Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Western Kentucky | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Louisiana Tech | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 12:35 | Louisiana Tech touchdown. Tyre Shelton 25 Yd Run (Jacob Barnes Kick) |
| 12:03 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Malachi Corley 70 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 5:17 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Markese Stepp 56 Yd Run (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 2:23 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Davion Ervin-Poindexter 1 Yd Run (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 9:47 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Malachi Corley 48 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 0:20 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Malachi Corley 29 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 8:41 | Louisiana Tech touchdown. Kyle Maxwell 19 Yd pass from Jack Turner (Jacob Barnes Kick) |
| 3:13 | Louisiana Tech touchdown. Jack Turner 1 Yd Run (Jacob Barnes Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 3:09 | Louisiana Tech touchdown. Tyre Shelton 1 Yd Run (Jacob Barnes Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Total first downs | 14 | 19 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 17 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 21 % | 24 % |
| Fourth down | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Total yards | 426 | 397 |
| Total rushing yards | 129 | 138 |
| Total passing yards | 297 | 259 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 26:03 | 33:57 |
| Rushing | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Total rushing plays | 28 | 38 |
| Total rushing yards | 129 | 138 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Passing | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 8.7 | 6.3 |
| Passing touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Penalties committed | 4 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 43 | 55 |
| Turnovers | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 2 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 2 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Markese Stepp | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 1 | 56 | ||||
| Elijah Young | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| L.T. Sanders | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Austin Reed | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Malachi Corley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Louisiana Tech | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Tyre Shelton | 21 | 118 | 5.6 | 2 | 25 | ||||
| Charvis Thornton | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jack Turner | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Cyrus Allen | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Austin Reed | 34 | 19 | 56 % | 297 | 8.7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Louisiana Tech | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jack Turner | 41 | 21 | 51 % | 259 | 6.3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malachi Corley | 8 | 207 | 25.9 | 3 | 70 | ||||
| Jimmy Holiday | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Easton Messer | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Dalvin Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| River Helms | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| K.D. Hutchinson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Elijah Young | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| L.T. Sanders | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Louisiana Tech | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Smoke Harris | 11 | 117 | 10.6 | 0 | 35 | ||||
| Tru Edwards | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Ryan Rivera | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Kyle Maxwell | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Cyrus Allen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tyre Shelton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| L.T. Sanders | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Louisiana Tech | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Team | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Cyrus Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Jack Turner | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Virgil Marshall | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||||||
| Anthony Johnson Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Louisiana Tech | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Cedric Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Talique Allen | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Johnson Jr. | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kylan Guidry | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davion Williams | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Niko Cooper | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryson Washington | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Loving | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hosea Wheeler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Key | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendrick Simpkins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| JaQues Evans | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deante McCray | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenyonte Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dalvin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Virgil Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Walker | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| T.J. Springer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Holiday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malachi Corley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrion Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Desmyn Baker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Brackenridge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trey Naughton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcus Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Koron Hayward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Takulve Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Louisiana Tech | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Roderick Roberson | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeslord Boateng | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cecil Singleton Jr. | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zach Zimos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zion Nason | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Roberts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Richard | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cedric Woods | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Demarcus Griffin-Taylor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mykol Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cam Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hugh Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rason Williams II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deshon Hall Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jhamal Shelby Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Smoke Harris | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Cyrus Allen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Smoke Harris | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Lucas Carneiro | 0/0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | |||||
| Louisiana Tech | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jacob Barnes | 0/0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Buck Buchanan | 0/1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tom Ellard | 7 | 285 | 40.7 | 0 | |||||
| Louisiana Tech | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Blake Ochsendorf | 6 | 272 | 45.3 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 3:57 AM.