Kentucky Football Postgame Notes from Overtime Loss to Texas

Team Records and Series Information

 Kentucky is 2-4 overall, 0-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Texas is 5-2 overall,
2-1 in league play.
 Texas leads the series, 3-0. This was the first time the teams met in Lexington.
Next Game
 Kentucky plays host to border-rival Tennessee next Saturday at 7:45 p.m. The
game will be televised on the SEC Network.
Team Notes
 The last time Kentucky played an overtime game was against Ole Miss at home
on Oct. 3, 2020, when UK lost to UM, 42-41.
o UK has played in 12 overtime games in program history, owning a 3-9
record.

 The Wildcats set season highs in rush attempts (46), pass completions (31),
passing yards (258), total plays (86), sacks (3) and first downs (26).
o The Cats’ 26 first downs were their most in a SEC game since earning 35
against the Vols on Nov. 6, 2021, when UK lost to UT, 45-42.
 That also marked the last time UK had at least 86 plays in a SEC
game.

 UK put up 395 yards of total offense tonight, its most against an SEC opponent
since collecting 444 against Tennessee on Oct. 28, 2023, when UK lost to UT,
33-27.
 Kentucky totaled 395 yards offense against a Texas defense that entered the
game 11 th in the nation in total defense at 269.8 yards per game.
 The Wildcats tallied 26 first downs against a defense allowing just 14 per game,
ranking 10 th in the nation.
 Kentucky's defense held Texas to 179 total yards of offense.
o The last time UK held an SEC opponent to 179 yards or less was 2014 vs.
Vanderbilt (139 yards).

 Kentucky limited Texas to eight first downs, fewest against an SEC opponent
since Vanderbilt in 2014 (also eight).
 This was the fewest total yards allowed and fewest first downs allowed vs. a
ranked opponent since the 1976 Peach Bowl vs. North Carolina (108 yards, five
first downs).
 UK has allowed 16 points or less against an Associated Press ranked opponent
in seven of the last eight seasons.
 Twelve players caught at least one pass, a season high.

Player Notes
 QB Cutter Boley completed a career-best, 31-of-39 pass attempts for a career-
best 258 yards.
o He added a career-best 14 rushes for a career-best 45 yards and the first
touchdown rushing of his career.
o On non-sack plays, he ran 11 times for 69 yards.
o His 16-yard TD run is longest for a UK QB since Will Levis in 2021 at
Louisville.
o Boley’s 31 completions is the most for a UK freshman quarterback since
Jared Lorenzen in 2000.
o Boley’s 258 passing yards are the most for a UK freshman since Maxwell
Smith threw for 283 vs. Ole Miss in 2011.
o His 79.4 percent completion percentage is also a career best and the best
single-game percentage for a freshman quarterback with 30 attempts.
o His 79.4 percentage is the best for any UK quarterback since Dusty
Bonner completed 85 percent (34 of 40) vs. Connecticut in 1999.
o Boley is the first UK quarterback with at least 250 passing yards and 45
rushing yards since Will Levis vs. Tennessee in 2021.

 RB Seth McGowan had 14 carries for 45 yards rushing, while also leading the
team with a career-best seven catches for 68 yards receiving.
o Seven catches is the most for a UK running back since Raymond Sanders
caught seven vs. Georgia in 2010.

 DB Ty Bryant led the team with seven tackles, which included his first solo tackle
for loss (-1 yard) this season.
 LB Grant Godfrey had a career-high four tackles and had one-half quarterback
sack, the first of his career.
 Four others had a career-high-tying four tackles, including:
o DB Tehryon Nichols had a career-high-tying four tackles
o DL David Gusta had a career-high-tying four tackles and a half-sack
o DL Tavion Gadson had a career-high-tying four tackles and a half-sack
 LB Steven Soles Jr., who had two tackles, also recorded his third sack (-8
yards) of the season and the fourth of his career.
 LB Daveren Rayner reached the 200-tackle mark in his career with his three
stops tonight, totaling 201 for his career.
 K Jacob Kauwe went 2-of-3 from field goals (46 yards, 45 yards), only missing a
53 yarder, which would have been his career long.
o The redshirt freshman added 1-of-1 on PAT, improving to 15-of-15 for his
season / his career.