LEXINGTON, Ky. \u2014 Mason Shipley kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and No. 21 Texas beat Kentucky 16-13 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Kentucky loses in overtime to No. 21 Texas 16-13
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UK had 395 yards of total offense to just 179 for Texas. UK rushed for 137 compared to just 47 for the Longhorns
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Kentucky couldn’t get in on its OT possession. Texas kicked a 45-yard field goal to win it for the Longhorns
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UK hosts Tennessee on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7:45 p.m. on the SEC Network<\/p>\n
Coach Mark Stoops said, \u201cWe came up short. And that hurts. I appreciate our players and our coaches have worked really hard. We are getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shipley also kicked a 39-yard field goal with a minute remaining to give the Longhorns (5-2, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) a 13-10 lead.<\/p>\n
Kentucky (2-4, 0-4) tied the score at 13-all on Jacob Kauwe\u2019s 45-yard field goal with 9 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.<\/p>\n
The Longhorns managed just 179 total yards.<\/p>\n
Kentucky defensive lineman, Mi\u2019Quise Humphrey-Grace, said, \u201cI think we knew our opponent very well. We did a great job of preparing. They had some explosive players and I think we did a great job executing our gameplan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Longhorns had a goal-line stand at their own 1-yard line, stopping the Wildcats on four straight running plays within the 5-yard line.<\/p>\n
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian praised his team\u2019s ability to overcome the struggling Wildcats.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolute credit to our defense,\u201d Sarkisian said. \u201cWhat a tremendous goal-line stand in overtime. What a tremendous job by our special teams … half the SEC lost today, and we were on the other half that won.\u201d<\/p>\n
Niblett\u2019s 43-yard return in the fourth quarter set up Shipley\u2019s late field goal. Shipley also connected on a 53-yard field goal in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Texas quarterback Arch Manning threw for 132 yards, while running back Quintrevion Wisner ran for Texas\u2019 lone touchdown in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Kentucky\u2019s defense limited Texas to 93 total yards in the first half. The Longhorns scored their only touchdown following Niblett\u2019s 45-yard punt return on DJ Campbell\u2019s fumble recovery in the end zone with 6:22 remaining in the first half.<\/p>\n
Trailing 10-3 in the fourth quarter, Kentucky tied the score on quarterback Cutter Boley\u2019s 16-yard run with 12:04 remaining.<\/p>\n
Boley threw for 258 yards and rushed for 27 more for the Wildcats, who doubled the Longhorns\u2019 offensive output with 395 yards.<\/p>\n
Stoops added, \u201cThat was the emotional locker room. As passionate and as emotional as I\u2019ve seen them in a while in a positive way of really strongly encouraging guys and not handling things the wrong way. Because there is no option.\u201d<\/p>\n
Takeaway<\/p>\n
Kentucky: The Wildcats fell to 0-3 against ranked teams this season and haven\u2019t defeated a ranked team at home since a 33-14 win over then-No. 22 Florida in 2023. Kentucky coach Mark Stoops is now 31-66 against conference foes. Kentucky has averaged just 15 points per game in four conference games this season. Those struggles continued against the Longhorns. Kentucky was stopped on fourth-and-1 at the Texas 16-yard-line on its opening drive and missed a 53-yard field-goal attempt with eight seconds remaining in the first half.<\/p>\n
Texas: The Longhorns have won five of their past six games after opening the season with a 14-7 loss at No. 1 Ohio State. Texas visited Lexington for the first time in program history and a first appearance in the Bluegrass State since a 41-10 loss to Louisville in 1993. Texas improved to 3-0 against Kentucky. Texas is 32-8 in its last 40 games and has won 15 of its last 17 conference games, dating back to its membership in the Big 12. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian won his 90th game as a head coach and his 43rd at Texas. The Longhorns are 21-1 after scoring first since the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
Rich returns<\/p>\n
Former Kentucky coach Rich Brooks was in attendance for homecoming. Brooks coached the Wildcats from 2003 to 09 and guided Kentucky to four consecutive bowl appearances, including three visits to the Music City Bowl in Nashville.<\/p>\n
Up Next<\/p>\n
Kentucky hosts Tennessee on Saturday, Oct. 25. Kickoff is set for 7:45 p.m. ET, and the game can be seen on the SEC Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEXINGTON, Ky. \u2014 Mason Shipley kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and No. 21 Texas beat Kentucky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2901,555,2160,557,10215,2917,9804,3143,223,10213,154,27,29,28,2053,10214],"class_list":["post-12017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-app-college-sports","tag-app-sports","tag-app-top-stories","tag-associated-press","tag-bowling-green","tag-kentucky","tag-lexington","tag-louisville","tag-news","tag-northern-kentucky","tag-sports","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topic-latest-local-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}