Oct. 26, 2013
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Team Records and Series Notes
- WKU fell to 4-4 on the season and 1-3 in the Sun Belt Conference. Troy improved to 5-3 on the year, including a 2-2 mark in league play.
- WKU returns to action on Nov. 2 at Georgia State in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome. The game is set for a noon kickoff on the Sun Belt Network.
- WKU returns home to close the season on Nov. 30, 2013 against Arkansas State. 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
- Attendance was 20,110, marking the second game this season with over 20,000 fans and the seventh crowd of over 20,000 since Houchens Industires-L.T. Smith Stadium was expanded in 2008.
- 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 Dave Chandler.
- WKU went 11 plays for 55 yards in the opening 5:09 of the game on its opening drive, taking a 3-0 lead on a 29-yard field goal by Garrett Schwettman.
- It marked the seventh time in eight games that WKU has scored on its opening drive of the game this season.
- Nelson Fishback was 2-of-2 for 12 yards on the opening drive.
- Brandon Doughty was 20-of-22 for 246 yards and three touchdowns on opening drives of games this season for WKU in his six starts while Todd Porter did not attempt a pass on the opening drive against Morgan State in his one start.
- WKU quarterbacks are now a combined 22-of-24 for 258 yards and three scores on opening drives this season.
- WKU's scoring streak stands at 19 games since being shutout against Alabama (35-0) on Sept. 8, 2012.
- Petrino's teams have forced a turnover in 17 consecutive games.
- Petrino-led teams have passed for a touchdown in 94 of 108 games during his career.
- Petrino-led teams have passed for at least 200 yards in 96 of 109 games during his career including 43 of the last 44 games he has coached.
- WKU had three tight ends catch a pass in the game, the first time that has occurred this season.
- WKU finished the game with 532 total yards, the seventh time in eight games WKU has eclipsed 400 yards of offense.
- WKU's 399 yards passing was the third-highest output in school history and most since Oct. 5, 1985
Player Notes
- Senior running back Antonio Andrews finished the game with 292 all-purpose yards, the ninth most in a single-game by a player in the FBS entering Saturday.
- Andrews is one of two players in the FBS to record two games of 290 or more all-purpose yards this season.
- Andrews reached the 6,000 yard all-purpose mark for his career in the second half, becoming just the 42nd player in NCAA FBS history to reach the mark.
- Andrews continues to climb the NCAA's FBS career all-purpose yards list. He entered the game at 62nd on the all-time list with 5,790 yards and finished at 38th place all-time with 6,082 yards.
- Andrews also continues to climb the NCAA's FBS best two-year all-purpose span. He entered the game ranked 10th all-time at 4,761 yards and finished ranked 5th with 5,053 all-purpose yards since start of 2012.
- Andrews became just the fifth player in NCAA FBS history to reach 5,000 all-purpose yards over a two-year period.
- Andrews had his nation-leading 21st straight game with 100 or more all-purpose yards. It was the 26th such game in his career.
- Andrews has posted 132 or more all-purpose yards in 21 straight games.
- Andrews posted his nation-leading 15th consecutive game with 150 or more all-purpose yards. No one else in the nation has a streak longer than five games entering today's contests.
- Andrews has had a run or pass reception of at least 20 yards in 18 straight games.
- Andrews has now caught a pass in 21 consecutive games.
- Andrews surpassed the 3,000 yard rushing mark for his career during the first quarter.
- Andrews has scored a touchdown in 18 of the last 21 games he has played.
- Andrews had a career-high 125 receiving yards on his career-high 7 receptions. His previous career best was a 71-yard performance against FAU last season.
- Andrews' 125 receiving yards set a WKU record for the FBS era. It was the sixth time in the FBS era that a WKU player has posted 100 receiving yards in a game.
- Andrews is the first WKU player to reach the 100-yard mark in receptions since Willie McNeal had 119 yards against Middle Tennessee on Nov. 1, 2012.
- Andrews reached 100 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards for the first time in his career, becoming the first WKU player to achieve that feat in the FBS era.
- Andrews finished the game ranked 12th on the single-season rushing list at WKU with 1,180 yards.
- Andrews now has 15 career games with 20 or more rushing attempts.
- Andrews has posted 100 or more rushing yards in 17 of his last 19 games. The 17 games with 100 rushing yards is also the total for his career.
- Andrews has posted 100 or more rushing yards in seven straight games.
- Andrews reached 200 all-purpose yards for the fifth straight game, finishing with a season-high 292 in the game.
- Andrews has 25 or more carries in 10 of WKU's last 14 games.
- Sophomore kicker Garrett Schwettman hit a career high four field goals from 29, 33, 24 and 37 yards
- Schwettman is now 10-of-12 on the season on field goal attempts and 20-of-25 in his career.
- It was his third multi-field goal game of the season and second consecutive.
- It was his seventh career multi-field goal game.
- Schwettman's four-field goal performance was just the 21st time in school history that a kicker has hit three or more field goals in a single game at WKU and the fifth of four or more in program history.
- Junior quarterback Brandon Doughty was 29-of-45 for 387 yards in the game.
- With his 150th completion of the season during the first half, Doughty became the eighth player to reach the mark in a single season in program history.
- Doughty's 29 pass completions and 387 yards were career bests for the signal caller.
- Doughty's 29 pass completions set a new WKU FBS era record, as did his 387 passing yards
- It is his fourth game with at least 20 pass completions. He also reached the mark against Kentucky, Navy and ULM.
- Doughty had his second 300-yard passing game of the season. He owns the two of the three 300-yard passing games of the FBS era for WKU.
- Doughty became just the fifth WKU quarterback to reach 2,000 passing yards in a single season and the second consecutive.
- Sophomore quarterback Nelson Fishback recorded his first career start.
- He was the third different quarterback to start a game for the Hilltoppers this season.
- Sophomore running back Leon Allen had his fourth rushing touchdown of the season and sixth of his career in the second quarter. It was the seventh touchdown of his career overall.
- Freshman wide receiver Nicholas Norris has caught a pass in seven of eight games this season.
- Freshman wide receiver Taywan Taylor has caught a pass in seven of eight games this season.
- Sophomore Tim Gorski had career highs in receiving yards (45), catches (3) and a career long reception of 22 yards
- Junior wide receiver Willie McNeal made major strides in his drive to 100 career receptions.
- He entered the game with 88 career receptions and moved up to 94 with his six grabs against Troy.
- McNeal passed the 1,250 career receiving yards mark in the first half.
- Senior Bar'ee Boyd had a career best 1.5 sacks in the game. He also had a forced fumble in the first half.
- Senior Tyree Robinson registered his first interception of the season and third of his career, picking off Troy's Corey Robinson on the Trojans' first drive of the second half.
- Robinson's interception was the Hilltoppers' seventh of the season.
- Senior linebacker Andrew Jackson led WKU with seven tackles
- Jackson led WKU in tackles for the second time this season and for the 16th time in his career
