KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES
Kentucky at Georgia
Sanford Stadium, Athens, Ga.
Oct. 19, 2019
FINAL SCORE: Georgia 21, Kentucky 0
Team Records and Series Information
- Kentucky is 3-4, 1-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia is 6-1, 3-1 in the league.
- Georgia leads the series, 59-12-2.
- Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats play host to Missouri on Saturday. Game time is 7:30 p.m. and it will be televised on the SEC Network.
Team Notes
- Kentucky limited Georgia to 270 offensive yards, the fewest the Wildcats have allowed this season.
- Kentucky limited Georgia to 35 passing yards, fewest since limiting Austin Peay to 27 passing yards in 2016.
- Kentucky has allowed 34 points or less in 21 straight games, the longest active streak in the nation.
- 21 straight games at 34 points or less is the longest for Kentucky since a 45-game streak from 1975-79.
- Georgia’s longest pass play was 22 yards. Kentucky entered tonight’s game as one of only seven FBS teams that have not allowed a pass play of 40 yards this season.
- Since the start of the 2018 season, UK and Washington are tied for the fewest pass plays of 40+ yards (four) among FBS teams.
- Kentucky did not give up a touchdown pass tonight. UK entered the game tied for first among FBS teams with the fewest touchdown passes allowed, three.
- The teams played a scoreless first half.
- The last time UK held an opponent scoreless in the first half was vs. Ohio in 2014.
- The last time UK held an SEC opponent scoreless in the first half was vs. Tennessee in 2011.
- The last time both teams were scoreless in the half was 1996 vs. Indiana.
Player Notes
- UK’s game captains: OG Logan Stenberg, LB Kash Daniel, LB Josh Paschal and athlete Lynn Bowden Jr.
- Junior athlete Lynn Bowden Jr. made his second collegiate start at quarterback. He rushed 17 times for 99 yards. He also completed two passes for 17 yards.
- Sophomore safety Yusuf Corker had a career-high 11 tackles.
- It is the fourth consecutive game he has tied or broken his career high in stops, totaling 7, 9, 9 and 11 tackles in successive games.
- Sophomore linebacker DeAndre Square had nine tackles, including a seven-yard tackle for loss.
- Senior kickoff returner Zach Johnson had a 58-yard return, the longest of his career.
