Kentucky-Georgia Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES

1. 1 GEORGIA AT KENTUCKY 

KROGER FIELD AT C.M. NEWTON GROUNDS – LEXINGTON, KY.

NOV. 19, 2022

FINAL SCORE: Georgia 16, Kentucky 6

Workforce Information and Collection Info

• Kentucky is 6-5 and finishes 3-5 in Southeastern Convention play. Georgia, the SEC Japanese Division champion, is 11-0 and 8-0 within the league.
• Georgia leads the collection, 64-12-2, and the Bulldogs have gained the final 13.
  • Georgia leads in video games performed in Lexington, 30-7.
• Subsequent for Kentucky: the Wildcats full the common season Sat. Nov. 26, at house vs. in-state rival Louisville. Sport time is 3 p.m. and will probably be televised on the SEC Community.

Workforce Notes

• Kentucky allowed 16 factors tonight, fewest towards a No. 1-ranked staff since a 9-0 loss vs. LSU in 1959.
• Kentucky allowed 363 yards tonight, fewest towards a No. 1-ranked staff since permitting 348 yards at LSU in 2011.
  • UK allowed 116 passing yards tonight, fewest vs. a No.-1 ranked staff since permitting 74 passing yards at Alabama in 1980.
• Kentucky has restricted its opponents to 24 factors or much less in 14 of the final 15 video games, posting a 10-4 file in these contests.
• Kentucky has restricted its opponents to 400 yards or much less in 13 of its final 15 video games, going 10-3 in these video games.
• Second time at school historical past Kentucky has allowed 16 factors or much less to Georgia in consecutive house video games (14 in 2020). The opposite occasion got here in 1947 and ‘49.
• Kentucky had a 99-yard landing drive within the fourth quarter, capped by an 8-yard go from Will Levis to Barion Brown for the rating.
  • It’s UK’s longest landing drive of the season, earlier lengthy was a 98-yarder vs. Northern Illinois.
  • It’s the longest scoring drive for the Cats for the reason that 2015 season opener vs. UL-Lafayette.
• Kentucky was with out starters Tyrell Ajian (S), Kenneth Horsey (LT), Jacquez Jones (LB) and DeAndre Sq. (LB), along with starters injured previous to or early within the season, nickelback Vito Tisdale and security Jalen Geiger.

Participant Notes

• Quarterback Will Levis accomplished 20 of 31 for 206 yards and one landing.
  • Levis now has 5,027 passing yards in his Kentucky profession to stay seventh on this system’s all-time checklist.He wants 72 extra yards to maneuver into sixth.
• Operating again Chris Rodriguez Jr. led the Wildcats in dashing with 17 carries for 51 yards.
  • He has 3,524 profession dashing yards, remaining in third place on UK’s all-time profession dashing checklist.
• Barion Brown caught 10 passes for 145 yards, season highs in each classes for the true freshman. He additionally caught UK’s lone landing, an 8-yard aerial within the fourth quarter.
  • The ten catches are most by a UK freshman since Chad Scott had 10 vs. South Carolina in 2000.
  • The 145 yards are the second-most by a Wildcat freshman, Garrett Johnson had 154 at Florida in 2014.
  • The 145 yards are additionally the second-most for a Wildcat vs. A No. 1-ranked staff. Rick Kestner had 185 within the win vs. Ole Miss in 1964.
  • Brown has 41 catches this season, breaking the UK single-season freshman file of 40 by Derek Abney in 2000.
  • He prolonged his UK freshman receiving yardage file to 560.
• Dane Key had two catches for 23 yards and each he and Brown have at the very least one catch in each recreation this season.
• Linebacker Jordan Wright led the Wildcats in tackles with 10, tying his profession excessive.
• Making his first begin at Kentucky, Zion Childress had 9 tackles, his most as a Wildcat.
• Redshirt freshman security Jordan Lovett generated his first profession interception on Georgia’s opening drive of the second half, choosing off a deep go try from Bulldogs quarterback Stetson Bennett. He additionally had seven tackles.
• Freshman defensive lineman Deone Walker had a season-high six tackles and added a quarterback hurry.
• Redshirt freshman punter Wilson Berry had his greatest recreation as a Wildcat, punting 3 times for a 46.7-yard common.
  • He boomed a career-long 53-yarder within the third quarter.
• Sport captains: Quarterback Will Levis, operating again Chris Rodriguez Jr., linebacker J. Weaver and linebacker Jordan Wright.