FINAL SCORE
Liberty Flames at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers game details
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium · Attendance 16,036
Put the final score in perspective.
Liberty finished 13 points ahead. The teams combined for 71 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Liberty 14, Western Kentucky 10. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Western Kentucky outscored its opponent in 0 and Liberty in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Liberty | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
 Western Kentucky | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 29 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 27 | 24 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 2-9 | 8-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 492 | 484 |
| Passing | 169 | 381 |
| Comp/Att | 10/15 | 30/44 |
| Yards per pass | 11.3 | 8.7 |
| Rushing | 323 | 103 |
| Rushing Attempts | 54 | 22 |
| Yards per rush | 6.0 | 4.7 |
| Penalties | 4-55 | 7-57 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 33:07 | 26:53 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Liberty Flames
passing
| Kaidon Salter | 10/15 | 169 | 11.3 | 3 | 0 | 96.4 |
rushing
| Kaidon Salter | 13 | 117 | 9.0 | 1 | 34 |
| Quinton Cooley | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 1 | 12 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | 17 |
| Billy Lucas | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Malik Caper | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| James Jointer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| CJ Daniels | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 1 | 47 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 18 |
| Treon Sibley | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | 27 |
| Noah Frith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Victor Venn | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9 |
| Bentley Hanshaw | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
fumbles
interceptions
puntReturns
| Brylan Green | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
kicking
| Nick Brown | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 |
punting
| Max Morgan | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
passing
| Austin Reed | 30/44 | 381 | 8.7 | 4 | 1 | 57.4 |
rushing
| Elijah Young | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 0 | 12 |
| Markese Stepp | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 14 |
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | 12 |
| Malachi Corley | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Austin Reed | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 6 |
receiving
| Dalvin Smith | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 19 |
| River Helms | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 1 | 63 |
| Elijah Young | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 1 | 43 |
| Malachi Corley | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 2 | 26 |
| Easton Messer | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 18 |
| K.D. Hutchinson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| LT Sanders | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Jimmy Holiday | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
kickReturns
| Elijah Young | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
kicking
| Lucas Carneiro | 1/2 | 50.0 | 26 | 2/2 | 5 |
punting
| Tom Ellard | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 1 | 2 | 50 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 8:55 | Malachi Corley 2 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 6:14 | Kaidon Salter 20 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 2 | 12:39 | Lucas Carneiro 26 Yd Field Goal | 7 – 10 |
| 2 | 8:32 | CJ Daniels 47 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 14 – 10 |
| 3 | 7:51 | Victor Venn 9 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 21 – 10 |
| 4 | 14:21 | Quinton Cooley 2 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 28 – 10 |
| 4 | 11:24 | Elijah Young 43 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 28 – 16 |
| 4 | 8:40 | Aaron Bedgood 6 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 35 – 16 |
| 4 | 8:32 | River Helms 63 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 35 – 22 |
| 4 | 4:18 | Treon Sibley 27 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 42 – 22 |
| 4 | 2:13 | Malachi Corley 21 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) | 42 – 29 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:30 AM UTCData methodology