Oct. 15, 2013
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FINAL SCORE: Louisiana 37, WKU 20
Team Records and Series Notes
- WKU falls to 4-3, including a 1-2 mark in Sun Belt Conference play on the season.
- WKU returns to action against Troy on Oct. 26 at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium for homecoming. Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. CT with the game broadcast on ESPN3. Tickets are available through the WKU Ticket Office by calling 1-800-5-BIG-RED, visiting wkusports.com or visiting the E.A. Diddle Arena Box Office.
Team Notes
- WKU received to open the game. WKU has received to open the game in every game this season.
- WKU's team captains were Jonathan Dowling, Brandon Doughty, Cam Thomas and Andrew Jackson. The honorary captain was Dr. David Coffey and Dr. Thomas Bohuski.
- Attendance was 16,359 for the evening.
- WKU went seven plays and 75 yards in 3:27 to open the game for a touchdown score. It marked the sixth time in seven games that WKU has scored on its opening drive of the game.
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- Doughty is now 20-of-22 for 246 yards and three touchdowns on opening drives of games this season for WKU in his six starts.
- Petrino's teams have forced a turnover in 16 consecutive games.
- WKU's scoring streak stands at 18 games since being shutout against Alabama (35-0) on Sept. 8, 2012.
- WKU held UL without a pass completion over the first 26:42 of the game.
- WKU finished the game with 467 total yards, the sixth time in seven games WKU has eclipsed 400 yards of offense
- Petrino-led teams have passed for at least 200 yards in 95 of 108 games during his career including 42 of the last 43 games he has coached.
- Petrino-led teams have passed for a touchdown in 94 of 108 games during his career.
Player Notes
- Senior running back Antonio Andrews had 154 rushing yards and one touchdown on 28 carries.
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- Andrews' 1,000 yards rushing on the season marks the 17th time in program history that a player has gone over 1,000 yards rushing in a season.
- Andrews finished the game ranked 16th on the single-season rushing list at WKU with 1,036 yards.
- It is the fourth consecutive season in which a WKU runner has reached the 1,000 yard mark, tying the school record for consecutive years with a 1,000 yard ball carrier on the roster. WKU players reached the mark previously in 1996-1999.
- Andrews also surpassed the 1,500 all-purpose yard mark on the season in the game and has nation-best 1,610 all-purpose yards.
- Andrews moved into 10th in NCAA history for all-purpose yards over a two-year span (4,771 in 2012 and 2013).
- Andrews moved into 61st place in NCAA history with 5,790 career all-purpose yards, passing college football greats Marshall Faulk and Herschel Walker with his 267 all-purpose yards tonight.
- Andrews posted his eighth career 150 yards rushing game of his career, tying Willie Taggart for the second most 150-yard rushing games in school history.
- Andrews has rushed for 150 or more yards in four consecutive games.
- Andrews has had a run of at least 20 yards in 10 straight games.
- Andrews has had a run or pass reception of at least 20 yards in 17 straight games.
- Andrews has now caught a pass in 20 consecutive games.
- Andrews had his nation-leading 20th straight game with 100 or more all-purpose yards. It was the 25th such game in his career.
- Andrews now has 14 career games with 20 or more rushing attempts.
- Andrews has posted 100 or more rushing yards in 16 of his last 18 games. The 16 games with 100 rushing yards is also the total for his career.
- Andrews has posted 100 or more rushing yards in six straight games.
- Andrews posted his nation-leading 14th consecutive game with 150 or more all-purpose yards. No one else in the nation has a streak longer than five games.
- Andrews has posted 132 or more all-purpose yards in 20 straight games.
- Andrews reached 200 all-purpose yards for the fourth straight game, finishing with 267 in the game.
- Andrews has scored a touchdown in 17 of the last 20 games he has played.
- Andrews has 25 or more carries in nine of WKU's last 13 games.
- Junior quarterback Brandon Doughty finished the game with 260 passing yards, his fourth career performance with 250 or more yards passing.
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- Doughty now ranks 10th in pass completions in a single season in WKU history with 145.
- Sophomore quarterback Nelson Fishback completed 5-of-6 passes for 78 yards in his second career appearance
- Junior tight end Mitchell Henry recorded his second touchdown reception of the season and eighth of his career on WKU's opening drive.
- Senior Calvin Washington made his first career start. He recorded a fumble recovery in the first quarter.
- Sophomore Garrett Schwettman is now 7-of-8 on the season on field goals after making kicks from 29 and 28 yards.
- Junior wide receiver Joel German tallied 67 yards receiving, his third-straight game with at least 50 yards receiving
- Freshman wide receiver Taywan Taylor has caught a pass in six of seven games this season.
- Freshman wide receiver Nicholas Norris has caught a pass in six of seven games this season.
- Senior linebacker Andrew Jackson posted 10 tackles, his 12th career double-digit tackling performance
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- Jackson led WKU in tackles for the first time this season and for the 15th time in his career
