Quotes from UK coach Rich Brooks

We got accomplished what we had to do. (I have) got to give Louisiana Monroe a lot of credit. Their defense stuff is something that gave us a lot of problems, and I thought it probably would, but we didn’t move the ball well at all. It seems like we scored in chunks rather than drives. We couldn’t sustain our normal ground game. Offensively, they threw the ball extrememly well. I was very impressed with their young quarterback. Under duress, he got hit a lot and, he still threw the ball and completed it.

Our third-down defense was atrocious and our third-down offense was not much better. A win is a win and it was a pretty good win. We got some production out of our kicking game, even though they threw us for a loop, we knew they were going to do some different things and we messed those up, the punt return, the blocked extra point, we mishandled a snap on our last extra point and didn’t get a chance to kick that one through.

(Injury update)
Micah Johnson  - I think more of you saw Michah (Johnson) leave the game right out of the shoot in the first series. He has an MCL and we determine in the next 24 to 48 hours the extent of that. It’s not major, major but it’s not a band aid injury either. Sam Maxwell dinged his shoulder and did return, but he was limited a little bit. Winston Guy bruised his back. Of those three, Micah may be the most questionable going into next week.

(On the play of the quarterbacks)
I am not pleased with (their play). We threw two picks and had a fumble. The first pick we were hit from behind and the ball came floating out there. The second pick, Will I think made just a bad decision and a bad throw and he fumbled it too. Again, we need more production from that position. We did some things better, I thought in this game. We did complete some passes and move the chains with our quarterbacks in the passing game a little bit. We had a lot of different guys get touches on the football. But overall, our passing game is not where it needs to be and our quarterbacks have to continue to develop. Our quarterbacks did some better things in this game and of course, you can’t turn the ball over.

Team Records and Series Notes

    * Kentucky is 4-3 on the season.  The University of Louisiana at Monroe is 4-3.
    * Kentucky leads the series, 3-1.  UK has won three straight.
    * Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats have Homecoming against Mississippi State on Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.  The game will be televised by selected regional channels on the Fox Sports Network.

UK Team Notes

    * Kentucky has won 17 consecutive non-conference games, tying the school-record streak previously set from 1954-60.
    * Kentucky's 28 first half points were the most since scoring 28 points in the opening half vs. Florida Atlantic, Sept. 29, 2007.
    * The last time Kentucky blocked a PAT was also by Matt Roark vs. East Carolina, Jan. 2, 2009
    * UK scored the most points since posting 42 against Miami in the season opener.
    * T he last time Kentucky recorded a safety was versus Florida, Oct. 25, 2008.
    * Kentucky was perfect on fourth down conversions going 2-of-2. UK is 10 of 13 on the year.
    * Recorded three interceptions in a game for the first time since the 2008 season opener at Louisville.
    * Kentucky was 2-of-2 on red zone conversions in the game. UK has converted 19-of-23 (82.6 percent) this season for 121 points (16 touchdowns, three field goals, one blocked FG, two loss on downs and one end of half).
    * Five UK defenders posted a total of seven team tackles for a loss in the game, a season high.

Game Summary

    * 1st Quarter Summary
          o UK's John Conner rushed for 37 yards to the ULM 1 yard line. (11:42)
          o It was the longest rush of Conner's career.
          o UK's John Conner rushed for a 1-yard TD (11:04); UK 7, ULM 0
          o It was Conner second rushing TD of the season and fourth of his career.
          o UK's Randall Cobb returned a punt 73 yards for the TD (9:18); UK 14, ULM 0
          o It was Cobb's first punt return for a TD in his career
          o ULM's Nate Brown intercepted UK's Morgan Newton at the UK 42-yard line
          o It was the first interception of Newton's career.
          o ULM's field goal attempt failed at the UK 10-yard line.

    * 2nd Quarter Summary
          o UK's Randall Cobb rushed for 28 yards to the ULM 11.
          o UK's Randall Cobb rushed for an 11-yard TD (11:00); UK 21, ULM 0
          o It was Cobb fourth rushing TD of the season and 11 th of his career.
          o ULM's Cody Wells completed a 10-yard TD pass to Luther Ambrose (4:52); UK 21, ULM 7
          o UK's Will Fidler completed a 37-yard pass to Chris Matthews.
          o It was a career-long pass for Fidler and a career-long reception for Matthews.
          o UK's Will Fidler completed a 25-yard TD pass to John Conner. (3:09); UK 28, ULM 7
          o It was Fidler's first collegiate TD pass and Conner's first of the season and fourth of his career.

    * 3rd Quarter Summary
          o ULM's Radi Jabour missed a 31-yard field goal attempt.
          o ULM's Frank Goodin rushed for a 3-yard TD.  PAT was blocked (0:49)
          o UK's Matt Roark blocked the PAT attempt.  It was the fourth blocked kick of his career and the third blocked PAT. UK 28, ULM 13

    * 4th Quarter Summary
          o ULM's Otis Stamps intercepted UK's Will Fidler at the ULM 4-yard line (12:42)
          o ULM's Cody Wells recovered his own fumble for a safety. (11:57); UK 30, ULM 13
          o The last time Kentucky recorded a safety was versus Florida, Oct. 25, 2008
          o UK's Will Fidler fumbled at the ULM 23-yard line.  It was forced by ULM's Cardia Jackson.
          o UK's Randall Burden intercepted ULM's Cody Wells for a 50-yard TD (7:41)
          o It was Burden's first interception of his career and the first UK interception for a TD since Trevard Lindley's interception return against Miami in the season opener.
          o Lones Seiber's PAT attempt was blocked. UK 36, ULM 13
          o UK's Matt Lentz intercepted ULM's Cody Wells and returned it 23 yards to the UK 36. The interception is the second of Lentz's career.
          o UK's Ashton Cobb intercepted ULM's Cody Wells and returned it 3 yards to the ULM 38.

UK Individual Notes

    * Randall Cobb's 1 st quarter punt return for a TD was the first for UK since Rafael Little's 84-yard return vs. ULM on Nov. 18, 2006
    * Cobb has scored at least one touchdown in 10 of 18 career games and eight of the last 10.
    * Randall Cobb led the team with 152 all-purpose yards with 27 yards receiving, 41 yards rushing and 84 yards on punt returns.
    * La'Rod King hauled in his first career reception good for eight yards and a first down.
    * John Conner scored a TD both rushing and receiving which was the second time this season a UK player accomplished this feat.  Randall Cobb pulled off the combo earlier vs. South Carolina.
    * Conner's 46 yards rushing was a career high.
    * Derrick Locke gained 36 yards on 10 carries to increase his career total to 1, 319 yards and move into 20 th on UK's all-time rushing list. He needs 52 yards to overtake Alfred Rawls (1988-9) for 19 th overall.
    * Alfonso Smith gained 14 yards on four carries to increase his career total to 867 yards, only 133 shy of the 1,000-yard mark.
    * Corey Peters recorded the only UK sack of the evening to increase his team lead to four on the season.
    * Chris Matthews caught a career-long 37 yard pass from Randall Cobb in the second quarter.
    * The 37-yard toss matched Cobb's career-long pass set last season against Arkansas.
    * Linebacker Danny Trevathan led the Wildcats in tackles for the second straight game, charting eight stops.
    * DeQuin Evans posted a career-high three tackles for loss, matching his season total through six games.
    * Linebacker Sam Maxwell deflected two passes against ULM to increase his season total to seven. Maxwell is averaging 1 PBU per game this season, recording a breakup in six of seven contests.
    * Defensive back Randall Burden recorded his second straight game with two pass breakups after making a pair of deflections at Auburn.