western Kentucky, 50–0 (1930)
Longest win streak
Western Kentucky, 13 (1921–1941)
Current win streak
Western Kentucky, 3 (2007–2008, 2017)
75km 50miles
Eastern Kentucky
Western Kentucky
Locations of EKU and WKU
The Battle of the Bluegrass is the name given to the Eastern Kentucky–Western Kentucky football rivalry. Both schools were formerly members of the Ohio Valley Conference, and played against each other regularly until Western Kentucky's transition from the NCAA's FCS to FBS in 2008. The two teams have met 84 times on the football field, with Western Kentucky currently holding a 47–35–3 edge in the all-time series.[1][2] The series resumed again in 2017, when Western Kentucky hosted Eastern Kentucky in a game played at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium.[3] The two teams will meet again on September 7, 2024.[4]
^"Battle of the Bluegrass to be televised live". The Floyd County Times. September 7, 2006. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
^"Hilltoppers Prepare to Face Eastern Kentucky in 85th "Battle of the Bluegrass"". wkusports.com. September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
^"Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Football Schedules and Future Schedules". fbschedules.com. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
^Kelley, Kevin (August 12, 2019). "WKU to play at Georgia in 2026, host EKU in 2024". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
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