NCAAF Game Recap
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Central Arkansas at Western KentuckyThu Aug 29, 2019 7:30 PM EDT
GATec |
14 |
Clem |
52 |
F |
Duke |
3 |
Bama |
42 |
F |
UGA |
30 |
Vand |
6 |
F |
Hou |
31 |
Okla |
49 |
F |
FlAtl |
21 |
OSU |
45 |
F |
GaSo |
3 |
LSU |
55 |
F |
MidTN |
21 |
Mich |
40 |
F |
ND |
35 |
Lou |
17 |
F |
LT |
14 |
Tex |
45 |
F |
Oreg |
21 |
Aub |
27 |
F |
TxSt |
7 |
TxAM |
41 |
F |
EWa |
14 |
Wash |
47 |
F |
Utah |
30 |
BYU |
12 |
F |
Idaho |
7 |
PSU |
79 |
F |
FlaAM |
0 |
UCF |
62 |
F |
Tuls |
7 |
MSU |
28 |
F |
Wisc |
49 |
SoFL |
0 |
F |
MiaOH |
14 |
Iowa |
38 |
F |
NoIa |
26 |
IASt |
29 |
F(2OT) |
Syr |
24 |
Lib |
0 |
F |
NMS |
7 |
WaSt |
58 |
F |
SoAl |
21 |
Neb |
35 |
F |
NW |
7 |
Stan |
17 |
F |
Alb |
21 |
C Mi |
38 |
F |
UCLA |
14 |
Cin |
24 |
F |
RMor |
10 |
Buff |
38 |
F |
Wagn |
21 |
UConn |
24 |
F |
Mor |
3 |
BGSU |
46 |
F |
C Ark |
35 |
W Ky |
28 |
F |
GWebb |
28 |
UNCC |
49 |
F |
JacSt |
14 |
SouLA |
35 |
F |
AlaSt |
19 |
UAB |
24 |
F |
FLInt |
14 |
Tul |
42 |
F |
SDSU |
21 |
MIN |
28 |
F |
NoCol |
18 |
SJSU |
35 |
F |
Kent |
7 |
AzSt |
30 |
F |
Rice |
7 |
Army |
14 |
F |
UMass |
21 |
Rut |
48 |
F |
UtSt |
35 |
Wake |
38 |
F |
Purd |
31 |
NEV |
34 |
F |
ColSt |
31 |
Colo |
52 |
F |
OkSt |
52 |
OreSt |
36 |
F |
Miss |
10 |
Mem |
15 |
F |
MissSt |
38 |
ULLaf |
28 |
F |
InSt |
17 |
Kans |
24 |
F |
Akr |
3 |
Ill |
42 |
F |
ECU |
6 |
NCSt |
34 |
F |
How |
0 |
MD |
79 |
F |
Toled |
24 |
KY |
38 |
F |
Ind |
34 |
Ball |
24 |
F |
Boise |
36 |
FlaSt |
31 |
F |
JMU |
13 |
WVU |
20 |
F |
URI |
20 |
Ohio |
41 |
F |
Buck |
12 |
Temp |
56 |
F |
HolyC |
7 |
Navy |
45 |
F |
Colg |
7 |
AF |
48 |
F |
GASt |
38 |
Tenn |
30 |
F |
SCar |
20 |
UNC |
24 |
F |
E Mi |
30 |
CoCar |
23 |
F |
ETenn |
7 |
App |
42 |
F |
MonSt |
10 |
TxTch |
45 |
F |
PorSt |
13 |
Ark |
20 |
F |
VaTec |
28 |
BC |
35 |
F |
SamHu |
31 |
NM |
39 |
F |
(N/A) |
7 |
UTSA |
35 |
F |
Camp |
14 |
Troy |
43 |
F |
UCDav |
13 |
Cal |
27 |
F |
VMI |
17 |
Marsh |
56 |
F |
IllSt |
10 |
NIU |
24 |
F |
Monm |
13 |
WestMI |
48 |
F |
AlcSt |
10 |
SMiss |
38 |
F |
Nich |
14 |
K St |
49 |
F |
SFA |
17 |
Bayl |
56 |
F |
SMU |
37 |
ArkSt |
30 |
F |
Norf |
21 |
OD |
24 |
F |
MIZ |
31 |
Wyo |
37 |
F |
Abil |
31 |
NorTx |
51 |
F |
UVA |
30 |
Pitt |
14 |
F |
Gram |
9 |
ULMon |
31 |
F |
HBU |
34 |
UTEP |
36 |
F |
ArkPB |
7 |
TCU |
39 |
F |
Web |
0 |
SDSU |
6 |
F |
SoUt |
23 |
UNLV |
56 |
F |
Fres |
23 |
USC |
31 |
F |
Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
Aug 29, 2019, 7:30 PM EDT
Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
T |
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Central Arkansas (1-0) |
0 |
14 |
0 |
21 |
35 |
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Western Kentucky (0-1) |
14 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) Carlos Blackman threw his only pass of the night, an 80-yard scoring strike to Lujuan Winningham, and followed it with a 1-yard rushing score as Central Arkansas rallied to score three fourth-quarter touchdowns to knock off Western Kentucky 35-28 in the opening game of the season for both schools on Thursday night.
