The Keg of Nails is a traveling trophy in college football , awarded to the winner of the Universities of Louisville (U of L) and Cincinnati (UC), cities now connected by Interstate 71 , since 1929.
Known more for an intense basketball rivalry and tradition, U of L and UC have a football rivalry that has stretched over the span of four conferences from the Missouri Valley Conference , to the Metro Conference to Conference USA , and more recently in the Big East Conference . It is believed to be the oldest rivalry for the Louisville football team and the second oldest for Cincinnati, only behind the annual game with the Miami RedHawks .
The trophy is a replica of a keg used to ship nails. The exchange is believed to have been initiated by fraternity chapters on the UC and U of L campuses, signifying that the winning players in the game were "tough as nails."
The present keg is actually a replacement for the original award, which was misplaced by Louisville, lost during some construction of office facilities. It is adorned with the logos of both schools and the scores of the series games.
Game results [ ] Cincinnati victories are shaded ██ black. Louisville victories are shaded ██ red. Ties are unshaded.
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Date
Site
Winning team
Losing team
Series
1
October 2, 1929
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 7 Louisville
0
UC 1-0
2
September 24, 1938
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 19 Louisville
0
UC 2-0
3
September 28, 1940
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 7 Louisville
0
UC 3-0
4
September 27, 1941
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 28 Louisville
7
UC 4-0
5
September 26, 1942
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 51 Louisville
0
UC 5-0
6
October 7, 1950
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 28 Louisville
20
UC 6-0
7
October 13, 1951
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 38 Louisville
0
UC 7-0
8
November 7, 1953
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 41 Louisville
0
UC 8-0
9
November 12, 1966
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 17 Louisville
3
UC 9-0
10
November 11, 1967
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 13 Louisville
7
UC 10-0
11
November 9, 1968
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 37 Louisville
7
UC 11-0
12
November 8, 1969
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 31 Louisville
21
UC 12-0
13
November 14, 1970
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 28 Cincinnati
14
UC 12-1
14
November 27, 1971
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 19 Louisville
16
UC 13-1
15
October 28, 1972
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 38 Cincinnati
13
UC 13-2
16
October 27, 1973
Louisville, KY
Louisville 10 Cincinnati
8
UC 13-3
17
September 28, 1974
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 7 Louisville
6
UC 14-3
18
September 27, 1975
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 46 Louisville
27
UC 15-3
19
November 27, 1976
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 20 Louisville
6
UC 16-3
20
September 17, 1977
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati
17
Louisville
17
UC 16-3-1
21
September 23, 1978
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 28 Cincinnati
14
UC 16-4-1
22
September 22, 1979
Louisville, KY
Louisville 22 Cincinnati
19
UC 16-5-1
23
November 15, 1980
Louisville, KY
Louisville 20 Cincinnati
0
UC 16-6-1
24
November 14, 1981
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 24 Louisville
0
UC 17-6-1
25
September 11, 1982
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 38 Louisville
16
UC 18-6-1
26
September 24, 1983
Louisville, KY
Louisville 31 Cincinnati
23
UC 18-7-1
27
October 27, 1984
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 40 Louisville
21
UC 19-7-1
28
October 19, 1985
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 31 Louisville
9
UC 20-7-1
29
October 4, 1986
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 24 Louisville
17
UC 21-7-1
30
September 12, 1987
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 25 Louisville
0
UC 22-7-1
31
October 29, 1988
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 21 Cincinnati
6
UC 22-8-1
32
September 30, 1989
Louisville, KY
Louisville 37 Cincinnati
17
UC 22-9-1
33
November 3, 1990
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 41 Cincinnati
16
UC 22-10-1
34
October 5, 1991
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 30 Louisville
7
UC 23-10-1
35
October 31, 1992
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 27 Cincinnati
17
UC 23-11-1
36
October 26, 1996
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 10 Louisville
7
UC 24-11-1
37
November 8, 1997
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 28 Louisville
9
UC 25-11-1
38
October 3, 1998
Louisville, KY
Louisville 62 Cincinnati
19
UC 25-12-1
39
November 6, 1999
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 23 Cincinnati
13
UC 25-13-1
40
October 14, 2000
Louisville, KY
Louisville 38 Cincinnati
24
UC 25-14-1
41
October 27, 2001
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 28 Cincinnati
13
UC 25-15-1
42
November 7, 2002
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 24 Louisville
14
UC 26-15-1
43
November 28, 2003
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 43 Cincinnati
40
UC 26-16-1
44
November 27, 2004
Louisville, KY
#9 Louisville
70 Cincinnati
7
UC 26-17-1
45
October 22, 2005
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 46 Cincinnati
22
UC 26-18-1
46
October 14, 2006
Louisville, KY
#7 Louisville
23 Cincinnati
17
UC 26-19-1
47
October 13, 2007
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville 28 #17 Cincinnati
24
UC 26-20-1
48
November 14, 2008
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 28 #22 Louisville
20
UC 27-20-1
49
November 24, 2009
Cincinnati, OH
#6 Cincinnati
41 Louisville
10
UC 28-20-1
50
October 15, 2010
Louisville, KY
Cincinnati 35 Louisville
27
UC 29-20-1
51
October 15, 2011
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati 25 Louisville
16
UC 30-20-1
52
October 26, 2012
Louisville, KY
#16 Louisville
34 Cincinnati
31
UC 30-21-1
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