Kentucky-Louisville Postgame Notes

Sept. 17, 2011

Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 68,170

This is the 24th meeting between UK and U of L. The teams have met annually since the renewal of the series in 1994. UK leads the overall series 14-10, including an 8-7 mark when the game is played in Lexington.
The loss snaps Kentucky’s school-record 21-consecutive regular-season non-conference games, dating back to 2006.
The loss for Kentucky also snaps its 18 consecutive non-conference home winning streak, dating back to 2005.
Five of the last seven meetings have been decided by seven points or less.
This year’s game was the 15th time in 18 years that the contest has been on live national or regional television.
Kentucky will host Florida on Saturday, Sept. 24th at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN or ESPN2

Louisville won the toss and deferred to the 2nd half.
Louisville outrushed Kentucky, 181-to-35 yards. The team that has rushed for the most yards has won the Governor’s Cup 16 straight times.
Kentucky threw for a season-high 255 yards, while completing a season-high 27 passes.
The Wildcats scored on its opening possession for the second-consecutive game, both scores were field goals by Craig McIntosh.
UK had a season-high 21 first downs in the game. The Wildcats had three more first downs than U of L, which is the first time this season that UK has earned more first downs than its opponent.
Kentucky’s defense had four sacks in the game, which is a season high.
This is the first time in the last five years the Wildcats have lost to in-state rival Louisville. Louisville’s last win over Kentucky was a 59-28 win in 2006.

UK-M.Newton completes a 38-yard pass to J.Clemons to the UL5
UK-C.McIntosh made a 20-yard field goal. UK 3, UL 0 (11:51)
UK-M.Newton completes a 18-yard pass to L.King who fumbles, recovered at the UL23
UK-W.Guy sacks UL-W.Stein for a loss of 2 at the UL27.
UL-D.Brown rushes for 23 yards to the UK38.
UL-W.Stein completes a 38-yard TD pass to A.Smith. UL 7, UK 3 (2:53)

UK quarterback Morgan Newton had a career-high 27 pass completions for a career-high 255 yards and two touchdowns.
Freshman Josh Clemons, who earned his first career start in the game, caught his first career pass in the game. He ended with two catches for four yards.
UK tight end Nick Melillo made a career-high three catches in the game for a career-high 40 yards receiving.
True freshman Demarco Robinson caught his first career pass in the game, finishing with three catches for one yard.
E.J. Fields also hauled in the first reception of his career in the game. The native of Frankfort, Ky., made seven catches for 57 yards, including a touchdown pass in the game.
La’Rod King earned a career-high seven pass receptions, while leading UK with 84 receiving yards.
La’Rod King caught a touchdown pass for the third straight game.
Linebacker Danny Trevathan, the SEC’s leading tackler, totaled 12 tackles and has posted double-digit tackles in 12 consecutive games, dating back to last season.
Cornerback Randall Burden had his first career sack in the game.
UK punter Ryan Tydlacka punted six times for an average of 40.2 per punt. Sophomore Joe Mansour handled the kickoff duties, launching four kickoffs and one touchback. Craig McIntosh made his only field goal for UK, making a 20-yarder.

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