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Game day: Kentucky 56, New Mexico State 16
Click below for more of the Herald-Leader’s and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Saturday’s Kentucky-New Mexico State football game at Kroger Field in Lexington.
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It’s Senior Day for the Kentucky Wildcats as Mark Stoops’ team plays its 2021 home finale at Kroger Field. New Mexico State is the opponent. Kickoff is set for noon on the SEC Network.
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Final: Kentucky 56, New Mexico State 16.
Scoring summary
New Mexico State 7, Kentucky 0 - Trevor Brohard picks up a fumbled Kentucky shotgun snap and returns it 25 yards for a touchdown with 12:18 left in the first quarter.
New Mexico State 7, Kentucky 7 - Will Levis throws his 20th TD pass of season, hitting Justin Rigg on a 32-yard score with 9:27 left in the first quarter.
Kentucky 14, New Mexico State 7 - Quandre Mosely intercepts a New Mexico State pass and returns it 38 yards for a touchdown with 5:54 left in the first quarter. It’s the second straight game UK has recorded a Pick-Six. Jalen Geiger did it last week against Vanderbilt.
Kentucky 21, New Mexico State 7 - Kentucky goes 91 yards in eight plays with Chris Rodriguez scoring from six yards out with two seconds left in the first quarter. A 29-yard pass from Levis to Wan’Dale Robinson set up the score.
Kentucky 21, New Mexico State 10 - New Mexico State’s Ethan Albertson kicks a 50-yard field goal to cut UK’s lead to 21-10 with 12:06 left in the second quarter.
Kentucky 28, New Mexico State 10 - Levis hits Robinson with a 37-yard completion that sets up a 9-yard TD pass to Josh Ali with 9:19 left in the 2Q. That’s the 21st TD pass of the season for Levis.
Kentucky 28, New Mexico State 13 - Albertson boots his second field goal of the day -- first from 50; this from 30 -- and Kentucky’s lead is 15 points with 5:16 left in the 1H.
Kentucky 35, New Mexico State 13 - Levis throws his third TD pass, then one a 2-yarder to Rigg for his second score with 46 seconds left in the first half.
Kentucky 35, New Mexico State 16 - Albertson kicks a 32-yard field goal for the Aggies, his third made field goal of the day. This one comes on the final play of the first half.
Kentucky 42, New Mexico State 16 - Josh Ali catches a Will Levis pass over the middle, breaks a tackle and races to the end zone for a 62-yard score with 8:09 left in the third quarter. It was a career-long reception for Ali. It’s also the first time he has caught two touchdown passes in the same game.
Kentucky 49, New Mexico State 16 - Kavosiey Smoke joins the points party with a 23-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds left in the third quarter. Kentucky now has 555 yards of total offense.
Kentucky 56, New Mexico State 16 - Beau Allen starts the fourth quarter at quarterback for Kentucky and directs an 82-yard drive which ends with the former Lexington Catholic star scoring from three yards out with 11:40 remaining in the game.
Pregame information
Date: Nov. 20, 2021.
Kickoff: 12 p.m. EDT
TV: SEC Network with Tyler Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb and Tera Talmadge.
Radio: UK Network with Tom Leach, Jeff Piecoro and Dick Gabriel.
Records: Kentucky 7-3; New Mexico State 1-9.
Team websites: Kentucky football; New Mexico State football
Last game: Kentucky defeated Vanderbilt 34-17 in Nashville on Nov. 13; New Mexico State lost 59-3 at Alabama on Nov. 13.
Coaches: Kentucky-Mark Stoops (56-53); New Mexico State-Doug Martin (24-73 at New Mexico State; 53-126 overall)
Series: Kentucky leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Kentucky won 62-42 on Sept. 17, 2016.
This story was originally published November 20, 2021 at 10:00 AM.
