South Florida 24, Western Kentucky 12
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 25, 2010
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Temperature:
86°
Head Official:
Tony Backert
Attendance:
40206
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Heavily
favored South Florida held off a valiant effort by winless Western
Kentucky to defeat the visiting Hilltoppers 24-12 Saturday night at
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
It’s
the 24th consecutive loss for Western Kentucky, the longest losing
streak in the nation, but the Hilltoppers gave South Florida, a
four-touchdown favorite, a battle before dropping to 0-4 this season.
South Florida improves to 2-1.
Western
Kentucky had more total offense than USF (313-276) but did not score
against the Bulls’ defense until the fourth quarter.
South
Florida scored the only points of a sloppily played first half on a
13-yard touchdown run by Moise Plancher with 5:14 remaining in the
half. The teams combined to miss five field-goal attempts, three by
Western Kentucky, in the first two quarters.
Richard
Kelly’s 2-yard touchdown run culminated an 11-play, 82-yard scoring
drive to give USF a 14-0 lead midway through the third quarter.
A
67-yard punt return by Terrence Mitchell set up USF’s third touchdown,
a 1-yard run by B. J. Daniels late in the third quarter that extended
the Bulls’ lead to 21-0.
Western
Kentucky put its first points on the scoreboard with 11:34 remaining
when Quinterrance Cooper caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Bobby
Rainey on a halfback-option pass, but the Hilltoppers missed the PAT
kick, punctuating Western Kentucky’s kicking woes in the game.
Maikon
Bonani kicked a 33-yard field goal for the Bulls with 5:25 remaining in
the game and Western Kentucky answered with a 25-yard touchdown pass
from Kawaun Jakes to Jack Doyle for the final score of the game.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Western Kentucky |
|
South Florida |
|
Bobby Rainey
|
Player |
Demetris Murray
|
|
21 |
Attempts |
15 |
|
64 |
Yards |
115 |
|
3.0 |
Avg Yards |
7.7 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary