Kerry–Mayo Gaelic football rivalry

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Kerry-Mayo
Location County Kerry
County Mayo
Teams Kerry
Mayo
First meetingKerry 2-7 -0-4 Mayo
1903 All-Ireland semi-final
(7 May 1905)
Latest meetingKerry 0-17 - 1-19 Mayo
2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
(20 May 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total28
Most winsKerry (19)
Most player appearances Andy Moran (9)
Top scorer Cillian O'Connor (4-32)
All-time seriesKerry 19 wins, Mayo 6 wins , Draws 4
Largest victoryKerry 2-19 - 1-6 Mayo
1981 All-Ireland semi final
(9 August 1981)

The Kerry-Mayo rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Mayo, who first played each other in 1905. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. [1] Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Mayo's home ground is MacHale Park, however, all but one of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park. The first championship meeting between the two counties to take place in either Kerry or Mayo was in 2019 when they played each other in Fitzgerald Stadium at the All-Ireland quarter-final group stage.

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While Kerry have the highest number of Munster Senior Football Championship titles and Mayo are the standard bearers in Connacht, they have also enjoyed All-Ireland Senior Football Championship successes, having won 40 championship titles between them to date.
They have met 28 times with Kerry winning 19 times, Mayo winning 5 times, with 4 Draws

All-time results

Legend

Kerry win
Mayo win
Match was a draw

Senior

No.DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueStage
1.7 May 1905Kerry2-7 - 0-4Mayo Limerick All-Ireland semi final
2.14 February 1909Kerry2-4 - 0-1Mayo Limerick All-Ireland semi final
3.21 November 1909Kerry2-12 - 0-6Mayo Ennis All-Ireland semi final
4.21 August 1910Kerry1-7 - 0-4Mayo Tuam All-Ireland semi final
5.7 December 1924Kerry1-4 - 0-1Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
6.18 August 1929Kerry3-8 - 1-1Mayo Roscommon All-Ireland semi final
7.24 August 1930Kerry1-9 - 0-4Mayo Roscommon All-Ireland semi final
8.30 August 1931Kerry1-6 - 1-4Mayo Tuam All-Ireland semi final
9.25 September 1932Kerry2-7 - 2-4Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
10.9 August 1936Mayo1-5 - 0-6Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
11.13 August 1939Kerry0-4 - 0-4Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
12.11 September 1939Kerry3-8 - 1-4Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final replay
13.29 August 1948Mayo0-13 - 0-3Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
14.12 August 1951Kerry1-5 - 1-5Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
15.9 September 1951Mayo2-4 - 1-5Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final replay
16.10 August 1969Kerry0-14 - 1-10Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
17.9 August 1981Kerry2-19 - 1-6Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
18.11 August 1996Mayo2-13 - 1-10Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
19.28 September 1997Kerry0-13 - 1-7Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
20.26 September 2004Kerry1-20 - 2-9Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
21.7 August 2005Kerry2-15 - 0-18Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland quarter final
22.17 September 2006Kerry4-15 - 3-5Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
23.21 August 2011Kerry1-20 - 1-11Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
24.24 August 2014Kerry1-16 - 1-16Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
25.30 August 2014Kerry3-16 - 3-13Mayo Gaelic Grounds All-Ireland semi final replay
26.20 August 2017Mayo2-14 - 2-14Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
27.26 August 2017Mayo2-16 - 0-17Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final replay
28.14 July 2019Kerry1-22 - 0-15Mayo Fitzgerald Stadium All-Ireland quarter final group stage

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References

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