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Keg of Nails
Teams	Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati Bearcats football The Cincinnati Bearcats football program represents the University of Cincinnati in a college football. They compete at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level as members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcat football program is one of the nation's oldest, having fielded a team as... Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals football The Louisville Cardinals football team represents the University of Louisville in college football as a member of the Big East Conference. Howard Schnellenberger started the program's rise to relevancy after winning the Miami Hurricanes' first national championship...
Originated	1929
Trophy Series	Cincinnati leads, 30-20-1
Longest UC Win Streak	12 (1929–1969)
Longest UL Win Streak	5 (2003–2007)
Current Holder	Cincinnati

The Keg of Nails is a traveling trophy in college football

College football

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, awarded to the winner of the Universities of Louisville and Cincinnati (which are now connected by Interstate 71

Interstate 71

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) since 1929.

Known more for an intense basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 rivalry and tradition, the Universities of Louisville

University of Louisville

The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...

 and Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....

 have a football

American football

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 rivalry that has stretched over the span of 3 conferences from the Missouri Valley Conference

Missouri Valley Conference

The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...

, to Conference USA

Conference USA

Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...

, and more recently in the Big East Conference

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...

. It is believed to be the oldest rivalry for the University of Louisville football team and the second oldest for Cincinnati, only behind the annual game with the Miami RedHawks

Miami RedHawks

Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, features 18 different varsity level sports teams for men and women, all of which are known as 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 UofL 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, ironically 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.

#	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	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	Louisville	23	Cincinnati	17	UC 26-19-1
47	October 13, 2007	Cincinnati, OH	Louisville	28	Cincinnati	24	UC 26-20-1
48	November 14, 2008	Louisville, KY	Cincinnati	28	Louisville	20	UC 27-20-1
49	November 24, 2009	Cincinnati, OH	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