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WKU Football at LSU
Postgame Notes
Oct. 24, 2015
Tiger Stadium: Baton Rouge, La.
FINAL SCORE: WKU 20, LSU 48
Team Records and Series Notes
- Captains for WKU were Nick Holt, Forrest Lamp, Gavin Rocker and Wonderful Terry. LSU won the toss and deferred.
- WKU falls to 6-2, while LSU improves to 7-0. The Tigers have won the only two games in the series, with the last match up played in 2011.
Team Notes.
- The 101,561 in attendance is the second-most to ever watch the Hilltoppers play, just 260 people shy of the most ever (2012 at No. 1 Alabama).
- The 428 total yards on offense by WKU were the most given up by LSU at home this season and most since the Mississippi State game (Sept. 20) last season.
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- The 325 passing yards by the Hilltoppers were the second-most given up by the Tigers this season, which was just 10 yards short of the most, and most at home.
Player Notes
- With his 325 passing yards, Doughty became just the third quarterback to throw for at least 300 yards on LSU in Tigers last 33 games, joining Mississippi State's Dak Prescott and Ole Miss' Bo Wallace. He has thrown for at least 300 yards in 17 of his last 21 games.
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- Doughty has thrown a touchdown pass in 22 straight games, which ties TCU's Trevone Boykin with longest active streak in FBS.
- He tossed 19th touchdown before halftime in last five games combined with his shovel pass to Wales in the second quarter.
- With his 37 completions, Doughty now owns the Top 3 seasons in WKU history for most completions thrown in a season with 234.
- Before his miss in the third quarter, Garrett Schwettman had split the uprights on 88 consecutive PATs, the second-longest streak in WKU history. He is the only kicker to post two streaks of 50+ as he held a run of 59 straight from 10/11/12-11/2/13.
- Taywan Taylor, who entered the game as the leading receiver in C-USA, finished the game with 103 yards on 10 catches and added a touchdown. For the year, Taylor leads WKU with 928 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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- Taylor now has 124 career receptions, tying with Alan Mullins (1982-85) for sixth-place in WKU history. His 11 touchdowns this season tie Jared Dangerfield (2014) and Porter Williams (1973) for most in a season in program history.
- His 928 yards this season are the third-most in a single season in Hilltopper history as he had his third straight 100-yard game and his fifth in the last six games.
- Returner Kylen Towner moved into sixth at WKU in career kick returns with 46.
- Anthony Wales scored his second receiving touchdown of the season and fourth touchdown overall in the past three games.
- Linebacker Dejon Brown tallied a season-high nine tackles (5 solo) in the game.
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- In the last three games, Wales has combined for 435 and four touchdowns.
