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The Western Kentucky football team was no match for Toledo in the Tops’ first road game of the season as they fell 45-21 at Glass Bowl Stadium.

Kentucky football was pushed by Toledo in both teams' 2025 opener at Kroger Field. Here's what we learned from UK's eight-point home victory Saturday.

Toledo dominated Morgan State with a 60-0 win on Saturday TOLEDO, Ohio -- Chip Trayanum and Kenji Christian rushed for two touchdowns each, Junior Vandeross III caught three TD passes and Toledo scored a school-record 43 points in the second quarter on its way to a 60-0 win over Morgan State on Saturday.

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The University of Kentucky Wildcats kicked off their football season Saturday at Kroger Field in Lexington, securing a 24-16 win over the University of Toledo. Saturday's win comes as the Wildcats try to bounce back from a disappointing season last year, in which they finished 4-8 (1-7 SEC), with some bad losses throughout the season.

Chip Trayanum rushed for a career-high 163 yards and two touchdowns, Junior Vandeross III caught five passes for 122 yards and a score, and Toledo took down Western Kentucky 45-21 on Saturday night.

Candle entered the Western Kentucky game tied with former Rockets head coach Gary Pinkel, who amassed 73 victories from 1991 and 2000 before leaving for Missouri.

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Time and date: Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 12:45 p.m. Eastern time TV network options: The game will be aired nationally on SEC Network; a valid cable subscription is required for viewing. Coverage by Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play) and Matt Stinchcomb (color analyst.)

Toledo responded almost immediately. Jace Jung led off the bottom of the inning with an infield single — Vilade made a nice diving play to stop the ball in the dirt, but he threw it away as the pitcher made it to first at the same time as Jung. Gage Workman extended his hit streak to nine games with a game-double off the wall in left-center.