FINAL SCORE
Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers game details
Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET
Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium · Attendance 6,547
Put the final score in perspective.
Western Kentucky finished 2 points ahead. The teams combined for 36 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Jacksonville State 10, Western Kentucky 10. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Western Kentucky outscored its opponent in 2 and Jacksonville State in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Jacksonville State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
 Western Kentucky | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 13 | 23 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 2-13 | 7-20 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Total Yards | 328 | 426 |
| Passing | 99 | 321 |
| Comp/Att | 7/17 | 29/49 |
| Yards per pass | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| Rushing | 229 | 105 |
| Rushing Attempts | 43 | 35 |
| Yards per rush | 5.3 | 3.0 |
| Penalties | 4-40 | 10-84 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 23:33 | 36:27 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
passing
| Logan Smothers | 4/6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 |
| Tyler Huff | 3/11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 |
rushing
| Tyler Huff | 13 | 97 | 7.5 | 0 | 51 |
| Tre Stewart | 20 | 85 | 4.3 | 1 | 14 |
| Logan Smothers | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 1 | 17 |
| Andrew Paul | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ron Wiggins | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 |
receiving
| Michael Pettway | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Tre Stewart | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 28 |
| Brock Rechsteiner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cam Vaughn | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Ron Wiggins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
fumbles
defensive
| Fred Perry | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reginald Hughes | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Carter | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laletia Hale | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ky'won McCray | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jabari Mack | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zechariah Poyser | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talan Carter | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curley Young Jr. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Geimere Latimer II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Carter Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jibreel Al-Amin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cai Mayowa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Prater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gharin Stansbury | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Baker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J-Rock Swain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Franklin Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker O'Steen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Payton Hodges | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jawaun Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Davis II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Michael Pettway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Samario Rudolph | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
kicking
| Garrison Rippa | 1/1 | 100.0 | 46 | 2/2 | 5 |
punting
| Jack Dawson | 8 | 302 | 37.8 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
passing
| Caden Veltkamp | 28/47 | 301 | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 27.5 |
| Dalvin Smith | 1/1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 98.4 |
| Team | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Elijah Young | 19 | 91 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Caden Veltkamp | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Jalen Hampton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Easton Messer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| LT Sanders | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| George Hart III | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Easton Messer | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 0 | 27 |
| Elijah Young | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 1 | 29 |
| Noah Meyers | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 24 |
| Kisean Johnson | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 0 | 14 |
| K.D. Hutchinson | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 |
| Dalvin Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| George Hart III | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
defensive
| Devonte' Mathews | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hosea Wheeler | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Benjamin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chandler Matthews | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyshawn Swanson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terreance Ellis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deante McCray | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kylan Guidry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Lynch | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Walker IV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Robinson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harper Holloman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Patterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Johnson Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Demarko Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavion Griffin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Easton Messer | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 |
puntReturns
| K.D. Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Lucas Carneiro | 4/4 | 100.0 | 50 | 1/1 | 13 |
punting
| Cole Maynard | 7 | 309 | 44.1 | 0 | 4 | 56 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 8:48 | Elijah Young 21 Yd pass from Caden Veltkamp (Lucas Carneiro Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 3:19 | Garrison Rippa 46 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 3:42 | Tre Stewart 8 Yd Run (Garrison Rippa Kick) | 10 – 7 |
| 2 | 0:41 | Lucas Carneiro 50 Yd Field Goal | 10 – 10 |
| 3 | 7:31 | Lucas Carneiro 21 Yd Field Goal | 10 – 13 |
| 4 | 11:37 | Lucas Carneiro 35 Yd Field Goal | 10 – 16 |
| 4 | 9:44 | Logan Smothers 17 Yd Run (Garrison Rippa Kick) | 17 – 16 |
| 4 | 0:03 | Lucas Carneiro 50 Yd Field Goal | 17 – 19 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 8:12 PM UTCData methodology