The Toledo Rockets made a trip down I-75 south to Lexington to take on the Kentucky Wildcats to open up the season at Kroger Field Saturday Afternoon. Kickoff was at noon and lasted till around 3:40pm. 54,610 was in attendance to watch the newly looked Kentucky Wildcats without top 10 NFL draft pick Jason Allen and the schools best running back Benny Snell now also in the NFL.

Kentucky started off a little slow as Toledo scored the first points of the night with a 5 yard run by running back Bryant Koback to give the Rockets a early 7-0 lead with 12:15 left in the 1st quarter and that would be the score at the end of the 1st quarter but UK would answer with Justin Rigg recovering a fumble in the end zone to make it 7-7. Toledo’s next drive was capped off with a 21 yard run by Mitchell Guadagni (14-7 Toledo). With 6 minutes to go UK running back punched in a 11 yard run to tie the game at 14 going into the half. Coach Stoops said no one was nervous just frustrated in the lockeroom at half.

Kentucky would begin the half with a 46 yard field goal by Chance Poore followed by a Terry Wilson to Bryce Oliver 32 yard touchdown throw and catch (24-14 UK). 3:07 left Toledo would cut the lead to 7 with a 46 yard Field goal by Evan Davis which ended the scoring for the 3rd quarter (24-17 UK). Kentucky would strike again with 8:26 left in the 4th with a 40 yard rushing touchdown by Kavosiey Smoke, 3 minutes later Terry Wilson hit Josh Ali for a 2 yard touchdown making it 38-17 Cats. Toledo would strike one more time with a Carter Bradley 7 yard run (38-24 UK) but that would be all she wrote as the Cats begin the 2019 season 1-0 with a 38-24 Victory vs The Toledo Rockets our of the MAC Conference.

3 key stars for Kentucky Today

Terry Wilson-(19-26, 246 yards and 2 touchdowns)

DeAndre Square-(9 Tackles, 1.5 tackles for lose and a interception)

Lynn Bowden-( 118 all purpose yards)

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