KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES
Kentucky at Florida
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Steve Spurrier/Florida Field
Nov. 28, 2020
 
FINAL SCORE: No. 6/5 Florida 34, Kentucky 10
 
Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky is 3-6 and Florida is 7-1, all within the Southeastern Conference.
• Florida leads the series 53-18 and has won two in a row.
• Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats wrap up the regular season Saturday, December 5, with Senior Day vs. South Carolina.  Game time and television assignment are TBA.
  • Note that the SEC can change each week’s schedule until Monday at 9 p.m.

 
Player Notes

• Senior quarterback Terry Wilson completed 10 of 18 passes for 62 yards and one touchdown.

  • Rushed 11 times for a net 25 yards.  He has 955 career rushing yards, needs 45 to become the 40^th player in school history to reach 1,000 rushing yards.
• Senior running back A.J. Rose led the Wildcats’ ground attack with 58 yards on 15 carries.
  • Rose now has 1,722 career rushing yards, moving past Ivy Joe Hunter, Derek Homer, Rodger Bird and Jojo Kemp for 13^th place in school history.
• Senior wide receiver Josh Ali led the Wildcats in receiving with six catches for 32 yards.
• Sophomore tight end Keaton Upshaw caught three passes for 28 yards, including a four-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
  • It is his team-leading third touchdown catch of the season and fourth of his career.
• Junior safety Yusuf Corker led the team in tackles with eight.
  • Corker caused a fumble in the second quarter, recovered by UK to set up a touchdown drive. It is the first caused fumble of his career.
  • Corker was team captain today and wore uniform No. 22 today in honor of teammate Chris Oats, who is dealing with a serious medical condition.
• Redshirt freshman linebacker J.J. Weaver had six tackles, tying his career high set earlier this season in the win at Tennessee.
• Senior defensive tackle Phil Hoskins made four tackles, including one for loss
• Junior linebacker DeAndre Square had six tackles and shared a one-yard tackle for loss.
  • His fumble recovery in the second quarter on the UF 38 set up a UK touchdown drive.  It is the first recovery of his career.
• Junior linebacker Jamin Davis made six tackles.
  • He recovered a fumble in the third quarter, the first of his career.
• Junior linebacker Jordan Wright had four tackles and shared a quarterback sack with Boogie Watson.
  • Wright caused a fumble in the third quarter, his first of the season and second of his career.
• Senior linebacker Boogie Watson shared a quarterback sack with Jordan Wright.
  • Watson has 18.5 career sacks and is in fifth place in school history.  He needs one-half sack to tie Dennis Johnson for fourth.
• Junior offensive guard Austin Dotson wore uniform No. 65 in honor of offensive line coach John Schlarman, who died Nov. 12 after a two-year battle with cancer. Schlarman was honored today with a feature on ESPN GameDay.
• Senior kicker Matt Ruffolo made both of his kicks today, a 22-yard field goal and an extra point.