Down–Kerry Gaelic football rivalry

Down-Kerry

Locale	County Down County Kerry
Teams	Down Kerry
First meeting	Down 2-10 - 0-8 Kerry 1960 All-Ireland final (25 September 1960)
Latest meeting	Down 1-16 - 1-10 Kerry 2010 All-Ireland quarter-final (31 July 2010)
Statistics
Meetings total	5
Most wins	Down (5)
Top scorer	Paddy Doherty (1-14)
All-time series	Down 5-0 Kerry

The Down-Kerry rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Down and Kerry, who first played each other in 1960. It was considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games during the 1960s.^[1] Down's home ground is Páirc Esler and Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Down are fifth on the roll of honour in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 42 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend

Down win

Senior

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
	1.	25 September 1960	Down	2-10 - 0-8	Kerry	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
	2.	6 August 1961	Down	1-12 - 0-9	Kerry	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	3.	22 September 1968	Down	2-12 - 1-13	Kerry	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
	4.	11 August 1991	Down	2-9 - 0-8	Kerry	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	5.	31 July 2010	Down	1-16 - 1-10	Kerry	Croke Park	All-Ireland quarter-final

References

1. Breheny, Martin (23 August 2007). "Dublin are a very poor second in long rivalry with Kerry". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2016.