Kentucky running back Michael Daies, a last-second signee bycoach Bill Curry, rushed for a career-high 92 yards and BrianJohnson kicked a 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter as theWildcats notched their first win of 1996, 3-0, over the IndianaHoosiers.

It took a little bit of luck and some solid defense for theWildcats to prevail. Steady Indiana placekicker BillManolopoulos missed field goals from 43 and 29 yards and runningback Alex Smith (155 yards rushing) was contained in the redzoneby the Wildcats. Daies and fellow freshman Tim Couch provided aspark for the Wildcats.

Both teams had numerous scoring opportunities but could notcapitalize. Kentucky amassed 226 total net yards on offense; theHoosiers registered 262 yards.

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Game Facts
Indiana-0     Kentucky-3
Score By Quarters  1  2  3  4  F                       0  0  0  0  0  Indiana Hoosiers                        0  0  0  3  3  Kentucky Wildcats                                   Game StatsTeam Statistics             Indiana       Kentucky FIRST DOWNS                    14             11 Rushing                         9              6 Passing                         5              4 Penalty                         0              1 RUSHING ATTEMPTS               43             42 YARDS RUSHING                 182            184 (YARDS LOST RUSHING)          -27            -30 NET YARDS RUSHING             155            154 NET YARDS PASSING             107             72 Passes Attempted               28             24 Passes Completed               11              9 Had Intercepted                 1              1TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS          71             66 TOTAL NET YARDS               262            226 Avg. Gain Per Play            3.7            3.4 RETURN YARDS                    4             17 FUMBLES-FUMBLES LOST          2/1            1/1 PENALTIES:NUMBER-YARDS       8/61           2/10 INTERCEPTIONS:NUMBER-YARDS    1/0           1/15 PUNTS-YARDS                 8/288          8/290 Avg. Per Punt                36.0           36.3 PUNT RETURNS-YARDS            1-4            1-2 KICKOFF RETURNS-YARDS        2-36           2-15 POSSESSION TIME             32:28          27:32 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSION        3-15           5-15 SACKED-YARDS LOST           1/-10          1/-10Individual StatisticsRUSHING Indiana: A. Smith 33-155, S. Lee 3-9, Jas.Spear 2-2, J.Rodgers 5--11 Kentucky: Daies 22-92, McLaurin 13-32, McCord1-31, Couch 2-0, Haskins 4--1PASSING Indiana: Dittoe 6-18-1-68, Rodgers 5-10-0-39 Kentucky:Haskins 7-16-1-53, Couch 2-8-0-19RECEIVING Indiana: Stoner 4-39, Wilkerson 3-36, Lee 1-13, Ward1-11, Smith 1-5, Klusmeyer 1-3 Kentucky: McCord 3-25, Coleman2-17, Daies 2-16, Spencer 2-14MISSED FIELD GOALS Indiana: Manolopoulos 43, 29 Kentucky: None.