| Wide: | yes |
| Battle of the Barrel | |
| Team1: | Indiana Hoosiers |
| Team1logo: | Indiana Hoosiers logo.svg |
| Team2: | Kentucky Wildcats |
| Team2logo: | Kentucky Wildcats logo.svg |
| Sport: | Football |
| Firstmeeting: | November 30, 1893 Tied, 24–24 |
| Mostrecent: | September 17, 2005 Indiana, 38–14 |
| Total: | 36 |
| Series: | Indiana 18–17–1 |
| Largestvictory: | Kentucky, 49–7 (1997) |
| Longeststreak: | Indiana, 8 (1919–1973) |
| Currentstreak: | Indiana, 1 (2005–present) |
| Trophy: | Bourbon Barrel (1987–1999) |
The Indiana–Kentucky football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers and Kentucky Wildcats. The Hoosiers played the Wildcats for the first time in 1893 at Lexington, and both tied the game at 24. They played annually in football from 1987 until 2005 in what was known as the "Bourbon Barrel" game as C. M. Newton wanted something similar to the Kentucky–Tennessee rivalry, beer barrel.
The two teams played for a trophy called the "Bourbon Barrel" from 1987 until both schools mutually agreed to retire the trophy in 1999 following the alcohol-related death of a Kentucky football player.[1] Indiana leads the series (18–17–1).[2]