Jarquez Hunter had career highs of 278 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the third quarter, Payton Thorne passed for 172 yards and a score and Auburn rallied from a 10-0
deficit with 24 unanswered points to beat Kentucky 24-10 on Saturday night.
“Bottom line, we got beat,” Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said. “Didn’t play good enough in any phase for us to win, and that’s discouraging. It didn’t surprise me that they were going to play hard. We just have to match that.”
The Wildcats tried to come back late in the fourth and drove down to the Auburn 3, but three runs gained just one yard before Kayin Lee intercepted Gavin Wimsatt at the goal line and returned it nine yards before going out of bounds.
Jay Crawford had Auburn's other interception, picking off Brock Vandagriff midway through the second quarter to set up Alex McPherson's game-tying 27-yard field goal.
The takeaway:
Just as the Wildcats seemed poised to put last week's collapse in Florida behind them, they rang up another dud and jeopardized their bowl hopes.
Up next:
Kentucky visits No. 7 Tennessee on Saturday.