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WKU Football at Florida Atlantic
Postgame Notes
Oct. 18, 2014
FAU Stadium/Schnellenberger Field; Boca Raton, Fla.
FINAL SCORE: Florida Atlantic 45, WKU 38
Team Records and Series Notes
- WKU fell to 2-4 on the season with a 0-3 mark in league play. Florida Atlantic is 3-4 on the season with a 2-1 mark in league play.
- Both teams set new series records for scoring in the game with the 83 points between the teams were also a series record.
Team Notes
- WKU's game captains were Cameron Clemmons, Brandon Doughty, Willie McNeal and Terran Williams.
- WKU won the toss and elected to receive. WKU went on to score on its opening drive.
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- WKU scored on its opening drive for the third straight game and for the fourth time in six games this season. WKU has scored on the opening drive on 13-of-18 occasions with Jeff Brohm on the WKU sideline.
- WKU extended its FBS-best streak of 34-point performances to eight games, a streak dating back to Nov. 23, 2013
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- The 2014 Hilltoppers are the only team in school history to open the season with six-straight 30+ point games.
- WKU has racked up at least 400 yards of offense in eight-straight games.
- WKU has had at least eight different players catch a pass in every game this season.
- The WKU defense held Florida Atlantic without points during a unique drive that spanned the first and second quarter as FAU went 19 plays for 57 yards but was held without points on the drive after missing a 34-yard field goal.
- WKU had 303 yards of total offense in the first half and have had at least 249 yards of total offense in the first half of every game this season. WKU has also had at least 100 yards of total offense in the first and second quarter of every game this season.
- The teams combined for 1,021 total yards of offense and 83 points.
Player Notes
- Sophomore wide receiver Taywan Taylor caught a touchdown pass on the opening drive of the game for the second straight game. It was Taylor's third career touchdown reception.
- Senior wide receiver Willie McNeal upped his career reception total to 145 and stands in fourth place on WKU's career list.
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- McNeal has at least one catch in 26-straight games and at least four catches in 11-straight games.
- McNeal caught his 17th career touchdown early in the first quarter.
- Senior quarterback Brandon Doughty finished 28-of-44 for 335 yards and three touchdowns.
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- Doughty has thrown multiple touchdown passes in every game this season and in seven straight games overall.
- Doughty, who became the first quarterback in school history with three-straight 300-yard games in the game with UAB, extended that streak to four games today.
- Doughty reached the 100 yard passing mark before throwing his first incompletion for the second consecutive game. He completed his first six passes for 126 yards today after going 14-of-14 for 177 yards to open against UAB.
- Doughty has completed at least 20 passes in eight-consecutive games dating back to Nov. 23, 2013.
- Doughty threw for three or more touchdowns in a game for the fifth time in his career.
- Doughty upped his touchdown pass total to 19 after throwing for 14 TDs in all of 2013.
- Sophomore defensive back Marcus Ward recorded his first career fumble recovery during the first half.
- WKU had two players reach double figures in tackles in Nick Holt (11) and Daqual Randall (12).
