Sept. 14, 2002
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Final Score: Kentucky 27, Indiana 17
Records – Kentucky 3-0, Indiana 1-2
Kentucky has now won seven of the last eight games against the Hoosiers to reduce the series margin to 17-15-1 in favor of IU.
The Wildcats have held the halftime lead (14-3) in every game this season.
UK is now 2-0 this season when trailing in the second half.
With severe thunderstorms moving through the Lexington area, the game began after a 26-minute delay and was interrupted again with 8:50 to play in the second quarter with a 32-minute storm delay.
Commonwealth Stadium welcomed its first sell-out crowd of the season. With a crowd of 70,347, UK topped 70,000 fans for the sixth time since the stadium was expanded four years ago.
It’s UK’s first 3-0 start since 1998 and only the second since 1984. Next week when the Wildcats battle Middle Tennessee, UK will have an opportunity to start 4-0 for the first time since 1984. That year, the Cats began with a 5-0 record.
Artose Pinner finished with 25 carries and 141 yards, and 10 receptions for 92 yards and one TD.
With his spectacular 55-yard run at the end of the third quarter, Pinner became the 28th Wildcat to top 1,000 yards rushing in his career.
It was his fifth 100-yard rushing game of his career and his second of the season. His 141 yards was a career high.
His 92 yards receiving is a career high.
Pinner has now scored in all three games this season.
CB Earven Flowers recorded the first interception of his career in the first quarter.
DE Vincent “Sweat Pea” Burns recorded his second fumble recovery of the season after S Mike Williams hit IU quarterback Gibran Hamdan.
TE Jeremiah Drobney made his first career start.
FS Quentus Cumby tallied the first interception of his career, and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown with 2:46 remaining in the game and UK leading by four. The last time a Wildcat returned an interception for a TD was Matt Layow (6 yards) vs. Florida, Sept. 26, 1998.
With one turnover to IU’s three, the Wildcats marked the third straight game with a positive TO ratio. UK entered the weekend 15th in the nation in TO ratio.
