Kentucky-Vanderbilt Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KENTUCKY at #12/13 VANDERBILT
FIRSTBANK STADIUM; NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
NOV. 22, 2025

FINAL SCORE:  #12/13 Vanderbilt 45, Kentucky 17

Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky is 5-6 overall, 2-6 in the Southeastern Conference.  Vanderbilt is 9-2 overall, 5-2 in league play.
• Kentucky leads the series, 48-45-4.  Vanderbilt leads 28-22-2 in games played in Nashville.

Next Game

• Kentucky plays at Louisville next Saturday for the Governor’s Cup.  Game time is noon Eastern time on the ACC Network.

Team Notes

• Kentucky made two fourth-down stops in the game. UK now has 16 defensive turnovers on downs this season.  UK entered the game tied for second in the SEC with 14 fourth-down stops.

Player Notes

• QB Cutter Boley completed 26 of 44 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns.
  • His 26 completions and 44 attempts are most for a UK freshman since Jalen Whitlow completed 29 of 45 at Tennessee in 2012.
  • His 280 passing yards are the most for a UK freshman in a road game since Jared Lorenzen threw for 328 at Tennessee in 2000.
  • With 12 touchdown passes vs. SEC opponents this season, Boley sets the UK freshman record for most TD passes vs. SEC opponents.  Jared Lorenzen threw 11 TDs vs. the SEC in 2000.
  • Over the last six games, he has completed 71.7 percent of his passes, 137 of 191.
• RB Seth McGowan led the UK rushing with 27 yards on 10 carries.
• TE Willie Rodriguez caught a career-high six passes for a career-best 78 yards.
  • His six receptions are most for a UK tight end since C.J. Conrad caught six at Mississippi State in 2015.
• WR Fred Farrier caught four passes for 21 yards, including a 9-yard TD.  ‘
  • It is his first touchdown catch as a Wildcat, third of his collegiate career.
• WR J.J. Hester caught two passes for 59 yards and one touchdown.
  • He hauled in a UK career-long 41-yard scoring pass in the fourth quarter, pulling in a pass along the sideline and racing to the end zone.
  • He has caught four TDs this season, all coming in the last five games.
• LB Daveren Rayner led the Wildcats on defense with a career-high 15 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss.
• LB Grant Godfrey had a career-high nine stops, including one-half tackle for loss. 
• DB Ty Bryant had eight tackles and an interception.
  • He intercepted his fourth pass of the season and returned it 28 yards.
  • He leads the team this season and has five career interceptions.
  • He entered the game tied for the SEC lead in interceptions.
• DL Mi’Quise Humphrey Grace made three tackles, including 1.5 quarterback sacks, and added a QB hurry.
  • He is now tied with Steven Soles for the team lead with 3.5 sacks this season.
• K Jacob Kauwe made his only field goal attempt, a 47-yarder, and now is 13 of 16 for his season/career.
  • He made both extra points, improving to 32-of-32 for his season / career.

First-Time Starters

• True freshman LB Lorenzo Cowan, sophomore DL Tavion Gadson

Game Captains

• DB Ty Bryant, OL Jalen Farmer, TE Josh Kattus, LB Daveren Rayner