Boca Raton Bowl Western Kentucky vs APP State Recap

Bailey Zappe capped his record-setting season in style, and Western Kentucky capped a difficult week with a bowl win. Zappe broke a pair of single-season FBS records by passing for 422 yards and six touchdowns, and Western Kentucky handed Appalachian State its first-ever bowl loss by beating the Mountaineers 59-38 in the Boca Raton Bowl on Saturday. Zappe finished the season with 5,967 yards and 62 touchdowns for the Hilltoppers (9-5). He topped the previous FBS marks of 5,833 yards set by Texas Tech’s B.J. Symons in 2003 and 60 touchdowns set by LSU’s Joe Burrow in the Tigers’ run to the national championship in the 2019 season. Chase Brice passed for 317 yards and four touchdowns for Appalachian State (10-4) before leaving in the fourth quarter with a right leg injury. It was the first loss in seven all-time bowl games for the Mountaineers. The 97 combined points were a record for the Boca Raton Bowl, topping the 82 that Western Kentucky and Memphis combined for in the Hilltoppers’ 51-31 win in 2016. The 59 points by Western Kentucky were also a record, surpassing the previous mark of 52 set by Marshall in 2014 and matched by Florida Atlantic — on its home field — in 2019. HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON!!! JOIN THE KBM SPORTS TALK FAMILY FOLLOW MY ISTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/kbm_sports__/ FOLLOW MY TWITTER: https://twitter.com/KBM_sports__ THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HOPE YOU ENJOYED! CONGRATS TO WESTERN KENTUCKY WINING THE BOCA RATON BOWL