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College Football
BOXSCORE
Western Kentucky 52, Houston Christian 22
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 9, 2023
Where: Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Attendance: 20712
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Houston Christian 0 14 0 8 22
Western Kentucky 24 7 7 14 52
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:54
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 7 - Houston Christian 0
River Helms 4 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 8:12
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 14 - Houston Christian 0
Blue Smith 20 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 4:13
Western Kentucky   FG  Western Kentucky 17 - Houston Christian 0
Lucas Carneiro 27 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:43
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 24 - Houston Christian 0
Upton Stout 53 yd. interception return (Lucas Carneiro kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:59
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Houston Christian 0
Easton Messer 21 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:36
Houston Christian   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Houston Christian 7
Karl Reynolds 14 yd. pass from Colby Suits (Dillon Fedor kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:19
Houston Christian   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Houston Christian 14
Karl Reynolds 22 yd. pass from Colby Suits (Dillon Fedor kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:43
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 38 - Houston Christian 14
Austin Reed 3 yd. run (Lucas Carneiro kick)
4th Quarter - 11:28
Houston Christian   TD  Western Kentucky 38 - Houston Christian 22
Champ Dozier 9 yd. run (Ismael Fuller pass from Colby Suits)
4th Quarter - 9:31
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 45 - Houston Christian 22
Jimmy Holiday 38 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
4th Quarter - 2:42
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 52 - Houston Christian 22
Denzil Alleyne 8 yd. pass from Turner Helton (Lucas Carneiro kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Houston Christian Western Kentucky
W‑L 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Houston Christian Western Kentucky
Score 22 52
1st Downs 24 27
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-11
64%
5-for-10
50%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%
1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 368 433
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-155 25-115
Average/Rush 4.4 4.6
Passing
Comp-Att 18-28 32-38
Passing Yards 213 318
Average/Pass Play 7.3 8.4
Penalties-Yards 9-92 4-50
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 29:47 30:13
PLAYER STATS
Houston Christian (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Suits 18/27 213 2 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Reed 27/33 253 4 0
T. Helton 5/5 65 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Dozier 18 80 4.4 1
J. Valenzuela 8 51 6.4 0
C. Suits 8 30 3.8 0
K. Reynolds 1 -6 -6.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Stepp 9 48 5.3 0
D. Ervin-Poindexter 5 33 6.6 0
E. Messer 1 18 18.0 0
A. Reed 4 14 3.5 1
E. Young 4 7 1.8 0
T. Helton 1 0 0.0 0
X. Shaw 0 -3 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
K. Reynolds 7 106 15.1 2
A. Sotelo 4 52 13.0 0
D. Sherfield 4 37 9.2 0
A. Edney 1 11 11.0 0
A. Green 1 7 7.0 0
C. Dozier 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
E. Messer 9 116 12.9 1
J. Holiday 4 62 15.5 1
B. Smith 3 38 12.7 1
D. Ervin-Poindexter 3 27 9.0 0
M. Barry 2 18 9.0 0
Z. Capers 3 18 6.0 0
R. Helms 2 17 8.5 1
D. Smith 2 10 5.0 0
D. Alleyne 1 8 8.0 1
K. Hutchinson 3 4 1.3 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
U. Stout 1 53 1
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Simpkins 1.0 5.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
K. Simpkins 2.0 10.0
D. Baker 0.5 2.0
D. McCray 0.5 1.0
K. Guidry 0.5 1.0
T. Allen 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
E. Young 1