Nov. 4, 2002
Abney SEC Special Teams Player of the Week: After taking two punt returns “to the house” Saturday at Mississippi State, Kentucky’s Derek Abney has been named Southeastern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week by the league office for the third time this season.
Trailing 17-16 at halftime, Abney sparked the UK rally with 69- and 52-yard punt returns for touchdowns in the third quarter. Kentucky went on to win 45-24. For the game, Abney had four punt returns for 136 yards and two kickoff returns for 55 yards.
Abney leads the SEC and ranks third in the nation with an 18.8-yard punt return average and has four punt return touchdowns this season. He is fourth in the league and 18th nationally with a 25.5-yard kickoff return average, including a 100-yard TD return at Florida. Abney has broken or tied four NCAA records, six SEC records, and 10 school records for punt, kickoff, and total kick returns this season.
Abney also was tabbed as the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for the Florida game (one punt return TD and one kickoff return TD) and the Arkansas game (86-yard punt return TD). This is the fourth time this season that a Wildcat has been selected, as kicker Taylor Begley garnered the honor when he made three field goals in the season-opening upset of Louisville.
Vanderbilt at Kentucky to be a Delay Telecast on the UKTV Network: The Vanderbilt at Kentucky game on Nov. 16 was not selected for national or regional television, therefore it will be telecast on a delayed basis on the UKTV Network. Game time remains 1:30 p.m. EST.
Family Four-Pack Available for LSU and Vanderbilt Games: UK Athletics is offering a special “Family Four-Pack” of tickets for the LSU game on Nov. 9 and the Vanderbilt game on Nov. 16.
For those games, fans may purchase four tickets for $60, a savings of $28 versus the normal ticket price. A free parking pass also is available for the Vanderbilt four-packs. The supply of free parking passes for the LSU four-packs has been exhausted.
Fans may purchase the “Family Four-Pack” …
at the Memorial Coliseum ticket office, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
over the phone with a credit card by calling 1-800-928-CATS or (859) 257-1818
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