Week 3 · 2023
Western Carolina at Eastern Kentucky
Sat 09/16/2023 06:00 PMRoy Kidd Stadium
66°Heavy Rain Shower0 mph N · 94% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Western Carolina
27
7–4
Eastern Kentucky
24
5–6
Attendance
—
not reported
Western CarolinaWCU
Eastern KentuckyEKU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | Cole Gonzales | 18/33 | 340 | 10.3 | 3 | 1 |
| EKU | Parker McKinney | 27/46 | 366 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | Desmond Reid | 25 | 169 | 6.8 | 1 | 33 |
| WCU | Branson Adams | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 6 |
| WCU | Cole Gonzales | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 16 |
| EKU | Parker McKinney | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 0 | 20 |
| EKU | Braedon Sloan | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 5 |
| EKU | Jaden Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | David White Jr. | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 0 | 57 |
| WCU | Censere Lee | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 2 | 45 |
| WCU | AJ Colombo | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 21 |
| WCU | Desmond Reid | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 19 |
| WCU | Branson Adams | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 9 |
| WCU | Calvin Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| EKU | Jaden Smith | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 0 | 24 |
| EKU | Ethan Bednarczyk | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | 26 |
| EKU | Braedon Sloan | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 20 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | Desmond Reid | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| EKU | Cam Junior | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | CJ Williams | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| EKU | Logan Blake | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | Richard McCollum | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/4 | 3 |
| WCU | Paxton Robertson | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| EKU | Patrick Nations | 3/4 | 75.0 | 41 | 1/1 | 10 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | Stephen Brantley | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| EKU | Jeremy Edwards | 5 | 244 | 48.8 | 1 | 3 | 55 |
| EKU | Jacob Baker | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | AJ Colombo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | AJ Colombo | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 28 |
| EKU | Jaden Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Previous 5 meetings vs. Team
Eastern Kentucky 3–2 vs Western Carolina
- 2021 · wk 1Eastern Kentucky 31 @ Western Carolina 28
- 2020 · wk 12Western Carolina 17 @ Eastern Kentucky 49
- 2009 · wk 11Western Carolina 24 @ Eastern Kentucky 7
- 2007 · wk 2Western Carolina 21 @ Eastern Kentucky 45
- 2006 · wk 3Eastern Kentucky 17 @ Western Carolina 20
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