Louisville Football Postgame Notes

Louisville 44, Kentucky 17
November 25, 2017
Kroger Field | Lexington, Ky.
Attendance: 56,186

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville defeated Kentucky 44-17, boosting the Cardinals to 8-4 on the year.
Louisville evens the series with Kentucky at 15-15.

Louisville has won six of the last seven meetings against Kentucky.
The Cardinals are 10-8 against the Wildcats when the games are played in Lexington.

Louisville's game captains were Reggie Bonnafon, Lamar Jackson, Jaire Alexander, Mason King, and Geron Christian.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 117-47 career record, including a 75-26 mark at Louisville.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 23-6 in the month of November.
Kentucky won the toss and deferred to the second half. Louisville received the ball to start the game.
Louisville is bowl eligible for the eighth-consecutive season and will learn its bowl destination on Dec. 3.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville's 27-point win is its largest margin of victory in the series since 2006, when the Cardinals beat the Wildcats 59-28.
Louisville scored a touchdown on its opening possession, marking the sixth game this season the Cardinals have reached the end zone on their first drive.
Louisville held Kentucky without a completion until approximately five minutes remaining in the second quarter.
The Cardinals scored 17 points in the first quarter, the fourth time this season with double-digit points in the opening period.
Louisville set a school record for most first downs in a season with its 326th of the year, surpassing the record of 325 set last year.
Louisville has totaled at least 400 yards of offense in 23 of the last 25 games.

The Cardinals have collected 6,726 yards of offense this season, second most in school history.

The Cardinals finished without a turnover for the second-consecutive game.
Louisville was 6 for 7 in the red zone, four of those being touchdowns.
Louisville completes a game without punting for the first time since beating Murray State on Aug. 30, 2007, and for only the second time in school history versus an FBS opponent (Pittsburgh, 2005).

PLAYER NOTES

Lamar Jackson was named the 2017 Howard Schnellenberger Most Valuable Player after totaling 372 yards of offense. He threw for 216 yards and two scores, while running for 156 on 18 carries.

It is the second time in Jackson's career that he won the MVP award (also 2015), making him only the second player overall to win the award twice (Teddy Bridgewater). The award was established in 2010.
Jackson has moved into seventh on the NCAA's career list for rushing yards by a QB, passing Indiana's Antwaan Randle El (1998-01).
Jackson is the first player in Louisville history to have two seasons with at least 1,300 yards rushing.
Jackson moved into the top 10 on the ACC career list for rushing yardage with 3,974 yards. He is eighth, skipping ahead of North Carolina's Mike Voight (1973-76, 3,971 yards).
Jackson passed Howard Stevens for fifth place on Louisville's career list for all-purpose yards (rushing, receiving, returns).
Jackson had a 100-yard rushing game for the 22nd time in his career, tied with Boston College's Montel Harris (2008-11) for the third most 100-yard games in ACC history.
Jackson broke his own Louisville record for most 100-yard rushing games in a season, logging his ninth 100-yard game of the year.
Jackson now holds the top two spots on Louisville's single-season rushing list, setting the record with 1,571 yards last year and gaining 1,443 yards this year.
Jackson broke his own Louisville record, logging his 12th game in a single season with 300 yards of total offense.
Jackson is now responsible for 116 touchdowns in his career, tying Clemson's Deshaun Watson (2014-16) for second on the ACC's career list. Clemson's Tajh Boyd (2010-13) leads the conference with 133.
Jackson threw two touchdowns, giving him 67 for his career to tie Duke's Thaddeus Lewis (2006-09) for ninth on the ACC's career list.
Jackson has thrown for 8,872 career yards, passing Miami's Jacory Harris (2008-11) for 18th on the ACC's career list.

Reggie Bonnafon had nine rushes for 63 yards and two rushing touchdowns, while catching one pass for 27 yards.

It is the third game of Bonnafon's career that he has rushed for two touchdowns.

Dae Williams scored his third career rushing touchdown on a one-yard run in the first quarter.
With his 54th extra point this year, Blanton Creque moves up to fourth on Louisville's single-season list for made extra points. Art Carmody held the top four spots previously.
Trumaine Washington moved up to a tie for ninth on Louisville's career list for pass breakups, knocking down a pass for the 22nd time.
With 187 career points, Blanton Creque has passed Jon Hilbert and Chris Philpott for sixth place on Louisville career scoring list for kickers.

With 100 points so far this year, Creque moves up to fifth on Louisville's single-season list for scoring by a kicker.
With his 55th extra point this year, Creque moved up to fourth on Louisville's single-season list for made extra points. Art Carmody held the top four spots previously.
With his three field goals, Creque moved into a tie for fifth on the school's single-season list with 15 made.

With his ninth touchdown catch this season, Dez Fitzpatrick has moved into a tie for second most TD receptions by a freshman in the ACC.

Fitzpatrick totaled 37 receiving yards, giving him 699 and pushing him into 11th on the ACC's freshman list.

Jaylen Smith finished the game with six catches for 75 yards and one touchdown.

Over a three-game stretch (Virginia, Syracuse, Kentucky), he has totaled 14 catches for 254 yards and four touchdowns.

Stacy Thomas led the defense with 10 tackles, including one sack.

It is the third time this season he has totaled double-digit tackles.

Jonathan Greenard had five tackles, including two for loss.

The sophomore has 15.5 tackles for loss this season and needs a half tackle for loss to move into the school's single-single season top 10 list.

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Players Mentioned

Jaire Alexander

Reggie Bonnafon

Geron Christian

Blanton Creque

Dez Fitzpatrick

Lamar Jackson

Mason King

Jaylen Smith

Stacy Thomas

Trumaine Washington

Dae Williams

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