Football ***** Postgame Notes - Kentucky vs. South Carolina *****

[Jeff Drummond]

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RV KENTUCKY VS. SOUTH CAROLINA
KROGER FIELD – LEXINGTON, KY.
SEPT. 7, 2024

FINAL SCORE: South Carolina 31, RV Kentucky 6

Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky is 1-1 overall, while South Carolina is 2-0.
  • This was the Southeastern Conference season opener for both teams.
• The Wildcats trail the series with the Gamecocks, 21-13-1, while the teams are tied, 9-9, in games played in Lexington.

Next Game

• Kentucky continues its four-game homestand by playing host to No. 1/1 Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 7:45 p.m. ET on ABC.

Team Notes

• Kentucky has held 10 of its last 16 opponents to less than 100 yards rushing, dating back to the final game of 2022.
• UK has allowed 86 rushing yards or less in each of the first two games, first time to accomplish that since 2017.
• UK allowed 252 total offensive yards or less in each of the first two games, first time to accomplish that since 2008.
• UK allowed 166 passing yards or less in each of the first two games for the first time since 2010.

Player Notes

• QB Brock Vandagriff completed three of his 10 passing attempts for 30 yards.
• Seeing his first UK action, QB Gavin Wimsatt completed three of his seven passing attempts for 14 yards.
  • He added six rushes for 44 yards.
• WR Barion Brown snapped his streak of 27 straight games – every game of his collegiate career – with a reception.
  • He needs just three more catches to become the 20th player in Kentucky history with at least 100 receptions.
• WR Dane Key recorded two receptions for 36 yards.
  • This is the third straight game he has had a reception of at least 30 yards or more, a stretch dating back to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Clemson in 2023.
• RB Demie Sumo-Karngbaye had a career-high 17 rushes for a Kentucky-high 70 yards.
  • His previous career-high rushes came during his time at NC State on 14 attempts at East Carolina on Sept 3, 2022.
• Freshman RB Jason Patterson had 10 carries for 45 yards.
• LB D’Eryk Jackson led the team with six total tackles and one tackle for loss (-6 yards).
• DB Ty Bryant, who had four total tackles today, had his first career interception for 16 yards with under two minutes in the second quarter to set up Kentucky for a field goal.
• DB Zion Childress earned five total tackles, including a sack and a team-lead three tackles for loss (-10 yards).
• K Alex Raynor extended his streak to six straight field goals - a stretch that began last season against Tennessee at Kroger Field on Oct. 28, 2023 – after 32-yarder and 39-yarder both of which came in the first half.

First Starts

• WR Anthony Brown-Stephens made his first collegiate start.
• WR Fred Farrier, a transfer from UAB, made his first start at Kentucky.

Game Captains

• C Eli Cox, WR Barion Brown, DB Maxwell Hairston, DL Deone Walker