FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 48, Alabama State 14
Team Records and Series Notes
- With the win, Kentucky improved to 2-6 and with the loss, Alabama State dropped to 6-3.
- The Kentucky win snapped a six-game winning streak for the Hornets and marked their first loss since Sept. 7 at Jackson State.
- This was the first meeting between the teams.
- Kentucky is now 48-20 in Homecoming games since 1946.
- Kentucky returns to action Sat. Nov. 9 as the Wildcats play host to Missouri. Game time is set for noon.
T
eam Notes
- Kentucky has played seven Thursday night games in school history, including Oct. 24 at Mississippi State. UK has played nine days later on six occasions after a Thursday night game. UK is 6-0 in those games.
- Kentucky drove for an opening-game touchdown for the third time in 2013 and the first since facing No. 19/20 Florida on Sept. 28.
- Junior WR
Demarco Robinson
recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown in the first quarter.- It marked the first fumble recovered in the end zone for a touchdown for UK since Otis Grigsby’s fumble recovery to end a Nov. 16, 2002 game vs. Vanderbilt.
- Kentucky finished with 196 yards rushing in the first half, its most in the first half in 2013.
- Kentucky blocked an ASU punt in the second quarter, credited to sophomore LB Josh Forrest.
- It marked UK’s first blocked punt since DeMarcus Sweat vs. South Carolina in 2012.
- The Wildcats extended their stretch of games without a turnover to a school-record four, with game-by-game records dating back to 1946.
- UK was a season-best on third-down conversions, going 8-for-17 (47-percent).
- Kentucky forced a season-high five fumbles, securing two ASU miscues.
- The Wildcats limited Alabama State to 297 total yards of offense, UK’s second-best defensive performance of 2013. UK held Miami (Ohio) to just 122 yards of total offense earlier in the year.
- Kentucky scored 48 points, marking its highest scoring output since scoring 49 points against Charleston Southern on Nov. 6, 2010.
Individual Notes
- Junior QB
Jalen Whitlow
rushed a career-long 88 yards for a touchdown on UK’s opening possession, his fourth rushing TD of the year and the seventh of his career.- It marked the longest rush by a player in the Southeastern Conference in 2013, topping Alabama’s Derrick Henry, who had an 80-yard rush vs. Arkansas on Oct. 19.
- It was the longest rush, by either team, in the history of Commonwealth Stadium.
- It marked the second-longest rush in Kentucky history and the longest rush every by a Kentucky quarterback.
- The rush was the fourth-longest in the NCAA in 2013 and the longest by a quarterback since Northern Illinois QB Jordan Lynch scampered 88 yards in 2012.
- Lynch’s 90-yard rush in 2010 marks the last rushing play by a QB longer than 88 yards.
- He finished 16-for-26 with 186 yards and two TDs in the air.
- He rushed for a career-high 101 yards on 10 carries, with two touchdowns.
- It marked the first 100-yard rushing performance for a Kentucky QB since WR turned QB Matt Roark rushed 24 times for 124 yards in a win over Tennessee on Nov. 26, 2011.
- He is just the fourth UK quarterback since 1983 to rush for 100 or more yards, joining Roark, Shane Boyd (130, vs. Indiana, 2004) and Pookie Jones (138, vs. Kent State, 1993).
- Boyd is the last Kentucky player with 100 yards rushing and passing in a single game, throwing for 205 yards in his 130-yard rushing game in 2004 vs. Indiana.
- It marked UK’s first 100-yard rushing performance since Raymond Sanders ran for 123 yards vs. Samford in 2012.
- Whitlow is the first UK quarterback to rush for two TDs and throw for two TDs since Boyd vs. Indiana in 2004.
- Senior RB
Raymond Sanders
rushed nine times for 29 yards.- He now has 1,458 rushing yards in his career to move to No. 18 in UK history, passing Bobby Cravens (1956-58; 1,448).
- Sophomore punter
Landon Foster
booted a 58-yard punt in the first quarter, equaling his career long, done three times in 2013.- Foster finished with five punts for a 49-yard average.
- Freshman WR
Alexander Montgomery
hauled in a six-yard touchdown in the first half, marking his second TD catch of the year and his first since a three-yard grab vs. No. 7/7 Louisville. - Senior TE
Anthony Kendrick
made his first start of the year and his second career start. It marked his first start since 2010. - Freshman RB
Jojo Kemp
rushed for his third touchdown of the year.- He finished with 13 rushes for 67 yards and one TD.
- Sophomore DB
Fred Tiller
charted two pass break ups, his first career two pass break-up game since breaking up two passes vs. Mississippi State in 2012.- Tiller finished with four tackles, including his first tackle for a loss.
- Sophomore LB
Khalid Henderson
recorded his first career sack in the first half. - In the second quarter, junior DL
Mike Douglas
recovered his first career fumble. - Senior DL Donte Rumph notched his second QB hurry of the year.
- Rumph finished with three tackles.
- Sophomore LB
Josh Forrest
blocked a punt in the second quarter, his first punt block of the year and his second blocked kick of 2013. - Junior Alvin “Bud” Dupree recorded a sack and forced a fumble in the second quarter.
- He now has 5.5 sacks on the year and 14.5 in his three-year career.
- It marked his second fumble forced in 2013 and the second of his career.
- Sophomore RB
Dyshawn Mobley
rushed a season-high eight times for a season-long 36 yards. - Sophomore WR
Joey Herrick
caught a career-high two passes for a career-long 15 yards. - Junior WR Jeff Badet caught a career-high four balls for a career-long 48 yards.
- Senior LB
Avery Williamson
finished the game with two tackles, snapping his streak of 26 consecutive games with at least three tackles. - Junior TE
Steven Borden
hauled in his first career TD catch, a 38-yard grab in the third quarter. - Junior Joe Mansour connected on a 39-yard field goal in the second quarter.
- He is now 9-for-10 on the year and is 3-for-3 from 30-39 yards in 2013.
- Junior DL Za’Darius Smith had his team-high fifth QB hurry of the year.
