Steve Jones

Courier Journal

The rivalry football series between the universities of Kentucky and Louisville is set to continue into the next decade, according to a copy of the contract between the schools.

UK and U of L agreed to a three-year extension of their contract to keep playing the Governor's Cup series through 2022, which is the latest addendum to their 2011 deal.

News of the extension is new, but it also really isn't.

UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart and U of L executive senior associate AD Kevin Miller signed the addendum in January 2016, and Barnhart and U of L AD Tom Jurich signed an additional modification agreement about ticket allotment for the visiting team in April 2016. A copy of the contract was obtained this week via an open-records request to U of L.

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The last extension between the schools was signed in 2014, when the series was moved to the final game of the regular season upon U of L's joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, and included meetings through 2019.

The new extension continues the status quo of the teams meeting at the end of the year, with the games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville in even-numbered years and at Kroger Field in Lexington in odd-numbered years.

The dates of all the future UK-U of L games are now:

» Nov. 25, 2017 in Lexington

» Nov. 24, 2018 in Louisville

» Nov. 30, 2019 in Lexington

» Nov. 28, 2020 in Louisville

» Nov. 27, 2021 in Lexington

» Nov. 26, 2022 in Louisville

In April 2016, the schools decided to lower the ticket allotment for the visiting school from 5,500 to 3,500, so presumably that modification was in effect for last year's game at Louisville. All other terms of the 2011 agreement remain in place.

UK and U of L have played every season since renewing their series in 1994. The Wildcats lead 15-14 all-time after winning last year's game 41-38.