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College Football
BOXSCORE
Western Kentucky 35, Louisiana Tech 28
When: 8:00 PM   ET ,  Thursday, October 5, 2023
Where: Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, Louisiana
Attendance: 13014
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Western Kentucky 21 14 0 0 35
Louisiana Tech 7 0 14 7 28
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:35
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Western Kentucky 0
Tyre Shelton 25 yd. run (Jacob Barnes kick)
1st Quarter - 12:03
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Western Kentucky 7
Malachi Corley 70 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 5:17
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Western Kentucky 14
Markese Stepp 56 yd. run (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 2:23
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Western Kentucky 21
Davion Ervin-Poindexter 1 yd. run (Lucas Carneiro kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:47
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Western Kentucky 28
Malachi Corley 48 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:20
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Western Kentucky 35
Malachi Corley 29 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:41
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 14 - Western Kentucky 35
Kyle Maxwell 19 yd. pass from Jack Turner (Jacob Barnes kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:13
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 21 - Western Kentucky 35
Jack Turner 1 yd. run (Jacob Barnes kick)
4th Quarter - 3:09
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 28 - Western Kentucky 35
Tyre Shelton 1 yd. run (Jacob Barnes kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Western Kentucky Louisiana Tech
W‑L 4 - 2 - 0 3 - 4 - 0
Conference 2 - 0 - 0 2 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Western Kentucky Louisiana Tech
Score 35 28
1st Downs 14 19
3rd Down Efficiency 3-for-14
21%		 4-for-17
24%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50%		 4-for-6
67%
Total Yards 426 397
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 28-129 38-138
Average/Rush 4.6 3.6
Passing
Comp-Att 19-34 21-41
Passing Yards 297 259
Average/Pass Play 8.7 6.0
Penalties-Yards 4-43 7-55
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 2
Time of Possession 26:03 33:57
PLAYER STATS
Western Kentucky (4 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Reed 19/34 297 3 1
Louisiana Tech (3 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Turner 21/41 259 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Stepp 9 76 8.4 1
E. Young 7 22 3.1 0
D. Ervin-Poindexter 4 14 3.5 1
L. Sanders 3 14 4.7 0
A. Reed 1 4 4.0 0
M. Corley 1 1 1.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
T. Shelton 21 118 5.6 2
C. Thornton 4 22 5.5 0
J. Turner 11 18 1.6 1
C. Allen 1 -5 -5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Corley 8 207 25.9 3
J. Holiday 2 27 13.5 0
E. Messer 2 19 9.5 0
D. Ervin-Poindexter 1 16 16.0 0
D. Smith 2 12 6.0 0
R. Helms 1 10 10.0 0
K. Hutchinson 1 5 5.0 0
E. Young 1 4 4.0 0
L. Sanders 1 -3 -3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
S. Harris 11 117 10.6 0
T. Edwards 3 51 17.0 0
R. Rivera 3 41 13.7 0
K. Maxwell 2 34 17.0 1
C. Allen 1 18 18.0 0
T. Shelton 1 -2 -2.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
V. Marshall 1 40 0
A. Johnson Jr. 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Woods 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Simpkins 1.0 14.0
K. Guidry 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Guidry 5 1
T. Allen 5 4
A. Johnson Jr. 3 4
B. Washington 2 1
J. Loving 2 1
N. Cooper 2 2
D. Williams 2 3
T. Thompson 1 0
M. Corley 1 0
T. Naughton 1 0
T. Springer 1 0
J. Holiday 1 0
D. Baker 1 0
A. Brackenridge 1 0
J. Evans 1 1
D. McCray 1 1
K. Simpkins 1 1
H. Wheeler 1 2
K. Hayward 0 1
M. Patterson 0 1
V. Marshall 0 2
D. Smith 0 2
K. Davis 0 2
D. Walker IV 0 2
A. Key 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Boateng 4 3
R. Roberson Jr. 4 6
W. Roberts 3 0
C. Singleton 3 2
D. Griffin-Taylor 2 0
C. Woods 2 0
M. Richard 2 1
C. Hill 1 0
M. Clark 1 1
Z. Nason 1 3
Z. Zimos 1 4
H. Davis 0 1
D. Hall 0 1
J. Evans 0 1
J. Gray 0 1
R. Williams II 0 1
J. Shelby Jr. 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
K. Simpkins 1.0 14.0
K. Guidry 1.0 7.0
T. Thompson 1.0 3.0
A. Johnson Jr. 1.0 2.0
B. Washington 1.0 1.0
D. McCray 0.5 1.0
D. Walker IV 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Boateng 1.0 3.0
Fumbles
  NO.
L. Sanders 1
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Allen 1