Cutter Boley Had Historic Freshman Performance in Kentucky’s Loss

Team Records and Series Information
 Kentucky is 2-5 overall, 0-5 in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee is 6-2
overall, 3-2 in league action.
 Tennessee leads the series, 86-26-9, including 41-15-3 in games played in
Lexington.
Next Game
 Kentucky plays at Auburn on Saturday, Nov. 1. The game time is 7:30 p.m. ET
(6:30 p.m. CT in Auburn) and will be televised on the SEC Network.
Team Notes
 Kentucky’s 34 points against Tennessee are its most against a ranked team
since scoring 35 against No. 22 Clemson on Dec. 29, 2023.
 Kentucky has scored at least 34 points in three of the last six meetings vs.
Tennessee.
 This is the first time in school history that UK has scored at least 27 points in
three consecutive home games vs. Tennessee.
 UK’s 476 yards total offense is the most vs. Tennessee since 2021.
o It’s the most against a ranked Tennessee team since 2007 (564 yards).
o It’s the most against a ranked opponent since 2022 against Mississippi
State (478).

 This is the first time UK has had at least 25 first downs in consecutive SEC
games since 2016 vs. Mississippi State and Missouri.
 This was the first time UK had two touchdown passes of at least 56 yards in the
same game since Sept. 24, 2022 against Northern Illinois.
 The last time a UK quarterback had five touchdown passes in a game was
Andre’ Woodson, who had six vs. Tennessee in 2007.
 The 71-yard touchdown pass from Cutter Boley to Kendrick Law in the first
quarter was UK’s longest pass play since Gavin Wimsatt’s 83-yard TD toss to
Ja’Mori Maclin last season against Louisville last November.
 Kentucky had a 16-play, 96-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter, taking
8:35 off the clock, which are season longs in all three categories.
 The last time UK had a pair of 100-yard receivers in the same game was against
Northern Illinois in 2022 (Tayvion Robinson and Barion Brown).
o It’s the first time to have two 100-yard receivers against an SEC opponent
since La’Rod King and Matt Roark vs. Ole Miss in 2011.

 This is the first time UK has had a running back with at least seven catches in
consecutive games since 2010 (Donald Russell and Raymond Sanders vs. South
Carolina and Georgia, respectively).

Player Notes
 QB Cutter Boley completed 26-of-35 pass attempts for a career-best 330 yards
and a career-best five touchdowns.
o Five touchdown passes is a UK freshman record. The previous record
was three by Morgan Newton (2009) and Jared Lorenzen (2000).
o Five TD passes are the most since Andre’ Woodson threw for six TDs
against Tennessee in 2007.
o His 330 passing yards are the most for a UK freshman since Jared
Lorenzen threw for 385 yards vs. Vanderbilt in 2000.
o The 71-yard touchdown pass from Cutter Boley to Kendrick Law was UK’s
longest pass play since Gavin Wimsatt’s 83-yard TD toss to Ja’Mori Maclin
last season against Louisville last season.
o Boley is the first UK quarterback with two touchdown passes of at least 56
yards in the same game since Will Levis against Northern Illinois on Sept.
24, 2022.
 First time two touchdown passes of at least 56 yards vs. an SEC
opponent since Patrick Towles vs. Mississippi State in 2014.
o Boley is the first UK player to pass for at least 300 yards since Devin
Leary against Clemson in the 2023 TaxSlayer Bowl (306).
o This is the first UK quarterback to complete at least 74.3 percent of his
passes (min. 30 attempts) in consecutive games since Dusty Bonner in
1999.
o First UK quarterback with at least 26 completions in consecutive games
since 2015 (Patrick Towles) and consecutive conference games since
2010 (Mike Hartline).

 RB Dante Dowdell rushed 12 times for a team-high 52 yards.
o He surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for his career, including his time at
Oregon and Nebraska, and now has 1,030 rushing yards as a collegian.
 RB Jason Patterson rushed a team-high and career-high 16 times for 51 yards,
while he also had a team-high and career-high seven receptions for 44 yards.
 WR DJ Miller had five catches on all five of his targets for a team-best and
career-best 120 yards and two touchdowns.
o He had a career-long, 56-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter,
the first of his college career, followed by a 28-yarder in the third quarter,
o He tied the school record – with seven others – for most touchdown pass
receptions by a freshman in a game with two.
 He is the first since Dane Key and Barion Brown both did so in
2022.

o He also is just the seventh freshman in school history with a 100-yard
receiving game and just the eighth such performance.

 WR Kendrick Law had two catches for a career-high 103 yards and one
touchdown.
o Included was a career-long, 71-yard touchdown reception in the first
quarter.