The Bears trailed 28-14 going into the final quarter. Breylin Smith hit Winningham from the 20 for a TD to close to 28-21 before Central Arkansas took its first lead of the game after Blackman's rushing score.
WKU drove to UCA's 33 in the final minute, but Isaiah Macklin broke up a fourth down pass attempt and the Bears took over with 50 seconds remaining.
Smith passed for 324 yards and three scores. Winningham caught eight passes for a career-best 222 yards and three TDs.
Gaej Walker, who sprinted 68 yards for a score on Western Kentucky's first offensive play of the season, finished with 152 yards rushing.
Passing
C Ark | Att | Cmp | % | TD-Pa | Yds-Pa | LgPa | Int | Rat |
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B. Smith | 28 | 20 | 71.4 | 3 | 324 | 38 | 0 | 145.5 |
C. Blackman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 158.3 |
W Ky | Att | Cmp | % | TD-Pa | Yds-Pa | LgPa | Int | Rat |
S. Duncan | 39 | 26 | 66.7 | 1 | 304 | 42 | 2 | 77.3 |
Rushing
C Ark | Att | Yds-Ru | Avg | LgRu | TDRu |
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C. Blackman | 17 | 42 | 2.5 | 11 | 1 |
K. Crossley | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
W Ky | Att | Yds-Ru | Avg | LgRu | TDRu |
G. Walker | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 68 | 2 |
S. Duncan | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
Receiving
C Ark | Rec | Yds-Rc | Avg | LgRc | TD-Rc |
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L. Winningham | 8 | 222 | 27.8 | 80 | 3 |
C. Blackman | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 |
W Ky | Rec | Yds-Rc | Avg | LgRc | TD-Rc |
J. Sloan | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 25 | 0 |
J. Pearson | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
Fumbles
Returning
C Ark | KR | Avg | KRTD | LgKR | PR | Avg | TD | LgPR |
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C. Kershner | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T. Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
W Ky | KR | Avg | KRTD | LgKR | PR | Avg | TD | LgPR |
G. LaFrance | 5 | 17.4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Punting
C Ark | Punt | Yds | Avg | LgPu |
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T. Wallace | 6 | 218 | 36.3 | 51 |
W Ky | Punt | Yds | Avg | LgPu |
J. Haggerty | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 60 |
Takeaways
C Ark | Int | Yds | InTD |
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D. Upshaw | 1 | 7 | 0 |
R. Rochell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Stats Comparison
C Ark | W Ky | |
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Points For | 35 | 28 |
Total Yards | 424 | 488 |
Rushing Yards | 20 | 184 |
Passing Yards | 404 | 304 |
Passing Completions / Attempts | 21/29 | 26/39 |
Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions Thrown | 0 | 2 |
Fumbles - Lost | 0/0 | 0/0 |
First Downs | 17 | 22 |
Penalties - Yards | 6/46 | 6/49 |
Time Of Possession | 49:49 | 11:11 |
Third Down Conversions/Attempts | 5/13 | 9/16 |
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts | 1/2 | 0/3 |
Punts - Average Yards | 6/36 | 2/55 |
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter | C Ark | W Ky | |||
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W Ky | 02:15 | TD | Gaej Walker 68 yd run (Cory Munson kick) | 0 | 7 |
W Ky | 08:44 | TD | Joshua Simon 5 yd pass from Steven Duncan (Cory Munson kick) | 0 | 14 |
2nd Quarter | C Ark | W Ky | |||
C Ark | 06:01 | TD | Lujuan Winningham 23 yd pass from Breylin Smith (Hayden Ray kick) | 7 | 14 |
W Ky | 11:57 | TD | Steven Duncan 3 yd run (Cory Munson kick) | 7 | 21 |
C Ark | 14:34 | TD | Tyler Hudson 4 yd pass from Breylin Smith (Hayden Ray kick) | 14 | 21 |
3rd Quarter | C Ark | W Ky | |||
W Ky | 06:06 | TD | Gaej Walker 10 yd run (Cory Munson kick) | 14 | 28 |
4th Quarter | C Ark | W Ky | |||
C Ark | 00:05 | TD | Lujuan Winningham 20 yd pass from Breylin Smith (Hayden Ray kick) | 21 | 28 |
C Ark | 05:01 | TD | Lujuan Winningham 80 yd pass from Carlos Blackman (Hayden Ray kick) | 28 | 28 |
C Ark | 08:09 | TD | Carlos Blackman 1 yd run (Hayden Ray kick) | 35 | 28 |
Game Information
Stadium: Houchens-Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, Kentucky |
Attendance: 17,120 |
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