NCAA Football Recap (Eastern Ky-Kentucky)
Posted: Sat September 12, 1998 at 5:04 p.m. EDT
KENTUCKY 52, EASTERN KY 7
LEXINGTON, Kentucky (Ticker) -- Tim Couch threw for five
touchdowns and tied a school record with his 50th scoring pass
as Kentucky demolished in-state rival and Division I-AA opponent
Eastern Kentucky, 52-7.
Couch, who threw for 498 yards and seven touchdowns in
Kentucky's season-opening 68-34 victory over Louisville,
completed 32-of-41 passes for 372 yards as the Wildcats are off
to their first 2-0 start since 1989, when they went 6-5.
His final touchdown pass of the game, a 25-yarder to Garry Davis
with 8:04 left moved him into a tie with Vito "Babe" Parilli,
who threw 50 TD passes from 1949-51. Couch reached the mark in
20 games.
Craig Yeast had seven catches for 113 yards and one touchdown,
tying a Kentucky record with his 17th scoring reception. He
shares the mark with Steve Meilinger, who played from 1951-53.
Eastern Kentucky (1-1), which is ranked ninth in the ESPN/USA
Today Division I-AA coaches' poll, scored its only points on a
nine-yard pass from Jon Denton to Tony DeGreogorio in the third
quarter.
Denton completed just 3-of-10 passes for 41 yards for the
Colonels, who were playing Kentucky for the first time in school
history.
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