TJ Finley threw for 351 yards and a touchdown, Elijah Young rushed for 52 yards and two scores and Western Kentucky blanked Eastern Kentucky 31-0 on Saturday.
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Austin Reed threw a 75-yard scoring strike to Malachi Corley in the fourth quarter and Western Kentucky became eligible for a bowl game after rallying for a 28-23 victory over Sam Houston on Saturday.
The herd has been trimmed to 50 unbeaten FBS teams in college football after two full weekends of play, and Louisville, Kentucky and Western Kentucky all made the cut.
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The Mountaineers lost to No. 20 Louisiana 24-16 in the Sun Belt Championship game.
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Frank Harris found Clark with the game's first score less than a minute into the game, capping a three-play, 75-yard drive with a 30-yard touchdown.
Western Kentucky has not won the Conference USA football championship since Jeff Brohm led the Hilltoppers to back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016.
With seven rivalry games Saturday and a string of conference championship games next week, there’s still an opportunity for Rick Bozich to pull even with Eric Crawford.
A year after going 2-6 in Conference USA and 3-9 overall, WKU is now 7-4 on the season and 5-2 in C-USA with a home game remaining against Middle Tennessee.
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