Sept. 14, 2013

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Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 1-2 and Louisville is 3-0.
• Kentucky leads the series 14-12.  UofL has won three in a row.
• The series is tied 8-8 in games played in Lexington.
• This was Kentucky’s first game against a team from the American Athletic Conference.  UK has an all-time record of 46-24-4 vs. teams from the new league.

Team Notes

• Kentucky rushed for 162 yards on 31 carries today, averaging 5.2 per attempt.  The Wildcats have averaged at least five yards per rush in all three games this season.
• For the second consecutive game, both of UK’s quarterbacks passed for at least 100 yards each.
• Kentucky has an open date Sept. 21 before playing host to Florida on Sept. 28.  Game time and television assignment will be announced Monday.
  
  
  

Individual Notes

• Freshman Jojo Kemp rushed five times for a career-high 80 yards, an average of 16 yards per carry.  He also had a career-long run of 47 yards.
• Quarterback Jalen Whitlow completed 8 of 17 passes for 105 yards, one touchdown and an interception.  The pickoff broke a string of 160 consecutive passes without an interception, the second-longest streak in school history.
• Freshman wide receiver Ryan Timmons, making his first collegiate start, had three catches for a career-high 72 yards.
• Freshman wide receiver Alex Montgomery, making his first career start, also scored his first collegiate touchdown on a three-yard catch.
• Senior kicker Joe Mansour hit field goals of 37 and 30 yards.  He has made all six field goal attempts this season.
• Senior linebacker Avery Williamson led all players with 15 total tackles, including one for loss.  He has a streak of 22 consecutive games with at least three tackles.
• Junior defensive end Alvin “Bud” Dupree had eight tackles, including one-half quarterback sack.  He has a streak of 18 consecutive games with at least three tackles.
• Junior safety Ashely Lowery had three tackles, a career-high two pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
• Defensive end Za’Darius Smith shared a quarterback sack among his three tackles today. He has had a sack in all three games this season.  The last Wildcat to sack in three-straight games was Jeremy Jarmon in 2007.
• Nate Willis blocked a field goal.  UK’s last field goal block was Collins Ukwu at Florida on Sept. 22, 2012.
• Linebacker TraVaughn Paschal had a career-high eight tackles.
• Safety Eric Dixon had a career-high seven tackles.