We’re less than 24 hours away from kickoff. The Georgia Bulldogs will enter Commonwealth tomorrow to face Kentucky at 7:30pm. Georgia is looking to improve on their good play and Kentucky is looking to get on a winning streak. We thought we’d share some game notes with you to help make sure you best prepared for the game. Ok, these facts won’t help the Wildcats or you, but I thought you’d like to know anyway.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
• Saturday’s game is Homecoming for the Wildcats. UK is 46-18 in Homecoming games since 1946.
• UK ranks in the top 30 of seven national statistical categories. The Cats are 16th in sacks
allowed (.86 per game); 21st in scoring offense (35.29 points per game), 22nd in passing
efficiency (154.75 rating points), 25th in pass offense (270.57 yards per game), 29th in pass
defense (185.8 yards per game); 30 in kick returns (23.97 yards per return) and T-30th in
turnover margin (plus .57 per game).
• UK has passed for 200 or more yards in all seven games this season, including a season-high 349
passing yards against South Carolina. Although UK has more pass attempts than any team
in the SEC (239), the Cats are tied for the league lead with fewest interceptions thrown (three).
• UK leads the SEC in pass defense, limiting the opponent to just 153.2 yards per game in the air.
• Senior QB Mike Hartline received three honors for his accomplishments in UK’s 31-28 comefrom-
behind victory over South Carolina. He was one of three players named National Performer of
the Week by the College Football Performance Awards and was one of five players named National
Quarterback of the Week by the same organization. He and Coach Joker Phillips also received one
of five SEC “helmet stickers” awarded by ESPN.com. Hartline also was chosen as SEC Co-Offensive
Player of the Week by the league office.
• Hartline is coming off one of his finest performances as a Wildcat as he set a career high for TD
passes (four), passing yards (349) and completions (32) against USC. He also became just the eighth
player in UK history to reach 4,000 yards passing in his career. He currently ranks second in the SEC
in passing yards per game (255.9) and is fourth in total offense (257.1 yards per game).
• Junior Randall Cobb, a candidate for the Paul Hornung Award as the nation’s most versatile player,
became UK’s leader in career touchdowns last week. Cobb now has 33 TDs in just 30 career games.
• Cobb has 100 career receptions and is just the 12th player in school history with 100 or more.
• Junior linebacker Danny Trevathan is having an impressive season as he paces the defense with a
league-leading 70 tackles. He has posted double-figure tackles in four games this season, including
three in a row. He also ranks fifth in the league in the tackles for loss category with nine TFL.
• Senior wide receiver Chris Matthews has an SEC-high six TD catches this season. Matthews
had 12 catches for 177 yards against South Carolina, both career highs. It was his second 100-yard
receiving performance of the year and his career. His 12 receptions tied for the second-most receptions
in a game in UK history and the 177 yards marked the fourth-highest receiving yards in a single game.
• Punter Ryan Tydlacka was named SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance
against South Carolina. Tydlacka averaged 41.5 yards per punt with three punts inside the 20.
• UK’s win over South Carolina was its first over a ranked team since 2007 and the Cats’ first win over
a Steve Spurrier-coached team.
