KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES
Missouri at Kentucky
Kroger Field at C.M. Newton Grounds, Lexington, Ky.
Oct. 26, 2019
 
FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 29, Missouri 7
 
Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky is 4-4, 2-4 in the Southeastern Conference.  Missouri is 5-3, 2-2 in the league.
• Kentucky leads the series, 7-3, and has won five in a row.
• Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats have an open date before hosting Tennessee on November 9. 

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky rushed for 297 yards tonight.  UK is 35-0 in home games since 1985 when it rushes for at least 250 yards.
• Kentucky has seven consecutive wins in October home games for the first time since 1953-1955.
• Kentucky is now 10-5 in its last 15 home SEC games, best since a 10-5 stretch from 1953-57.
• Kentucky has allowed 34 points or less in 22 straight games, the longest active streak in the nation.
  • 22 straight games at 34 points or less is the longest for Kentucky since a 45-game streak from 1976-80.
• Kentucky held Georgia and Missouri scoreless in the first half.
  • The last time UK held consecutive opponents scoreless in the first half was UT Martin and Ohio in 2014.
  • The last time UK held consecutive SEC opponents scoreless in the first half was in 1988 vs. Florida and Vanderbilt. 
• Kentucky broke open a scoreless game with 22 points in the second quarter. It was the most in any quarter vs. an SEC opponent since 24 vs. Georgia in the second quarter in 2014.
• Missouri’s longest pass play was 74 yards. Kentucky had entered tonight’s game as one of only six FBS teams that had not allowed a pass play of 40 yards this season.
• Kentucky gave up one touchdown pass tonight. UK entered the game tied for first among FBS teams with the fewest touchdown passes allowed, three.
• Kentucky had four sacks tonight, tying the season high of four vs. Toledo. 
• This was Mark Stoops’ 40th win at Kentucky, moving him into sole possession of fifth place on the school’s all-time list.
• This was Mark Stoops 30th win at Kroger Field/Commonwealth Stadium, second-most in the current stadium.
• The missed extra point in the second quarter ended a streak of 129 consecutive made extra points.

 
Player Notes

• UK’s game captains: OG Logan Stenberg, DE T.J. Carter, LB Josh Paschal and athlete Lynn Bowden Jr.
• Junior athlete Lynn Bowden Jr. started at quarterback and rushed 21 times for 204 yards and two touchdowns, including a 46-yard rush. Bowden went 3-of-7 passing for 54 yards. 
  • Bowden now has the top single-game rushing performance this season by an SEC player. Previous was 197 by Kylin Hill (Miss. State) at Louisiana (Aug. 31).
  • This was his second 100-yard rushing game, also 196 vs. Arkansas.  It’s the most 100-yard rushing games by a UK quarterback in a three-game stretch since Mike Fanuzzi had two in a three-game stretch in 1974.
  • Bowden’s 44 -yard completion to Bryce Oliver was a career long.
  • He is the second UK quarterback with two career 100-yard rushing games against SEC opponents since Derrick Ramsey, who had three in 1975-77.
  • He is the second UK player in school history with at least two career games of at least 195 rushing yards. Moe Williams had three such games.
  • He is the seventh different UK player with 200 rushing yards in a game. It is the ninth time in school history that a player has had 200 rushing yards in a game.
  • He is the fifth different UK player with 200 rushing yards in an SEC game.
  • He is the third different UK player with 200 rushing yards in an SEC home game, and the first since Artose Pinner vs. Vanderbilt in 2002.
  • Bowden’s 204 rushing yards tonight were the most a UK player has ever recorded against Missouri. The previous high was 192 by Benny Snell, Jr., in 2016.
• When Bowden was injured in the second quarter, junior quarterback Sawyer Smith saw his first action since the South Carolina game. He completed 1-of-1 passes for nine yards. Smith returned late in the fourth quarter but did not attempt a pass.
• Junior running back Asim Rose rushed 15 times for 51 yards, including a touchdown.
  • Rose now has 987 career rushing yards.
• Redshirt freshman WR Bryce Oliver hauled in a career-long 44-yard pass in the second quarter, setting up a touchdown.
• Sophomore linebacker Chris Oats led the team with eight tackles, six solo.
• Sophomore linebacker DeAndre Square had seven tackles, including five solo tackles.
• Senior defensive lineman Calvin Taylor had a pair of quarterback sacks, the first multi-sack game of his career.
• Redshirt freshman kicker Chance Poore saw his first action since the Florida game and made a 43-yard field goal in the second quarter. He added two extra points later in the game.
• True freshmen making their first appearance were LBs Jared Casey, J.J. Weaver and K.D. McDaniel.
• Junior punter Max Duffy was very impressive for the Wildcats, punting five times for 262 yards and a 52.4 average.
  • Duffy had a career-best 70-yard punt in the game and pinned Mizzou inside its own 20-yard line three times.
  • Duffy’s 70-yard punt was the longest by a UK player in an SEC game since Ryan Tydlacka vs. Ole Miss in 2010 (73 yards).
  • Duffy also scampered 26 yards for a first down on a fake punt. It kept the drive alive that set up Kentucky’s final touchdown.