Western Kentucky vs South Florida — Sep 2, 2023 (41-24) College Football

9/2/23

South Florida

(7-6)

Final

Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky -11.5 · O/U 70

90°· Clear

CBSSN

Western Kentucky

(8-5)

All-Time Series

Full Matchup Page

WINS

(.571)

WINS

(.429)

USF

WKU

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Team Box

South Florida

Western Kentucky

540

Total Yards

465

374

Rushing Yards

129

166

Passing Yards

336

8 / 21

Third Downs

6 / 16

38%

Third Down %

38%

30:29

Time of Possession

29:31

11 for 100

Penalties

9 for 55

Turnovers

-3

Turnover Margin

Game Leaders

passing

Byrum Brown

YDS

166

ATT

COMP

PCT

44.1%

INT

Austin Reed

YDS

336

ATT

COMP

PCT

58.0%

INT

rushing

Byrum Brown

YDS

160

ATT

YPA

6.4

LONG

FUM

Davion Ervin-Poindexter

YDS

ATT

YPA

4.5

LONG

FUM

—

receiving

Khafre Brown

YDS

REC

YPC

31.7

LONG

FUM

—

Dalvin Smith

YDS

REC

YPC

13.9

LONG

FUM

—

defense

Jaelen Stokes

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Niko Cooper

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Box

Passing

South Florida Passing

Byrum Brown

YDS

166

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.4

INT

RAT

83.1

YPA

4.9

YPC

11.1

Western Kentucky Passing

Austin Reed

YDS

336

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.6

INT

RAT

127.6

YPA

6.7

YPC

11.6

Scoring Plays

Touchdown

Byrum Brown run for 6 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)

11:36 1Q

Touchdown

Markese Stepp run for 2 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)

07:03 1Q

Touchdown

Byrum Brown pass complete to Khafre Brown for 84 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)

04:28 1Q

Field Goal

John Cannon 37 yd FG GOOD

13:31 2Q

Field Goal

Lucas Carneiro 41 yd FG GOOD

07:37 2Q

Touchdown

Austin Reed run for 16 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)

03:04 2Q

Touchdown

Austin Reed pass complete to Dalvin Smith for 42 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)

13:01 3Q

Touchdown

Byrum Brown run for 28 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)

10:11 3Q

Touchdown

Austin Reed pass complete to Moussa Barry for 51 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)

08:03 3Q

Field Goal

Lucas Carneiro 42 yd FG GOOD

03:19 4Q

Touchdown

JaQues Evans 27 Yd Fumble Return (Lucas Carneiro Kick)

02:51 4Q

Team Stats

Per Game

Team

South Florida

Western Kentucky

31.92

Points For

30.46

32.23

Points Against

28.69

-0.31

Point Diff

1.77

451.62

Total Yards

401.77

432.46

Total Yards Allowed

418.69

0.23

Turnover Margin

0.23

28.08

Possession Minutes

Stat Rankings

South Florida

Offense

Western Kentucky

Defense

Rank

33rd of 133

scoring

94th of 133

17th of 133

total yards

111th of 133

76th of 133

ppa

95th of 133

91st of 133

success rate

106th of 133

60th of 133

explosiveness

49th of 133

Team Ratings

Elo Ratingof 121 ranked

USF

107

CONN1260 108

ARST1256

109

USF1253

WKU

WKU1628

Talent Ratingof 238 ranked

USF

USF622.9

WKU

WKU491.3

Season Leaders

passing

Byrum Brown

YDS

3292

ATT

426

COMP

276

PCT

0.6%

INT

Austin Reed

YDS

3324

ATT

470

COMP

289

PCT

0.6%

INT

rushing

Byrum Brown

YDS

809

ATT

203

YPA

4.0

LONG

FUM

Elijah Young

YDS

490

ATT

104

YPA

4.7

LONG

FUM

receiving

Sean Atkins

YDS

1054

REC

YPC

11.5

LONG

FUM

Malachi Corley

YDS

984

REC

YPC

12.5

LONG

FUM

defense

Daquan Evans

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

FUM

Kendrick Simpkins

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

FUM

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