WAC AND UH OPPONENTS
Kentucky clobbers UTEP
Associated Press
Ten different Kentucky players scored touchdowns as the host Wildcats scored the second-most points in school history in a 77-17 victory over Texas-El Paso yesterday.
Jared Lorenzen threw for 211 yards and finished with scoring passes of 7, 12, 35, 49 and 58 yards, all to different receivers. It was the most points for the Wildcats since they beat North Dakota, 83-0, in 1950.
Lorenzen left the game after the Wildcats' first series of the second half. He completed 10 of 17 passes and did not throw an interception.
Artose Pinner rushed 16 times for 116 yards and a touchdown, and freshman Arliss Beach added another 108 yards on nine carries for Kentucky, which improved to 2-0 for the first time since 1998.
Matt Austin rushed 14 times for 112 yards and Jon Schaper completed 10 of 24 passes for 118 yards and a touchdown for UTEP (1-1), which hosts Hawai'i (1-1) on Sept. 21.
Texas Tech 24, SMU 14: Kliff Kingsbury bounced back from a brief first-half benching to lead two long fourth-quarter touchdown drives as Texas Tech (1-1) defeated Southern Methodist (0-2) in Dallas.
Kingsbury finished 32-of-49 for 369 yards, giving him 8,122 career yards.
Keylon Kincade carried 37 times for 160 yards for SMU, which plays at Hawai'i on Sept. 28.
Arkansas 41, Boise St. 14: Matt Jones completed just seven passes, but three went for touchdowns as Arkansas (1-0) blitzed Boise State (0-2) at Fayetteville, Ark.
Arkansas knocked Boise State quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie from the game in the second quarter with a sprained ankle. Backup B.J. Rhode completed 18 of 29 passes for 231 yards.
Boise State hosts Hawai'i on Oct. 5.
Arkansas St. 21, Tulsa 19: Sophomore Antonio Warren ran for 193 yards and two touchdowns in his first start as Arkansas State (1-2) handed visiting Tulsa (0-2) its 12th straight loss — the longest current slide in Division I-A.
Tulsa quarterback Tyler Gooch threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, but was sacked on three of the Golden Hurricane's final four plays with less than two minutes to play.
Tulsa plays at Hawai'i on Oct. 19.
