Auburn vs. Kentucky: Box score, stats, and summary feat. Jarquez Hunter (Week 9)

The Auburn Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats battled it out in Week 9 of the college football season, and the Tigers secured a 24-10 road victory. The Tigers recovered from a 10-0 deficit early in the first quarter and scored 24 unanswered points to notch the win.

The Tigers (3-5, 1-4 SEC) are still struggling but kept their bowl-game hopes alive with the win, which snapped their four-game losing streak. The Wildcats (3-5, 1-5) were not able to get much offense going.

Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter had a career-high 278 rushing yards to dominate the game. Let's take a closer look at how this game went.

Auburn vs. Kentucky box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Auburn	0	10	7	7	24
Kentucky	10	0	0	0	10

Auburn box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Payton Thorne	12	10	0	20-26	172	1	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Jarquez Hunter	23	278	2	4	19	0
Damari Alston	9	38	0	9	38	0
Payton Thorne	12	10	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Cobb	3	2	0	0	0	0
KeAndre Lambert-Smith	0	0	0	4	53	1
Cam Coleman	0	0	0	4	24	0
Malcolm Simmons	0	0	0	3	21	0
Camden Brown	0	0	0	1	12	0
Robert Lewis	0	0	0	1	11	0
Rivaldo Fairweather	0	0	0	2	10	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Kayin Lee	1	0
Jay Crawford	1	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Attempted/Made	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Alex McPherson	3-3	1-2	27

Kentucky box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Brock Vandagriff	4	-18	0	9-17	120	0	1
Gavin Wismatt	9	23	0	3-10	34	0	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Jason Patterson	6	38	0	1	15	0
Jamarion Wilcox	7	25	1	1	2	0
Gavin Wimsatt	9	23	0	0	0	0
Barion Brown	1	2	0	1	8	0
Brock Vandagriff	4	-18	0	0	0	0
Dane Key	0	0	0	4	87	0
Hardley Gilmore IV	0	0	0	1	22	0
Khamari Anderson	0	0	0	2	14	0
Fred Farrier II	0	0	0	1	3	0
Josh Kattus	0	0	0	1	3	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
JQ Hardaway	1	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Alex Raynor	1-1	1-1	46

Auburn vs. Kentucky Game Summary

The Auburn Tigers had a massive offensive showing as they had possession for 35:42, and a big reason why was their ability to extend drives. The Tigers were 8-for-14 on third downs and secured 6.5 yards per rushing attempt. Payton Thorne had a strong game with just six incompletions. The defense forced a pair of interceptions to get the win.

In contrast, the Kentucky Wildcats managed only 224 total yards of offense, and the duo of Brock Vandagriff and Gavin Wimsatt struggled, failing to complete even 50% of their passes. The offense ran the ball 27 times for 70 yards (2.6 yards per carry) and with only 13 total first downs, the Wildcats face many unanswered questions moving forward.

Below is the scoring breakdown between the Auburn Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats throughout the 60 minutes.

11:28 1Q: Alex Raynor 46 Yard Field Goal | 3-0 Kentucky
8:24 1Q: Jamarion Wilcox 2 Yard Rushing TD | 10-0 Kentucky
10:56 2Q: Payton Thorne 6 Yard Passing TD to KeAndre Lambert-Smith | 10-7 Kentucky
3:57 2Q: Alex McPherson 27 Yard Field Goal | 10-10
7:53 3Q: Jarquez Hunter 1 Yard Rushing TD | 17-10 Auburn
12:11 4Q: Jarquez Hunter 45 Yard Rushing TD | 24-10 Auburn