Quarterback, Mike White
- Completed 28 of 41 passes for 334 yards with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. He has thrown for 300+ yards in 5 consecutive games and has 2,986 passing yards so far this season.
- With a 16-yard completion to Fant in the 4th quarter, he became the 106th quarterback in FBS history with 10,000 career passing yards. Finishing the game at 10,071 yards, he has 7,349 as a Hilltopper after accumulating 2,722 at South Florida.
Wide Receiver, Cameron Echols-Luper
- Had a team-highs of 9 receptions and 99 yards with 1 touchdown. The 9 catches were a career high, while his 99 yards were his most as a Hilltopper.
- Led WKU with 4 kick returns for 81 yards, adding up to 180 all-purpose yards on the night.
Tight End, Deon Yelder
- Had 6 receptions for a career-high 73 yards.
Wide receiver, Quin Jernighan
- Had 4 receptions for 50 yards with a career-high 2 touchdowns. He became the 1st Hilltopper with 2 receiving scores in a game this season.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER NOTES
Linebacker, Joel Iyiegbuniwe
- Led WKU with a career-high 15 tackles, which tied for the 2nd most all-time by a Hilltopper. A total of 15 has been reached on 4 occasions, with the record of 19 by Andrew Jackson vs. Florida Atlantic in 2012.
Nickelback, Ta'Corian Darden
- Ranked 2nd on WKU with 11 tackles, the 2nd time in the past 3 games he has reached double-digits.
Linebacker, Ben Holt
- Had a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss, which included his 1st career solo sack in the 2nd quarter. He recorded 6 tackles on the night.
Defensive end, Derik Overstreet
- Recorded a sack for the 2nd consecutive game in the 2nd quarter, it was the 10th of his career. He had 6 tackles on the night.
HILLTOPPER TEAM NOTES
- WKU lost in the month of November for the 2nd consecutive game; the Hilltoppers had won 10 straight November games.
- WKU tied a season high with 2 sacks, both on Marshall's final drive of the 1st half.
- WKU passed for 344 yards, the most allowed by Marshall to an opponent this season.
- WKU had 7 players with at least 1 reception, the 1st time all season the Hilltoppers failed to have at least 8 different players catch a pass.
- Marshall ran 77 plays, the 2nd-most of any WKU opponent this season, and possessed the ball for 36:44, the most by any WKU opponent this season.
GAME AND SERIES NOTES
- WKU's team captains for the game were Jake Collins, Iyiegbuniwe, Overstreet and White.
- There was an attendance of 19,516 in Joan C. Edwards Stadium for the 6:34 p.m. ET kick off.
- WKU fell to 4-5 in the all-time series against Marshall. It was the Hilltoppers' 1st loss since the series re-upped in 2014 after the program moved to Conference USA.
