Louisville-Kentucky Postgame Notes
November 26, 2016 | Football
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- Louisville trails 15-14 all-time in the series with Kentucky with Saturday's loss, which also halted the Cardinals' five-game winning streak against the Wildcats.
- Louisville's Bobby Petrino dropped to 7-2 all-time against Kentucky, including 6-1 as the head coach of the Cardinals.       Â
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- Saturday's game captains for UofL were Lamar Jackson, Tobijah Hughley, Devante Peete, Keith Kelsey, DeAngelo Brown, and Brandon Radcliff.
- Louisville won the coin toss and elected to receive the football to open Saturday's game.
- Saturday's attendance at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium was 54,075.
- With its 561 yards on Saturday, Louisville set a single season record for total offense closing the regular season with 6,705 yards surpassing the previous record of 6,468 in 2004.
- Louisville set a school record for first downs by rushing in a season with 148. The previous record was 145 set by in 2004.
- The Cardinals set a school record for rushing yards in a season with 3,081 yards surpassing the previous mark of 3,005 yards in 2004.
- The 544 points for Louisville in 2016 rank as the second most in a single season in school history trailing only the 597 in 2004.
- Louisville scored 32 or more points in 10 of 12 games this season.
- The Cardinals registered at least 500 yards of total offense for the ninth time in 12 games this season.
- The 38 points for Louisville on Saturday matches its highest total in a non-overtime loss equaling the total in the 41-38 loss at Miami on Oct. 14, 2004.
- Prior to Saturday's game, Louisville honored 23 players during its Senior Day ceremony -- Â FB Lamar Atkins, DT DeAngelo Brown, OL Matt Cohen, LB Devonte Fields, RB Malin Jones, K Anthony George, S Josh Harvey-Clemons, TE Cole Hikutini, LS Colin Holba, OL Tobijah Hughley, OL Khalil Hunter, LB Keith Kelsey, OL Kiola Mahoni, DB Marcus Mays, WR Gio Pascascio, WR James Quick, RB Brandon Radcliff, WR Jamari Staples, S John Stitch, WR Pat Thomas, TE Keith Towbridge. WR Chris Miele and QB Ethan Horton.
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- With his 19-yard scoring run in the first quarter, sophomore quarterback Lamar Jackson set an ACC record for touchdowns responsible for in a single season with his 48th. Jackson surpassed the previous record of 47 touchdowns by Clemson's Deshaun Watson last season.
- Jackson added another rushing touchdown and two passing scores later in the game to reach 51 touchdowns responsible for this season.
- Jackson, who finished with 171 yards on 25 rushes, set a UofL single season rushing record with 1,538 yards surpassing the previous mark of 1,429 set by Howard Stevens in 1971.
- Jackson became sixth player in FBS history with 20 passing and 20 rushing touchdowns in a single season. The previous three from Power 5 schools won the Heisman Trophy.
- Jackson set a school record with his eighth 100-yard rushing performance of the season.
- With his 21 touchdowns on the ground this season, Jackson set an ACC record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.
- The 21 rushing touchdowns for Jackson moved him into a tie for second place on the ACC's single season leaderboard for rushing touchdowns (any position) with Virginia Tech's Ryan Williams, who had 21 in 2009.
- Saturday marked the 15th straight game Jackson has connected for a touchdown pass.
- Jackson set a UofL record for total plays in a single season with 616 (382 pass attempts, 234 rush attempts) surpassing the previous mark of 572 set by Dave Ragone in 2002.
- Jackson became the first player in FBS history to gain 1,500 yards rushing and 3,300 yards passing in a single season.
- Jackson moved into third place in ACC history in career rushing yards by a quarterback with 2,498.
- Jackson moved into sixth place in school history in career rushing yards with 2,498 surpassing Bilal Powell (2007-10), Vic Anderson (2008-11) and Deon Booker (1985-88).
- Senior running back Brandon Radcliff has moved into 10th place in career rushing yards at Louisville with 2,339 yards.
- Senior Cole Hikutini registered his eighth receiving touchdown of the season and the 11th overall in his two seasons moving him into a tie for fourth in career receiving touchdowns by a tight end at Louisville equaling the totals by Jim Zamberlan (1965-67) and Don Hockensmith (1959-62).
- The 656 yards receiving by Hikutini is the seventh most in a season by a tight end in school history.
- The 49 receptions this season for Hikutini places him in a tie for ninth all-time at Louisville equaling the total of David Hatfield in 1983.
- With his second quarter field goal, redshirt freshman kicker Blanton Creque moved into a tie for 10th on UofL's single season list with his 13th in 16 attempts this season.
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