June 3, 2010

Lexington, Ky. — The Joker Phillips era of Kentucky football will kick off at Louisville on Sat. Sept. 4 at 3:30 p.m. and will be televised by ABC Sports.

The game will be part of an ABC three-way regional telecast. The other two games that will be regionally televised are UCLA at Kansas State and Connecticut at Michigan.

The UK-Louisville contest will be the first game for the new head coaches at both schools, Joker Phillips at Kentucky and Charlie Strong at Louisville.

Kentucky leads the all-time series, 13-9, and the Wildcats have won the last three games of the intrastate rivalry.