Nov. 23, 2013
WKU Football vs. Texas State
Postgame Notes
Nov. 23, 2013
Bobcat Stadium; San Marcos, Texas
FINAL SCORE: WKU 38, Texas State 7
Team Records and Series Notes
- WKU is now 7-4 on the season with a 3-3 mark in the Sun Belt Conference.
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- WKU is 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.
- WKU and Texas State met for the first time in program history.
Team Notes
- WKU received to open the game. WKU has received to open the game in every game this season.
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- WKU failed to score on the opening drive for just the third time this season
- WKU's team captains were Jonathan Dowling, Brandon Doughty, Cam Thomas and Andrew Jackson
- WKU has scored first and led by at least 10 points in every Sun Belt Conference game this season
- With Antonio Andrews eclipsing the 1,500 yard rushing mark, WKU has now had a 1,500-yard rusher in four-straight seasons, tying the longest active streak in the nation (Oregon).
- WKU's scoring streak stands at 22 games since being shutout against Alabama (35-0) on Sept. 8, 2012.
- WKU rushed for 321 yards as a team, the second time the Hilltoppers have rushed for more than 300 yards this season (377 vs. Morgan State, 09/21/13)
- WKU limited Texas State to 130 yards of total offense, the second lowest total surrendered in the FBS era
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- The Hilltoppers held the Bobcats to -1 yards of offense through their first 18 plays
- Petrino's teams have forced a turnover in 20 consecutive games.
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- WKU forced three Texas State turnovers in the first quarter, marking the first time since Sept. 8, 2007 (West Virginia Tech) that the Hilltoppers forced three turnovers in the same quarter
- WKU finished the game with four interceptions, the most since intercepting Kentucky four times on Sept. 15, 2012
- WKU set an FBSrecord by forcing five Texas State turnovers
- With defensive backs Tyree Robinson and Cam Thomas intercepting two passes each, they became the second and third players this season to record multiple interceptions in a game (Jonathan Dowling vs. Navy, 09/28/13)
- Bobby Petrino improved to 27-7 during the month of November as a collegiate head coach.
Player Notes
- Senior running back Antonio Andrews rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries
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- Andrews continues to climb the NCAA's FBS career all-purpose yards list. He moved into 23rd place all-time and is now at 6,598 career all-purpose yards.
- Andrews moved into third place on the NCAA's FBS best two-year all-purpose list. He now has 5,569 yards, passing Tavon Austin of West Virginia. He now trails only Ryan Benjamin and Jeremy Maclin.
- Andrews had his nation-leading 24th straight game with 100 or more all-purpose yards. It was the 29th such game in his career.
- Andrews extended his nation-leading streak of 100-yard rushing games to 10-straight, eclipsing the 100-yard mark at the 9:27 marker of the second quarter
- Andrews eclipsed 1,500 rushing yards for the second-straight season and now has two of the six 1,500-yard rushing seasons in program history
- Andrews became WKU's all-time leader in 200-yard rushing games as he now has five such performances
- With his seven-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter, Andrews became the seventh player in program history to record 30 career touchdowns
- Andrews finished the contest with three touchdowns, his seventh-career multi-touchdown game
- Andrews has now caught a pass in 24 consecutive games.
- Andrews now has 1,611 yards rushing on the season, moving him into 5th place on the single-season list at WKU.
- Andrews has posted 100 or more rushing yards in 20 of his last 22 games. The 20 games with 100 rushing yards is also the total for his career.
- Junior quarterback Brandon Doughty finished the game 20-of-32 for 152 yards
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- Doughty's 2,602 yards passing this season are the second most in program history
- Doughty's 225 completions this season are the second most in program history
- Doughty has now completed at least 20 passes in six games this year
- Senior defensive back Tyree Robinson recorded two interceptions, his first-career multi-interception game
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- Robinson now has six career interceptions
- Junior defensive back Cam Thomas notched his first career multiple interception game, picking off a pair of Texas State passes in the first half
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- Thomas now has five interceptions this season and nine in his career
- Senior defensive lineman Calvin Washington registered his second career fumble recovery
- Freshman linebacker Devante Duclos recorded his first career sack on a third down play in the third quarter
- Redshirt freshman running back Anthony Wales scored his first career touchdown on a 21-yard scamper late in the fourth quarter
- Freshman wide receiver Nicholas Norris has caught a pass in 10 of 11 games this season.
- Sophomore kicker Garrett Schwettman is now 13-of-16 on field goals this season
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- Schwettman has now made 23 field goals in his career, moving him into a tie for fifth-place in program history
