Kentucky-Texas Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES
TEXAS AT KENTUCKY
KROGER FIELD AT C.M. NEWTON GROUNDS
OCT. 18, 2025

FINAL SCORE: No. 21/17 Texas 16, Kentucky 13

Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky is 2-4 overall, 0-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Texas is 5-2 overall, 2-1 in league play.
• Texas leads the series, 3-0. This was the first time the teams met in Lexington.

Next Game

• Kentucky plays host to border-rival Tennessee next Saturday at 7:45 p.m. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• The last time Kentucky played an overtime game was against Ole Miss at home on Oct. 3, 2020, when UK lost to UM, 42-41.
  • UK has played in 12 overtime games in program history, owning a 3-9 record.
• The Wildcats set season highs in rush attempts (46), pass completions (31), passing yards (258), total plays (86), sacks (3) and first downs (26).
  • The Cats’ 26 first downs were their most in a SEC game since earning 35 against the Vols on Nov. 6, 2021, when UK lost to UT, 45-42.
    • That also marked the last time UK had at least 86 plays in a SEC game.
  • UK put up 395 yards of total offense tonight, its most against an SEC opponent since collecting 444 against Tennessee on Oct. 28, 2023, when UK lost to UT, 33-27.
  • Kentucky totaled 395 yards offense against a Texas defense that entered the game 11^th in the nation in total defense at 269.8 yards per game.
  • The Wildcats tallied 26 first downs against a defense allowing just 14 per game, ranking 10^th in the nation.
  • Kentucky’s defense held Texas to 179 total yards of offense.
    • The last time UK held an SEC opponent to 179 yards or less was 2014 vs. Vanderbilt (139 yards).
  • Kentucky limited Texas to eight first downs, fewest against an SEC opponent since Vanderbilt in 2014 (also eight).
  • This was the fewest total yards allowed and fewest first downs allowed vs. a ranked opponent since the 1976 Peach Bowl vs. North Carolina (108 yards, five first downs).
  • UK has allowed 16 points or less against an Associated Press ranked opponent in seven of the last eight seasons.
  • Twelve players caught at least one pass, a season high.

Player Notes

• QB Cutter Boley completed a career-best, 31-of-39 pass attempts for a career-best 258 yards.
  • He added a career-best 14 rushes for a career-best 45 yards and the first touchdown rushing of his career.
  • On non-sack plays, he ran 11 times for 69 yards.
  • His 16-yard TD run is longest for a UK QB since Will Levis in 2021 at Louisville.
  • Boley’s 31 completions is the most for a UK freshman quarterback since Jared Lorenzen in 2000.
  • Boley’s 258 passing yards are the most for a UK freshman since Maxwell Smith threw for 283 vs. Ole Miss in 2011.
  • His 79.4 percent completion percentage is also a career best and the best single-game percentage for a freshman quarterback with 30 attempts.
  • His 79.4 percentage is the best for any UK quarterback since Dusty Bonner completed 85 percent (34 of 40) vs. Connecticut in 1999.
  • Boley is the first UK quarterback with at least 250 passing yards and 45 rushing yards since Will Levis vs. Tennessee in 2021.
• RB Seth McGowan had 14 carries for 45 yards rushing, while also leading the team with a career-best seven catches for 68 yards receiving.
  • Seven catches is the most for a UK running back since Raymond Sanders caught seven vs. Georgia in 2010.
• DB Ty Bryant led the team with seven tackles, which included his first solo tackle for loss (-1 yard) this season.
• LB Grant Godfrey had a career-high four tackles and had one-half quarterback sack, the first of his career.
• Four others had a career-high-tying four tackles, including:
  • DB Tehryon Nichols had a career-high-tying four tackles
  • DL David Gusta had a career-high-tying four tackles and a half-sack
  • DL Tavion Gadson had a career-high-tying four tackles and a half-sack
• LB Steven Soles Jr., who had two tackles, also recorded his third sack (-8 yards) of the season and the fourth of his career.
• LB Daveren Rayner reached the 200-tackle mark in his career with his three stops tonight, totaling 201 for his career.
• K Jacob Kauwe went 2-of-3 from field goals (46 yards, 45 yards), only missing a 53 yarder, which would have been his career long.
  • The redshirt freshman added 1-of-1 on PAT, improving to 15-of-15 for his season / his career.

First Career Starts

• WR Cameron Miller

Game Captains

• DE Mi’Quise Humphrey-Grace, WR Kendrick Law, LB Daveren Rayner, OT Alex Wollschlaeger