University of Louisville
4-0
Marshall
1-2
Jackson shines again, No. 3 Louisville beats Marshall
September 25, 2016 | Football
Lamar Jackson was responsible for seven touchdowns in the victory.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Lamar Jackson threw five touchdown passes, ran for two more scores and No. 3 Louisville breezed past Marshall 59-28 on Saturday night.
Jackson capped off a September to remember with another solid effort against an overmatched opponent.
The sophomore completed 24 of 44 passes for a career-high 417 yards against a Marshall secondary whose most experienced player had five starts. Jackson also ran for 62 yards.
Louisville (4-0) didn't slow down against a nonconference opponent on the road a week after beating Florida State 63-20 at home.
After a punt and a missed field goal on two of their first three series, Jackson said the Cardinals "got mad at ourselves. We're used to going out there and executing everything right.
"We got into our groove," he said.
The Cardinals raced to a 35-7 halftime lead on Marshall and cruised in the second half to break a four-game losing streak to the Thundering Herd. Jackson's scoring passes covered 71, 8, 30, 8 and 51 yards.
"The things we wanted him to do, he did a good job with," Louisville coach Bobby Petrino said.
Marshall (1-2) was limited to 207 yards of offense in the first start for freshman quarterback Garet Morrell. Chase Litton missed the game with an undisclosed injury that was announced an hour before kickoff. Marshall coach Doc Holliday said Litton didn't practice all week.
THE TAKEAWAY
LOUISVILLE: Jackson simply hasn't been stopped, although Marshall's pass rush at times forced him into inaccurate throws and his streak of five straight 100-yard rushing games dating to last season came to an end. After four games, he's thrown 13 TD passes and run for 12 more scores.
MARSHALL: The Thundering Herd need Litton back in a hurry and could use some help on defense after allowing 124 points in their last two games. Holliday said the only positives he took away from the game were the play of running backs Anthony Pittman (54 yards) and Anthony Anderson (46).
"We've need to get better in all three phases, come back (Sunday) and go to work," Holliday said.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
With No. 2 Ohio State idle, Louisville could gain some votes in the AP Top 25 poll but it might not be enough to overtake the Buckeyes.
UP NEXT
LOUISVILLE: Heads to No. 5 Clemson with a chance to strengthen its perch at the top in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division after beating No. 13 Florida State last week.
MARSHALL: Closes out nonconference play at Pittsburgh.
Team Stats
LOU 7, MU 0
LOU - Quick, J. 71 yd pass from Jackson, L. (Creque, B. kick) 3 plays, 88 yards, TOP 0:55
LOU 14, MU 0
LOU - Hikutini, C. 8 yd pass from Jackson, L. (Creque, B. kick) 9 plays, 49 yards, TOP 3:37
LOU 21, MU 0
LOU - Hikutini, C. 30 yd pass from Jackson, L. (Creque, B. kick) 10 plays, 88 yards, TOP 3:34
LOU 28, MU 0
LOU - Jackson, L. 4 yd run (Creque, B. kick), 2 plays, 11 yards, TOP 0:34
LOU 28, MU 7
MU - YURACHEK, Ryan 16 yd pass from MORRELL, Garet (CURRAJ, Amoreto kick) 2 plays, 14 yards, TOP 0:36
LOU 35, MU 7
LOU - Bonnafon, R. 8 yd pass from Jackson, L. (Creque, B. kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:34
LOU 42, MU 7
LOU - Jackson, L. 9 yd run (Creque, B. kick), 3 plays, 49 yards, TOP 1:00
LOU 45, MU 7
LOU - Creque, B. 39 yd field goal 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 0:43
LOU 52, MU 7
LOU - Smith, Ja. 51 yd pass from Jackson, L. (Creque, B. kick) 3 plays, 77 yards, TOP 0:56
LOU 52, MU 14
MU - DAVIS, Keion 12 yd pass from MORRELL, Garet (CURRAJ, Amoreto kick) 8 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:39
LOU 52, MU 21
MU - TYLER, Ty 26 yd fumble recovery (CURRAJ, Amoreto kick)
LOU 59, MU 21
LOU - Radcliff, B. 10 yd run (Creque, B. kick), 15 plays, 78 yards, TOP 6:49
LOU 59, MU 28
MU - PITTMAN, Tony 13 yd run (CURRAJ, Amoreto kick), 7 plays, 53 yards, TOP 3:55
