Nov. 2, 2013
Recap | Box Score | First Half Gallery 
WKU Football vs. Georgia State
Postgame Notes
Nov. 2, 2013
Georgia Dome; Atlanta, Ga.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 44, Georgia State 28
Team Records and Series Notes
- WKU is now 5-4 on the season, including a 2-3 mark in Sun Belt Conference play. Georgia State is now 0-9, including a 0-4 mark in Sun Belt Conference play.
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- o WKU is now one win shy of becoming bowl eligible for the third consecutive season. WKU is in just its fifth season of eligibility for postseason bowls after making the move to the FBS.
- Georgia State and WKU met for the first time in program history. The game is one of five this season that pit WKU against first-time opponents.
- WKU returns to action next Saturday when the Hilltoppers travel to West Point, New York to face Army. Kickoff is set for 11:00 a.m. CT with the game being broadcast by CBS Sports 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.
- 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 Luis Polanco.
- WKU went 40 yards in 12 plays over 6:12 for a touchdown by Keshawn Simpson.
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- It marked the eighth time in nine games that WKU has scored on its opening drive of the game this season.
- Brandon Doughty is 25-of-28 for 270 yards and three touchdown passes on opening drives of games this season for WKU in his seven starts while Todd Porter did not attempt a pass on the opening drive against Morgan State in his one start. Nelson Fishback was 2-of-2 for 12 yards on the opening drive against Louisiana-Lafayette.
- WKU quarterbacks are now a combined 27-of-30 for 282 yards and three touchdown passes on opening drives this season.
- WKU's scoring streak stands at 20 games since being shutout against Alabama (35-0) on Sept. 8, 2012.
- Petrino's teams have forced a turnover in 18 consecutive games.
- Petrino-led teams have passed for a touchdown in 95 of 110 games during his career.
- Petrino-led teams have passed for at least 200 yards in 97 of 110 games during his career including 44 of the last 45 games he has coached.
- Petrino-led teams have rushed for at least 200 yards in 40 games during his career.
- Petrino-led teams have rushed for at least 200 yards and passed for at least 200 yards in the same game 31 times, including today.
- WKU has won 13 of its last 20 games in Sun Belt Conference play after losing 15 of its first 17 conference games since joining the league in 2009 as a full-time football member.
- WKU is 9-2 in Sun Belt Conference road games since the start of 2011 season.
- Bobby Petrino recorded his 80th career win as a collegiate head coach. He is now 80-30 in his 110-game collegiate head coaching career.
- Bobby Petrino improved to 25-7 during the month of November as a collegiate head coach.
- Bobby Petrino improved to 65-5 when his teams score 30 points or more in a game.
- WKU was 4-of-4 in the red zone, including 3-of-4 on touchdowns, during the first half after entering the game 36-of-46 on the season and just 25-of-46 scoring touchdowns.
- WKU converted on 7-of-13 third down opportunities in the game.
- WKU's 44 points were the most in a Sun Belt Conference game for WKU since scoring 54 against Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 23, 2010, the school's first ever Sun Belt Conference victory.
- WKU used three quarterbacks in the game: Doughty, Nelson Fishback and Damarcus Smith.
Player Notes
- Senior running back Antonio Andrews finished the game with 22 carries for 110 yards. He finished the game with 143 all-purpose yards. He did not have a kick return and just one punt return in the game.
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- Andrews continues to climb the NCAA's FBS career all-purpose yards list. He is now 32nd on the all-time list at 6,225 yards. He passed Archie Griffin and Kentuckian Travis Prentice (Louisville's DuPont Manual) on the all-time list today.
- Andrews remained fifth on the NCAA's FBS best two-year all-purpose list. He is now at 5,196 yards for the last two seasons. Tulsa's Damaris Johnson is fifth with 5,321 yards.
- Andrews had his nation-leading 22nd straight game with 100 or more all-purpose yards. It was the 27th such game in his career.
- Andrews has posted 132 or more all-purpose yards in 22 straight games.
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- Andrews has now caught a pass in 22 consecutive games.
- Andrews now has 1,290 yards rushing on the season, moving him into 10th place on the single-season list at WKU.
- Andrews now has 16 career games with 20 or more rushing attempts.
- Andrews has posted 100 or more rushing yards in 18 of his last 20 games. The 18 games with 100 rushing yards is also the total for his career.
- Andrews has posted 100 or more rushing yards in eight straight games.
- Sophomore Leon Allen had nine carries for 61 yards, including a key stretch of carries in the fourth quarter.
- Senior running back Keshawn Simpson had 10 carries for 25 yards and four rushing touchdowns.
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- Simpson becomes just the third different WKU player to rush for three touchdowns or more in a game during the FBS era. It was the fifth time a WKU player has reached the mark and the second time this season.
- Simpson is the second WKU player in the FBS era to record four or more rushing touchdowns in a game.
- Simpson entered the game with four career rushing touchdown, doubling that mark. He had two rushing touchdowns on the season this year.
- Sophomore back Kadeem Jones caught his first touchdown pass of the season late in the first half and the fifth of his career. The touchdown catch was just his eighth of the season.
- Junior quarterback Brandon Doughty was 15-of-24 for 206 yards passing in the game before leaving in the third quarter with an injury.
- Sophomore Nelson Fishback completed 3-of-5 passes for 35 yards and a touchdown.
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- Fishback threw his first career touchdown pass during the fourth quarter.
- Sophomore Tim Gorski caught his first touchdown pass of the season during the fourth quarter. It was the second career touchdown catch of his career.
- Junior tight end Mitchell Henry had a 27-yard kick return to open the game, the longest of his career. It was his third career kick return.
- Freshman wide receiver Nicholas Norris has caught a pass in eight of nine games this season.
- Freshman wide receiver Taywan Taylor has caught a pass in eight of nine games this season.
- Senior Tyree Robinson registered an interception for the second straight game as he posted his fourth career pick during the fourth quarter.
- Junior Cam Thomas had his third interception of the season and seventh of his career in the third quarter.
- Sophomore kicker Garrett Schwettman hit a 40-yard field goal in the first quarter.
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- Schwettman is now 12-of-14 on the season on field goal attempts and 22-of-27 in his career.
