Whitlow rushed for a career-long 88 yards for a touchdown on UK’s opening possession, his fourth rushing TD of the year and the seventh of his career.
It marked the longest rush by a player in the Southeastern Conference in 2013, topping Alabama’s Derrick Henry, who had an 80-yard rush vs. Arkansas on Oct. 19.
It was the longest rush, by either team, in the history of Commonwealth Stadium.
It marked the second-longest rush in Kentucky history and the longest rush every by a Kentucky quarterback.
The rush was the fourth-longest in the NCAA in 2013 and the longest by a quarterback since Northern Illinois QB Jordan Lynch scampered 88 yards in 2012. Lynch’s 90-yard rush in 2010 marks the last rushing play by a QB longer than 88 yards.
He finished 16-for-26 with 186 yards and two TDs in the air.
He rushed for a career-high 101 yards on 10 carries, with two touchdowns.
It marked the first 100-yard rushing performance for a Kentucky QB since WR turned QB Matt Roark rushed 24 times for 124 yards in a win over Tennessee on Nov. 26, 2011.
He is just the fourth UK quarterback since 1983 to rush for 100 or more yards, joining Roark, Shane Boyd (130, vs. Indiana, 2004) and Pookie Jones (138, vs. Kent State, 1993). Boyd is the last Kentucky player with 100 yards rushing and passing in a single game, throwing for 205 yards in his 130-yard rushing game in 2004 vs. Indiana.
It marked UK’s first 100-yard rushing performance since Raymond Sanders ran for 123 yards vs. Samford in 2012.
Whitlow is the first UK quarterback to rush for two TDs and throw for two TDs since Boyd vs. Indiana in 2004.
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