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In response to 2020 cancellation, Kentucky-Louisville agree to extend football rivalry

LEXINGTON - The 2020 Governor's Cup rivalry game may have been canceled, but the Kentucky-Louisville football series is not ending any time soon.

An amendment to the contract for the series signed by UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart and Louisville athletic director Vince Tyra in September extends the rivalry for three years through 2030 and pushes back the alternating home games one year to accommodate the 2020 cancellation. The new contract was obtained by the Courier Journal through the state's open records law.

Louisville will now host the game in odd years, starting in 2021, and Kentucky will host in even years, opposite the previous arrangement.