Oct. 12, 2002

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Final Score: Kentucky 12, South Carolina 16

Records: Kentucky 4-2, 0-2 SEC; South Carolina 5-2, 3-1 SEC

Wh a 10-0 halftime lead, UK has now grabbed the early lead as well as the halftime lead in five of the six games this season.

It marked the fewest points scored by the Wildcats’ offense this season. Previous low was 22 points scored against Louisville in the season opener.

QB Jared Lorenzen punted (pooch kick) for the third time this season, and WR Tommy Cook downed it inside the 1-yard line. Against Louisville, it was downed at the seven, and vs. Indiana, it was out at the 11. He has now punted three times for a very effective 27.6-yard average.

Completed 22 passes for 194 yards and 1 TD.

Has thrown a TD pass in every game this season.

RB Artose Pinner, who entered the game as the second-leading rusher in the SEC, recorded his fourth 100-yard game of the season and the seventh of his career. He finished with 25 carries for 117 yards.

With 1,405 career yards, he moved past Don Phelps (1,297 yards), Randy Brooks (1,314 yards), and Alfred Rawls (1,370 yards) into 16th place on the all-time rushing list at UK.

The same 11 defensive players have started every game this season – Grigsby, Robertson, Caudill, Burns, Johnson, Riley, Lane, M. Williams, Burress, Cumby, Tatum. Since this note was tracked in 1993, it marked the first time UK has started the same defensive unit for six consecutive games.

DB Derrick Tatum made his first interception of the season in the third quarter. It was the fourth of his career.

DT Jeremy Caudill recorded his first caused fumble of his career in the third quarter. DE Otis Grigsby had his first caused fumble in the fourth quarter, the fifth of his career.

The safety recorded by Kentucky in the fourth quarter was the first for the Wildcats since scoring one against Vanderbilt on Nov. 13, 1999.

UK was 1 of 3 when in the “Blue” zone scoring tonight, bringing the Wildcats’ season total to 20 of 23.