College Football
BOXSCORE
Western Kentucky 31, Kennesaw State 14
When: 7:30 PM   ET ,  Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Where: Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Attendance: 14547
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Kennesaw State 7 0 0 7 14
Western Kentucky 21 3 0 7 31
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:54
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 7 - Kennesaw State 0
Trevor Borland 5 yd. pass from Caden Veltkamp (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 5:28
Kennesaw State   TD  Western Kentucky 7 - Kennesaw State 7
Michael Benefield 37 yd. run (Austin Welch kick)
1st Quarter - 3:16
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 14 - Kennesaw State 7
Easton Messer 64 yd. pass from Caden Veltkamp (Lucas Carneiro kick)
1st Quarter - 0:00
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 21 - Kennesaw State 7
George Hart III 30 yd. run (Lucas Carneiro kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:46
Western Kentucky   FG  Western Kentucky 24 - Kennesaw State 7
Lucas Carneiro 32 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:26
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Kennesaw State 7
Noah Meyers 17 yd. pass from Caden Veltkamp (Lucas Carneiro kick)
4th Quarter - 5:19
Kennesaw State   TD  Western Kentucky 31 - Kennesaw State 14
Davis Bryson 20 yd. run (Austin Welch kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Kennesaw State Western Kentucky
W‑L 1 - 7 - 0 6 - 2 - 0
Conference 1 - 3 - 0 4 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Kennesaw State Western Kentucky
Score 14 31
1st Downs 18 24
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-15
33%		 3-for-9
33%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-1
100%		 1-for-2
50%
Total Yards 272 462
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 41-176 36-186
Average/Rush 4.3 5.2
Passing
Comp-Att 13-26 17-22
Passing Yards 96 276
Average/Pass Play 3.3 11.5
Penalties-Yards 5-37 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 32:54 27:06
PLAYER STATS
Kennesaw State (1 - 7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Bryson 13/26 96 0 1
Western Kentucky (6 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Veltkamp 17/22 276 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Benefield 16 98 6.1 1
Q. Ashley 11 38 3.5 0
D. Bryson 13 37 2.8 1
P. Daniels 1 3 3.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
E. Young 15 114 7.6 0
G. Hart III 6 36 6.0 1
C. Veltkamp 10 26 2.6 0
K. Hutchinson 2 15 7.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Kent 3 34 11.3 0
G. Benyard 2 18 9.0 0
C. Moss 1 11 11.0 0
J. Robinson 1 9 9.0 0
B. Bohannon 1 7 7.0 0
M. Benefield 1 7 7.0 0
P. Daniels 1 6 6.0 0
Q. Ashley 2 3 1.5 0
T. Wallace 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
E. Messer 2 68 34.0 1
K. Johnson 4 64 16.0 0
K. Hutchinson 2 34 17.0 0
M. Mathison 1 30 30.0 0
D. Smith 3 25 8.3 0
E. Young 2 20 10.0 0
N. Meyers 1 17 17.0 1
C. Flowers 1 13 13.0 0
T. Borland 1 5 5.0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Robinson 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Silas 1.0 7.0
U. Nwoha 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Thomas 2.0 19.0
H. Wheeler 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Hallum 7 0
D. Johnson 5 0
I. Paul 5 0
J. Washington Jr. 5 0
F. Hamilton 3 0
S. Porter 3 0
U. Nwoha 2 0
A. Watkins 2 0
Q. Billingsley 2 0
T. Walker 2 1
J. Silas 2 1
J. Kimble 1 0
T. Scott 1 0
B. Bohannon 1 0
M. Jones 1 0
J. Barnum 1 0
M. Redding 1 0
J. Miles 1 0
G. Benyard 1 1
Q. McCoy 1 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Matthews 9 0
D. Thomas 6 0
H. Wheeler 5 1
D. Mathews 5 3
K. Robinson 3 0
T. Thompson 3 1
M. Patterson 2 0
K. Swanson 2 0
K. Guidry 2 1
D. McCray 2 1
A. Ford 1 0
M. Owens 1 0
L. Howard 1 0
D. Lynch 1 0
U. Stout 1 0
K. Williams 1 0
Z. Edwards 1 0
D. Herard 1 0
A. Johnson Jr. 1 1
D. Walker 1 1
D. Williams 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Silas 1.0 7.0
G. Benyard 1.0 5.0
U. Nwoha 1.0 1.0
J. Miles 1.0 1.0
D. Johnson 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Thomas 3.0 21.0
C. Matthews 1.0 6.0
H. Wheeler 1.0 3.0
D. Walker 1.0 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Bryson 1
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Veltkamp 1