FINAL SCORE
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Liberty Flames game details
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET
Williams Stadium (VA) · Attendance 17,930
Put the final score in perspective.
Liberty finished 17 points ahead. The teams combined for 59 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Western Kentucky 7, Liberty 21. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Liberty outscored its opponent in 2 and Western Kentucky in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Western Kentucky | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
 Liberty | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 19 | 29 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-10 | 8-13 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 368 | 556 |
| Passing | 262 | 137 |
| Comp/Att | 20/34 | 7/12 |
| Yards per pass | 7.7 | 11.4 |
| Rushing | 106 | 419 |
| Rushing Attempts | 27 | 63 |
| Yards per rush | 3.9 | 6.7 |
| Penalties | 2-26 | 3-20 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
| Possession | 25:17 | 34:43 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
passing
| Caden Veltkamp | 20/34 | 262 | 7.7 | 2 | 3 | 68.3 |
rushing
| Elijah Young | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 0 | 30 |
| Caden Veltkamp | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 |
| Jalen Hampton | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 11 |
| LT Sanders | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| George Hart III | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.D. Hutchinson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Kisean Johnson | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 1 | 32 |
| Dalvin Smith | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 1 | 38 |
| Easton Messer | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 20 |
| Elijah Young | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 |
| K.D. Hutchinson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| LT Sanders | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
fumbles
defensive
| Devonte' Mathews | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Upton Stout | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deante McCray | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Walker IV | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyshawn Swanson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Johnson Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hosea Wheeler | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terrion Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Robinson | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kylan Guidry | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demarko Williams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Lynch | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Benjamin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terreance Ellis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Patterson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Matthews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harper Holloman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demick Starling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caden Veltkamp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Ford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swipe Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Lucas Carneiro | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
punting
| Cole Maynard | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Liberty Flames
passing
| Kaidon Salter | 6/11 | 108 | 9.8 | 1 | 0 | 82.5 |
| Ryan Burger | 1/1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
rushing
| Quinton Cooley | 24 | 166 | 6.9 | 2 | 24 |
| Billy Lucas | 19 | 131 | 6.9 | 1 | 36 |
| Kaidon Salter | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 1 | 36 |
| Vaughn Blue | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Julian Gray | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 6 |
| James Jointer | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Julian Gray | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | 36 |
| Donte Lee Jr. | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 24 |
| Treon Sibley | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 29 |
| Reese Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Vaughn Blue | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
fumbles
| Quinton Cooley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Julian Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Dixon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Joseph Carter | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Jolly Jr. | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Bush Jr. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amarian Williams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Khori Jones | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brylan Green | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Sweeney | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Ricks Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eldric Griffin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eliyt Nairne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teylor Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Dixon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Boti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Hardy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenton Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Auguste | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryson Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Julian Gray | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 56 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Brylan Green | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
kicking
| Colin Karhu | 1/1 | 100.0 | 29 | 5/5 | 8 |
punting
| Max Morgan | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 2 | 13:17 | Dalvin Smith 9 Yd pass from Caden Veltkamp (Lucas Carneiro Kick) | 7 – 0 |
| 2 | 9:30 | Billy Lucas 2 Yd Run (Colin Karhu Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 2 | 2:05 | Quinton Cooley 22 Yd Run (Colin Karhu Kick) | 7 – 14 |
| 2 | 0:10 | Julian Gray 11 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Colin Karhu Kick) | 7 – 21 |
| 3 | 10:33 | George Hart III 2 Yd Run (Lucas Carneiro Kick) | 14 – 21 |
| 3 | 9:44 | Quinton Cooley 2 Yd Run (Colin Karhu Kick) | 14 – 28 |
| 3 | 3:44 | Kisean Johnson 16 Yd pass from Caden Veltkamp (Lucas Carneiro Kick) | 21 – 28 |
| 4 | 11:13 | Colin Karhu 29 Yd Field Goal | 21 – 31 |
| 4 | 2:59 | Kaidon Salter 3 Yd Run (Colin Karhu Kick) | 21 – 38 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 5:31 PM UTCData methodology