Sept. 27, 2008

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Final Score: Kentucky 41, Western Kentucky 3

September 27, 2008 * Commonwealth Stadium * Lexington , Ky.

Attendance: 70,731

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 4-0 and Western Kentucky University is 2-3.
  
• This was the first meeting between the two schools.
  
• Kentucky has a 9-1 all-time record vs. the current alignment of the Sun Belt Conference.
  
• Kentucky has won 13 consecutive non-conference games, the longest since a 17-game streak from 1954-60. Currently, it is tied for the nation’s third-longest non-conference winning streak.
  
• Kentucky has gotten off to a 4-0 start in two consecutive seasons. The last time that happened was the 1983-84 seasons.
  
• Kentucky returns to action at Alabama , Sat. Oct. 4 at 3:30 p.m. EDT. The game is a national telecast on CBS.

UK
Team Notes

• The UK defense allowed just 15 yards passing in the game, the lowest total since the Wildcats allowed three yards passing against Vanderbilt on Nov. 5, 1994.
• Kentucky has held all four opponents this season without a rushing touchdown. The last time the Wildcats accomplished that feat was the final four games of the 1984 season, when UK held Vanderbilt , Florida , Tennessee and Wisconsin without rushing TDs.
• The last time UK scored 40 or more points was last season vs. Tennessee with 50 points.
• UK has scored 20 more points in six consecutive games dating back to last season.

Game Summary

1 st Quarter Summary

• Jeremy Jarmon sacked WKU’s K.C. Black on the first play from scrimmage. It was Jarmon’s second sack of the season and 15 th of his career.
• Ryan Tydlacka nailed a 45-yard field goal in his first career FG attempt; UK 3, WKU 0 (10:56).
• Mike Hartline was intercepted for the first time this season after 95 prior pass attempts.
• Kentucky held WKU to minus-5 yards of total offense in the first quarter.

2 nd Quarter Summary

• Tony Dixon scored a 1-yard rushing TD, his second rushing TD of the season and 10 th of his career; UK 10, WKU 0 (11:43)
• WKU’s Tanner Siewert made a 50-yard FG; UK 10, WKU 3 (3:07)
• Derrick Locke returned the kickoff 100 yards for a TD. It was the first kickoff return for a TD for UK since Keenan Burton (9/3/06); UK 17, WKU 3 (2:52)

3 rd Quarter Summary

• Alfonso Smith scored a 35-yard rushing TD, his first rushing TD of the season and the fifth of his career. It was a career long run for Smith; UK 24, WKU 3 (13:21)
• Mike Hartline threw a 2-yard TD pass to Moncell Allen. It was Allen’s first career TD reception and his second career TD; UK 31, WKU 3 (1:49)

4 th Quarter Summary

• Tony Dixon scored a 2-yard rushing TD, his second rushing TD of the day. Dixon ‘s second multi-touchdown performance of his career; UK 38, WKU 3 (10:16)
• Will Fidler entered the game with just over nine minutes reaming in the game. It was first action since Kent State last season.
• Ryan Tydlacka connected on a 33-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter, his second of the game. (5:35)

UK
Individual Notes

• Dicky Lyons caught six passes for 34 yards. Lyons is now tied for fifth all-time with former teammate Jacob Tamme on the UK career receptions list with 133 and ranks fifth on the career receiving yardage list with 1,677 yards.
• Lyons has caught at least two passes in 24 consecutive games
  
• Tony Dixon rushed for 45 yards on 13 carries while scoring two rushing touchdowns. Dixon passed Dicky Lyons Sr. (1,042) and Roger Gann (1,047) for 26 th on the UK all-time rushing list.
  
• Braxton Kelley tallied six tackles in the game. He has made at least three tackles in 14 consecutive games.
  
• Ryan Tydlacka was 2-for-2 on field goals, his first attempts of his career.
• Tim Masthay, the SEC leader in kickoff touchbacks, has 15 touchbacks on the season after three touchbacks against Western Kentucky .
• Mike Hartline ended his consecutive pass streak without an interception at 95 after his first interception of the season in the first quarter.
• Tony Dixon rushed for the 10 th touchdown of his career in the second quarter and later ran for his 11 th in the 4 th quarter.
• Derrick Locke became the fifth Wildcat to return a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. The four others were Keenan Burton (9/3/06); Derek Abney (9/28/02); Craig Yeast (9/26/98) and Kurt Johnson (10/28/89).
• Will Fidler earned his first action at QB since the Kent State game last season. He was 2-of-2 for 10 yards. They were his first pass attempts of his career.
• The four Kentucky running backs accounted for all five touchdowns in the game. Dixon rushed for two scores; Smith ran for one, Locke returned a kickoff to the end zone and Allen hauled in a 2-yard pass for a score.
• Fullback John Conner’s 32 yards receiving was a career high.