UT vs UK in mid October(10/17) when's the last time this game's been so early?

[Coupe De VOL]

It seems like the Kentucky game was forever a Thanksgiving event - either the weekend before or the weekend after.  I have a lot of memories of being on the road, traveling to some family get together and listening to John Ward call the Kentucky game.  I'll never forget that Alan Duncan kick.  We had to pullover to the side of the road and listen to that one.  There were many others.  I guess all that changed several years ago and the UK game moved up a few weeks in our schedule.  We have played them at the end of OCT a few times in recent years.  But how far back do you have to go to find a UK game that was played earlier than the one coming up this Saturday?

1944!  I guess this is because of the war, but we played UK twice that year.  We played Nov 25 at Lexington, and we also opened the season with UK at home Sept 30.  Before that, you have to go back to 1909, when we played them on Oct 16.  It seems like the late Nov matchup tradition started for good around 1913.  I kinda hate to see traditions like that messed with, but nothing good lasts forever - except for the One thing, of course.