College Football
BOXSCORE
Western Kentucky 52, Houston Christian 22
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 9, 2023
Where: Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Attendance: 20712
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Houston Christian 0 14 0 8 22
Western Kentucky 24 7 7 14 52
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:54
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 7 - Houston Christian 0
River Helms 4 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 8:12
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 14 - Houston Christian 0
Blue Smith 20 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 4:13
Western Kentucky   FG  Western Kentucky 17 - Houston Christian 0
Lucas Carneiro 27 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:43
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 24 - Houston Christian 0
Upton Stout 53 yd. interception return (Lucas Carneiro kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:59
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Houston Christian 0
Easton Messer 21 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:36
Houston Christian   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Houston Christian 7
Karl Reynolds 14 yd. pass from Colby Suits (Dillon Fedor kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:19
Houston Christian   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Houston Christian 14
Karl Reynolds 22 yd. pass from Colby Suits (Dillon Fedor kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:43
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 38 - Houston Christian 14
Austin Reed 3 yd. run (Lucas Carneiro kick)
4th Quarter - 11:28
Houston Christian   TD  Western Kentucky 38 - Houston Christian 22
Champ Dozier 9 yd. run (Ismael Fuller pass from Colby Suits)
4th Quarter - 9:31
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 45 - Houston Christian 22
Jimmy Holiday 38 yd. pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro kick)
4th Quarter - 2:42
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 52 - Houston Christian 22
Denzil Alleyne 8 yd. pass from Turner Helton (Lucas Carneiro kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Houston Christian Western Kentucky
W‑L 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Houston Christian Western Kentucky
Score 22 52
1st Downs 24 27
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-11
64%		 5-for-10
50%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%		 1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 368 433
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-155 25-115
Average/Rush 4.4 4.6
Passing
Comp-Att 18-28 32-38
Passing Yards 213 318
Average/Pass Play 7.3 8.4
Penalties-Yards 9-92 4-50
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 29:47 30:13
PLAYER STATS
Houston Christian (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Suits 18/27 213 2 1
Western Kentucky (2 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Reed 27/33 253 4 0
T. Helton 5/5 65 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Dozier 18 80 4.4 1
J. Valenzuela 8 51 6.4 0
C. Suits 8 30 3.8 0
K. Reynolds 1 -6 -6.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Stepp 9 48 5.3 0
D. Ervin-Poindexter 5 33 6.6 0
E. Messer 1 18 18.0 0
A. Reed 4 14 3.5 1
E. Young 4 7 1.8 0
T. Helton 1 0 0.0 0
X. Shaw 0 -3 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
K. Reynolds 7 106 15.1 2
A. Sotelo 4 52 13.0 0
D. Sherfield 4 37 9.2 0
A. Edney 1 11 11.0 0
A. Green 1 7 7.0 0
C. Dozier 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
E. Messer 9 116 12.9 1
J. Holiday 4 62 15.5 1
B. Smith 3 38 12.7 1
D. Ervin-Poindexter 3 27 9.0 0
M. Barry 2 18 9.0 0
Z. Capers 3 18 6.0 0
R. Helms 2 17 8.5 1
D. Smith 2 10 5.0 0
D. Alleyne 1 8 8.0 1
K. Hutchinson 3 4 1.3 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
U. Stout 1 53 1
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Simpkins 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Simpkins 5 1
A. Key 3 1
H. Wheeler 2 0
V. Marshall 2 0
A. Johnson Jr. 2 0
A. Brackenridge 2 1
U. Stout 2 1
J. Evans 2 2
R. Hodge 2 2
T. Allen 2 3
S. Benjamin 1 0
T. Springer 1 0
N. Ward 1 0
D. Lynch 1 0
R. Weber 1 0
R. Williams 1 0
K. Guidry 1 1
A. Ford 0 1
N. Cooper 0 1
M. Moss 0 1
D. McCray 0 1
K. Davis 0 1
D. Williams 0 1
D. Walker IV 0 1
J. Loving 0 1
K. Law 0 2
D. Baker 0 2
B. Washington 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
K. Simpkins 2.0 10.0
D. Baker 0.5 2.0
D. McCray 0.5 1.0
K. Guidry 0.5 1.0
T. Allen 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
E. Young 1