19 is the fewest points in any half since we scored 16 in the first half against West Virginia in 2008 (a game we came back to win).
And the fewest points in a second half since scoring 18 on our way to losing 46-45 at Michigan State in 2000.
Defensively, of course we had great success, only giving up 18 points to Georgia in the second half. We've topped that in two different first halves this year - 14 points by Radford in the first half, 15 by Penn State.
If I'm not mistaken, you have to go back to the same 2008 game against West Virginia to find a lower second half point total by an opponent (17).
To find a previous game where UK won in spite of scoring less than 19 points in a second half, you have to go back 31 years. UK did it twice in 1981:
12/29/81 against Notre Dame - Won 34-28 in OT after scoring 18 in the first half and only 5 in the second. 5 points is still our record low for any half in any game.
1/10/81 against Tennessee - Won 48-47 in spite of scoring 18 in the second half.
The relevant link from Jon Scott's site: http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/gamehalflowukoverall.html
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