Louisville-Wake Forest Football Postgame Notes

Postgame Notes
No. 5 Louisville 44, Wake Forest 12
Nov. 12, 2016
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 51,218

TEAM

Saturday's game captains for UofL were Lamar Jackson, Tobijah Hughley, Devante Peete, Keith Kelsey, DeAngelo Brown, and Brandon Radcliff.
Wake Forest won the toss and deferred to the second half. UofL elected to receive.
The Cardinals' drew 51,218 fans in the victory over Wake Forest.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville boasts a 23-0 record at home as an Associated Press top 25 team, winning by an average margin of 50.3-16.9.
Louisville is 9-1 for the first time since 2013.
The victory over Wake Forest gives the Cardinals a 4-0 series advantage.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 13-0 record against North Carolina teams as the Cardinals' head coach.
After beating Wake Forest, Louisville has defeated four schools from the state of North Carolina. The last time the Cardinals beat four schools from the same state was in 1927: Transylvania, Murray State, Centre College, and Eastern Kentucky.
Louisville finished the game with 44 points, marking the ninth time in the last 10 games the team has tallied at least 32 points.
This is the first season in program history that the Cardinals had two 100-yard rushers in three games.
Louisville's 34 points in the fourth quarter are the most since the program had 35 against Washington-Tennessee on Oct. 8, 1913.

UofL's 41 second-half points are tied for the third most in school history and are the most since a 61-10 win versus Florida Atlantic in 2005.

Louisville shut out Wake Forest in the second half, limiting the Demon Deacons to 37 yards in the second half.
Coming out of halftime, Louisville's defense forced Wake Forest seven punts. Overall, Wake Forest had six 3-and-outs.
Louisville's defense had seven sacks, the most since Boston College last season.
Louisville stifled Wake Forest to 2.93 yards per play, the lowest average by an opponent this season.

PLAYER

Lamar Jackson finished the game 14-of-26 passing for 145 yards and one touchdown. He had 22 rushing attempts for 153 yards, an average of 7.0 per carry.

It was Jackson's fourth game this season and seventh of his career with over 150 yards on the ground, ranking second behind Howard Stevens on the season and career lists.
Jackson achieved the 12th 100-yard rushing game of his career, tying him with Howard Stevens for second most at Louisville.
Jackson set Louisville record for total yards in a season, with 4,232. Teddy Bridgewater previously held the record with 4,048 yards in 2013.
Jackson's 2-yard touchdown pass is his 27th of the year, tying him with Teddy Bridgewater and Dave Ragone for fifth most in a season at UofL.
Jackson has 39 career passing touchdowns, putting him into sixth on the school's charts.
Jackson has tied Bilal Powell, Frank Moreau, and Walter Peacock for most 100-yard rushing games in a season (7) at Louisville.
Jackson has now been responsible for 69 touchdowns during his career – 30 rushing and 35 passing.

Brandon Radcliff had 11 rushes for 141 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 12.8 yards per carry.

It is his first career three-touchdown game and the ninth game of his career with multiple scores.
Radcliff now has 26 rushing touchdowns, putting him seventh all-time in school history.
Radcliff has rushed for 100 yards nine times in his career, tied for the seventh most 100-yard rushing games at Louisville.
Radcliff's 55-yard run for a touchdown is the longest rush of his career.

Devonte' Fields had a game-high three sacks in the contest, giving him 15 for his career. It's the most he has totaled in a game at UofL since recording the same total against Texas A&M in 2015.
James Hearns logged two sacks in the contest.
Ronald Walker's interception gives the Cardinals a pick in seven-straight contests. His 31-yard interception return for a touchdown is the first pick six since Trumaine Washington's 39-yard interception for a touchdown against Syracuse in 2015.
Chucky Williams had a team-tying high nine tackles, including one for loss.

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