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WKU Football vs. UTSA
Postgame Notes
Nov. 22, 2014
Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium; Bowling Green, Ky.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 45, UTSA 7
Team Records and Series Notes
- WKU won its third-straight game to improve to 6-5 overall and 3-4 in C-USA action. UTSA fell to 3-8, 2-5 in C-USA.
- With the win, WKU is now bowl eligible for the fourth-straight season - the longest active streak in Conference USA.
- The Hilltoppers are one of eight Group of Five programs to be bowl eligible in four-straight seasons as of Saturday.
- WKU has now won four-straight home games, the longest streak for the program since winning eight-straight home games from Sept. 11, 2004 to Oct. 15, 2005.
- The Hilltoppers' 45-7 win was its largest margin of victory in a conference game since defeating Indiana State 41-3 in 2006. It also represented the largest margin of victory in a conference game in the FBS era.
- The Hilltoppers finished their 2014 home slate with a 5-1 record, which is their best home record since going 5-0 in 2004.
- WKU is 7-1 in its last eight games played in the month of November and holds an 11-5 record in the month since 2011
Team Notes
- WKU has scored at least 30 points in 13 of its last 14 games dating back to Nov. 23, 2013
- With their 45 points against the Roadrunners, the Hilltoppers scored at least 35 points in all six home games in 2014
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- WKU averaged 49.3 points per game at home in 2014 with 296 points in six games
- WKU's 45 points moved the Hilltoppers' season total to 461, a new school record
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- The previous single-season record for points was 432 by the 2002 Hilltoppers that played 15 games
- WKU churned out 466 yards against UTSA, which moves its season total to a school record 5,565 yards
- The Hilltoppers racked up 25 first downs in the contest and are now four away from a single-season program record
- The Hilltoppers shutout the Roadrunners in the first half, marking the first time since Nov. 23, 2013 at Texas State that WKU pitched a shutout in a half
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- WKU did not allow a point until the 8:49 marker of the fourth quarter, snapping a span of 66:11 dating back to last week's game against Army in which the Tops did not allow a point
- WKU's defense surrendered season lows in points (7) and yards (234) for the third-straight game
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- The Hilltoppers tallied a season-high 9.0 tackles for loss and now have 17 tackles for loss the past two weeks
- WKU forced UTSA to punt 7 times, the most since forcing FAU to punt 8 times on Nov. 10, 2012
- The WKU defense has forced a turnover in seven of the past eight games
- With 14 points in the first quarter, WKU has now put up a school record 123 points in the opening stanza this season. The 2003 Hilltoppers held the previous mark with 117 first-quarter points
- WKU has set single-season team records for points, passing first downs, passing yards, completions, touchdown passes, total yards and first-quarter points this season. The Hilltoppers are also on pace to set records for points per game, yards per game, passing yards per game, touchdowns scored and first downs.
- WKU's game captains were Cameron Clemmons, Cam Thomas, Willie McNeal and Terran Williams.
- WKU won the toss and elected to receive
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- WKU scored on the opening drive for the sixth time this season with a 54-yard TD catch from Leon Allen
Player Notes
- Senior quarterback Brandon Doughty connected on 26-of-35 passes for 346 yards and 5 touchdowns
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- Doughty extended his single-season record for TD passes to 36 after tossing 5 versus UTSA. He's now tied for second in program history with 50 career TD passes and is two away from the all-time WKU record
- Doughty's 67-yard TD pass to Willie McNeal, 54-yard TD toss to Leon Allen and 47-yard scoring connection with Taywan Taylor upped his 40+ yard passing TD total to 12
- Doughty has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 11-straight games and multiple touchdown passes in 11 of his past 12 games
- Doughty now has nine-career performances with three or more passing TDs
- Doughty has thrown at least four touchdowns on four occasions this season
- Doughty has thrown at least five TDs in a game three separate times this season
- Doughty's dominance at home continued, as he's now 159-of-213 for 2,107 yards with 24 TDs and no interceptions at Smith Stadium in 2014. He's thrown 388-straight passes without an interception at home dating back to Oct. 15, 2013
- Doughty has 24 TD passes at home this season - the previous single season record for total TD passes in a season was 22
- Doughty now leads the country with 36 TD passes in 2014. His 36 TDs are tied for the 59th most in single-season FBS history with the likes of Peyton Manning (1997) and Sam Bradford (2007)
- Junior running back Leon Allen had 133 all-purpose yards (68 rush, 65 rec.) and added a receiving touchdown
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- Allen has scored 8 touchdowns during WKU's three-game winning streak
- Allen's 54-yard TD reception was the longest catch of his career
- Junior wide receiver Jared Dangerfield tied his career high with two touchdown catches
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- Dangerfield's 8 TD catches in 2014 are the most by a Hilltopper receiver since Curtis Hamilton caught 10 in 2006. He is just the third receiver in WKU history to record 8 TD receptions in a single season
- Sophomore wide receiver Taywan Taylor's 47-yard TD catch was his fifth scoring catch of 30+yards this season
- Redshirt senior wide receiver Willie McNeal's 7 receptions moved him to second in WKU history with 162 career grabs
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- McNeal's second-quarter TD grab moved his career total to 20, which ranks third in WKU history
- McNeal finished the game with a career high 7 catches for 105 yards, marking his third-career 100-yard performance
- Redshirt junior defensive lineman Gavin Rocker forced his first-career fumble and recovered it in the first quarter
- Rocker also registered his first-career multi-sack game with lost yardage totaling 14
- Redshirt sophomore defensive back Branden Leston recorded his first-career interception in the third quarter
- Leston also tied a career high with 9 tackles
- Junior kicker Garrett Schwettman's 8 points upped his total to 100 for the season, making him one of seven players in school history to hit the 100-point mark in a season
