Kentucky fell behind and couldn’t catch back up on the way to a disappointing 35-13 loss at South Carolina last night.
The Wildcats are just 3-16 in their past 19 games against power conference opponents.
Here’s a look at all the postgame notes from the loss in Columbia:
KENTUCKY FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KENTUCKY at SOUTH CAROLINA
WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM, COLUMBIA, SC
SEPT. 27, 2025
FINAL SCORE: South Carolina 35, Kentucky 13
Team Records and Series Information
Kentucky is 2-2 overall, 0-2 in the Southeastern Conference. South Carolina is 3-2 overall, 1-2 in league play.
South Carolina leads the series, 22-13-1, including 11-5-1 games played in Columbia. (Note: series records do not include UK’s 2021 vacated win at USC.)
Next Game
Kentucky plays at Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 27, at noon on ABC.
Team Notes
Kentucky scored on its opening drive for the second straight week after Seth McGowan went up the middle for a 20-yard touchdown rushing.
UK also scored a field goal on its second drive. Ten points is the most points that UK has scored in the first quarter against South Carolina in Columbia since Sept.12, 2015 (14).
Kentucky went 2-of-2 in the red zone, moving to 16-of-17 through four games.
Kentucky’s defense made two fourth-down stops – one late in the third quarter and a second late in the fourth quarter – giving the Wildcats eight turnovers on downs this season.
Player Notes
QB Cutter Boley completed 10-of-19 pass attempts for 124 yards.
It marked his first SEC start.
He is the first UK QB to start an SEC road game as a freshman since Maxwell Smith at Georgia on Nov. 19, 2011.
RB Seth McGowan rushed 17 times for 112 yards and one touchdown.
It is his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game and third of his career.
He is the first UK player with at least 75 yards rushing and a touchdown rushing in each of the first four games of the season since George Adams in 1984.
He has rushed for 93 or more yards with a touchdown rushing in three consecutive games, and 100+ yards with a touchdown rushing in two consecutive games.
With his 20-yard touchdown rushing on the Cats’ opening possession, he now has scored a touchdown rushing in each of UK’s four games this season.
His seven touchdowns rushing are the most through four games since Benny Snell in 2018 (also seven).
He is the first UK player with at least 112 yards rushing and a touchdown rushing against South Carolina in Columbia since Rafael Little in 2005.
RB Dante Dowdell had 13 carries for 24 yards.
He has 942 career rushing yards, needing 58 more for 1,000
WR Kendrick Law led the team with five receptions and had 41 yards receiving.
TE Willie Rodriguez had two receptions for a career-high 66 yards.
He had a career-long catch of 53 yards.
It is UK’s longest pass play of the season thus far.
LB Daveren Rayner had a team-lead seven tackles.
DL Mi’Quise Humphrey-Grace had three tackles, including two tackles for loss and a sack (-13 yards).
It marked his 17th career sack, and his second at Kentucky (in consecutive games).
DL Tavion Gadson collected the first quarterback sack and first QB hurry of his career.
P Aidan Laros blasted a pair of kicks for a 56-yard average.
Both of his punt attempts went 56 yards.
K Jacob Kauwe went 1-of-1 on extra point attempts and 2-of-2 on field goals (27 yards, 42 yards).
The redshirt freshman remains perfect in his young career on 8-of-8 on field goals and 12-of-12 on PAT.
He is 3-of-3 on field goals more than 40 yards.
Game Captains
OT Shiyazh Pete, DB Ty Bryant, OG Jalen Farmer, DL Kahlil Saunders
