Kentucky-Tennessee Tech Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES
TENNESSEE TECH AT KENTUCKY
KROGER FIELD AT C.M. NEWTON GROUNDS

NOV. 15, 2025

FINAL SCORE:  Kentucky 42, #5 FCS Tennessee Tech 10

Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky won its third game in a row and is 5-5 overall. Tennessee Tech, ranked No. 5 in the Football Championship Subdivision, ended a 15-game winning streak and is now 10-1.
• Kentucky leads the series 2-0, with both games played in Lexington.
• The previous game was played in 1951 and the 74-year gap between meetings is a UK school record for longest time between matchups of two teams.

Next Game

• Kentucky plays at Vanderbilt next Saturday.  Game time is 3:30 pm Eastern time (2:30 pm Central time in Nashville) and the television assignment will be announced following tonight’s games.

Team Notes

• General:
  • Mark Stoops extended his school records for wins (72) and home wins (51).
  • Kentucky’s three-game win streak is longest since the Wildcats opened the 2023 season with five straight victories.
  • The last time Kentucky won consecutive games by at least 31 points (on field) was the end of the 2021 season when the Wildcats defeated New Mexico State 56-10 and Louisville 52-21.
  • The last time Kentucky won consecutive games by at least 31 points, with at least one being a conference opponent, was 1977 when the Wildcats defeated Georgia 33-0 and Virginia Tech 32-0.

• Offense:
  • Kentucky finished with 42 points and 468 yards total offense.
    • Tennessee Tech entered the game fourth in the FCS in scoring defense (15.3 points per game) and total defense (279.1 yards per game).
  • Kentucky opened the game with touchdown drives of 88 and 59 yards on the first two possessions.
  • The Wildcats finished the game with six touchdowns on the eight possessions played with quarterback Cutter Boley.
  • Kentucky scored at least 38 points in consecutive games for the first time since 2021.
  • Kentucky has consecutive games with at least 200 rushing yards for the first time since 2021.
  • First time Kentucky had five rushing touchdowns in a game since Nov. 27, 2021 at Louisville (seven rush TDs).

• Defense:
  • Kentucky allowed 10 points and 264 yards total offense.
    • Tennessee Tech entered the game leading the FCS in scoring (45.2 points per game) and 13^th in total offense (450.9 yards per game).
  • Kentucky has allowed 10 or fewer points in each of the last three games, first time that has been accomplished since 2018.
  • Kentucky has held three straight opponents to 143 or fewer passing yards for the first time since 2019.
  • Kentucky made one fourth-down stop in the game. UK now has 14 defensive turnovers on downs this season.  UK entered the game tied for second in the SEC with 13 fourth-down stops.

Player Notes

• QB Cutter Boley completed 18 of 21 for 236 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions.
  • His completion percentage of 85.7 percent today is the best for a UK quarterback (min. 20 attempts) since Bill Ransdell completed 86.9 percent (20 of 23) vs. Florida on Nov. 15, 1986.
  • Over the last five games, he has completed 75.5 percent of his passes, 111 of 147.
  • Had 36 non-sack rushing yards, including a 30-yard touchdown scramble in the first quarter.
  • He is the first Wildcat quarterback with a 45-yard passing touchdown and a 30-yard rushing TD in the same game since Pookie Jones vs. Kent State on Sept. 4, 1993.
  • The 30-yard TD run is the longest for a UK quarterback since Terry Wilson had a 32-yard score vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 14, 2020.
  • First UK quarterback with multiples games with a rushing and passing TD in the same game since Will Levis in 2022.
  • First UK quarterback with a completion percentage of at least 74 percent in four games (min. 20 attempts) in one season since Tim Couch in 1998.
  • Completed his first eight passes of the game before an incompletion in the second quarter.
  • First UK freshman quarterback with a touchdown pass in four straight games since Jared Lorenzen in the 2000 season.
• True freshman QB Brennan Ward saw his first collegiate action, completing 3 of 6 passes for 25 yards.
• RB Dante Dowdell led the Wildcats’ ground game, rushing 13 times for 87 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown jaunt.
• RB Seth McGowan rushed 17 times for 72 yards and a career-high-tying three touchdowns.
  • This is the second time this season he has had three rushing touchdowns (also vs. Eastern Michigan). He is the first UK player with two games of three rushing TDs in the same season since Benny Snell in 2017.
  • He also caught two passes for 10 yards.
  • This was the first time a UK player had three rushing touchdowns in the first half since Will Levis at Louisville on Nov. 27, 2021.
• WR Kendrick Law had career highs with 11 receptions for 124 yards.
  • It is the second 100-yard game of his career, also 103 this season vs. Tennessee.
  • He is the first UK player with 11 receptions in a game since Wan’Dale Robinson caught 13 vs. Tennessee on Nov. 6, 2021.
  • He had a 40-yard kickoff return, Kentucky’s longest of the season, and drew a personal foul penalty.  The return and penalty set up UK’s quick 45-yard TD drive at the end of the first half.
• WR Hardley Gilmore caught two passes for 61 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown.
• LB Daveren Rayner, LB Grant Godfrey and DB Ty Bryant led the Wildcats in tackles with five each.
• DB JQ Hardaway had four tackles, including the second quarterback sack of his collegiate career.
• Making his first collegiate start, DB Cam Dooley had his first career interception in the second quarter.  He also caused a fumble and had two tackles.
• LB Steven “Sack ‘em” Soles didn’t get a sack today, but he had two pass rush plays with a pass breakup and quarterback hurry.
• K Jacob Kauwe added 5-of-5 on PAT, improving to 30-of-30 for his season / career.

First-Time Starters (all four on defense)

• Sophomore DB Cam Dooley, true freshman LB Grant Godfrey, true freshman DB Grant Grayton, true freshman OLB CJ Works

Game Captains

• Center Jager Burton, WR Fred Farrier, TE Josh Kattus, punter Aidan Laros, DB Jordan Lovett