College Football
BOXSCORE
Louisiana Tech 55, Western Kentucky 52
When: 8:00 PM   ET ,  Thursday, October 6, 2016
Where: Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, Louisiana
Attendance: 17978
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Western Kentucky 14 10 7 21 52
Louisiana Tech 21 14 17 3 55
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:15
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 0 - Western Kentucky 7
Nicholas Norris 9 yd. pass from Mike White (Skyler Simcox kick)
1st Quarter - 9:07
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Western Kentucky 7
Carlos Henderson 22 yd. pass from Ryan Higgins (Jonathan Barnes kick)
1st Quarter - 5:37
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 14 - Western Kentucky 7
Jarred Craft 5 yd. pass from Ryan Higgins (Jonathan Barnes kick)
1st Quarter - 4:59
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 14 - Western Kentucky 14
Anthony Wales 1 yd. run (Skyler Simcox kick)
1st Quarter - 2:36
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 21 - Western Kentucky 14
Carlos Henderson 37 yd. pass from Ryan Higgins (Jonathan Barnes kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:15
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 21 - Western Kentucky 21
Taywan Taylor 7 yd. pass from Mike White (Skyler Simcox kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:53
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 28 - Western Kentucky 21
Carlos Henderson 63 yd. pass from Ryan Higgins (Jonathan Barnes kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:34
Western Kentucky   FG  Louisiana Tech 28 - Western Kentucky 24
Skyler Simcox 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:39
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 35 - Western Kentucky 24
Jarred Craft 10 yd. run (Jonathan Barnes kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:50
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 42 - Western Kentucky 24
Kameron McKnight 1 yd. run (Jonathan Barnes kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:01
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 49 - Western Kentucky 24
Jarred Craft 2 yd. pass from Ryan Higgins (Jonathan Barnes kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:14
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 49 - Western Kentucky 31
Nicholas Norris 31 yd. pass from Mike White (Skyler Simcox kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:44
Louisiana Tech   FG  Louisiana Tech 52 - Western Kentucky 31
Jonathan Barnes 44 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:05
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 52 - Western Kentucky 38
Taywan Taylor 8 yd. pass from Mike White (Skyler Simcox kick)
4th Quarter - 11:00
Louisiana Tech   FG  Louisiana Tech 55 - Western Kentucky 38
Jonathan Barnes 54 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 7:24
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 55 - Western Kentucky 45
Nicholas Norris 11 yd. pass from Mike White (Skyler Simcox kick)
4th Quarter - 5:02
Western Kentucky   TD  Louisiana Tech 55 - Western Kentucky 52
Kylen Towner 6 yd. blocked punt return (Skyler Simcox kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Western Kentucky Louisiana Tech
W‑L 3 - 3 - 0 3 - 3 - 0
Conference 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Western Kentucky Louisiana Tech
Score 52 55
1st Downs 26 26
3rd Down Efficiency 8-for-14
57%		 7-for-13
54%
4th Down Efficiency 3-for-3
100%		 0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 427 561
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 23-87 27-107
Average/Rush 3.8 4.0
Passing
Comp-Att 36-50 33-45
Passing Yards 340 454
Average/Pass Play 6.5 10.1
Penalties-Yards 5-58 5-64
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 27:12 32:48
PLAYER STATS
Western Kentucky (3 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. White 36/50 340 5 0
Louisiana Tech (3 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Higgins 33/45 454 5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Wales 14 83 5.9 1
Q. Baker 3 14 4.7 0
M. Trigg 1 1 1.0 0
N. Norris 1 0 0.0 0
M. White 3 -4 -1.3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Craft 14 78 5.6 1
R. Higgins 7 31 4.4 0
B. Scott 1 2 2.0 0
C. Henderson 1 -1 -1.0 0
K. McKnight 3 -2 -0.7 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
N. Norris 10 108 10.8 3
N. Fant 6 91 15.2 0
T. Taylor 9 71 7.9 2
A. Wales 6 31 5.2 0
Q. Baker 3 24 8.0 0
S. Donatell 2 15 7.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Henderson 8 232 29.0 3
T. Taylor 13 108 8.3 0
J. Craft 8 53 6.6 2
K. McKnight 1 33 33.0 0
A. Smith 1 10 10.0 0
B. Scott 1 9 9.0 0
M. Gaines 1 9 9.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Bradford 1.0 7.0
A. Brown 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Brown 9 2
B. Leston 6 4
J. Brown 5 0
M. Whyte 4 3
L. Johnson 4 4
J. Gardner 3 2
D. Simmons 2 0
J. Johnson 2 1
D. Greene 2 2
D. Yelder 1 0
D. Maxwell 1 0
L. Jackson 1 0
D. Bertram 1 0
B. Holt 1 1
D. Duclos 1 1
M. Mims 1 1
O. Bryant 0 1
K. Towner 0 1
N. Roush 0 1
K. Robinson 0 1
J. Lewis 0 1
C. Johnson 0 1
J. Iyiegbuniwe 0 1
D. Davis 0 1
N. Coffey 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
X. Woods 8 1
J. Harris 7 1
S. Cooper 5 2
D. King 4 2
R. Lewis 3 0
R. Farris 3 2
J. Bradford 2 0
D. Santos 2 2
D. Lewis 2 2
C. Noland-Lewis 1 0
J. Barnes 1 0
R. Higgins 1 0
B. Durman 1 0
L. Grogan 1 1
P. Sam 1 1
D. Canty 1 1
A. Brown 1 2
L. Sneed 1 2
I. Turner 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Whyte 1.0 3.0
K. Brown 1.0 3.0
B. Leston 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Bradford 1.0 7.0
A. Brown 1.0 2.0
X. Woods 1.0 1.0
R. Farris 1.0 1.0
D. Santos 0.5 3.0
L. Grogan 0.5 3.0
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Wales 1
M. White 1
K. Towner 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles