NCAA College Football Box Scores

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