Louisville Football Postgame Notes

Boston College 45, Louisville 42
October 14, 2017
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 44,679

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Boston College defeated Louisville 45-42, with the Cardinals falling to 4-3 on the year, including 1-3 in the ACC.
Louisville moves to 6-4 all-time against Boston College.

Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 113-46 career record, including a 71-25 mark at Louisville.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 19-9 in the month of October.
Boston College won the toss and deferred to the second half. Louisville received the ball to start the game.
Louisville returns to action on Oct. 21, playing at Florida State in Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville has totaled at least 400 yards of offense in 17 of the last 20 games.

It is the fifth time this season the Cardinals have amassed more than 500 yards of total offense.

The Cardinals were 2 for 2 in the red zone, with both of those scores being touchdowns.

It is the second time in school history the Cardinals had a pair of 100-yard receivers and 100-yard rushers. The first time, it happened in 2016 at Syracuse, when Jamari Staples (136) and James Quick (108) each passed the century mark for receiving and Lamar Jackson (199) and Brandon Radcliff (156) did it on the ground.
Dorian Etheridge, Chucky Williams, and Isaac Stewart each had double-digit tackles, the first time Louisville had at least three players finish with as many since Houston in 2015 (Keith Kelsey and James Burgess, 15; Josh Harvey-Clemons 10).

PLAYER NOTES

Lamar Jackson finished the game with 512 yards of total offense. He had 332 yards and two touchdowns in the air, with 180 yards and three scores on the ground.

Jackson set the Louisville record for career rushing yards with 3,221. Walter Peacock set the old record, with 3,204 from 1972-75.
Jackson broke the Louisville record, with 42 rushing touchdowns in a career. Lenny Lyles held the record with 41, set from 1954-57.

Jackson is tied with North Carolina's Mike Voight (1973-76) for ninth in the ACC for career rushing touchdowns, with 42.

Jackson has now accounted for 100 touchdowns in his career (58 passing, 42 rushing). He is the fourth ACC player to reach that mark.
Jackson is the first player in the ACC's 65-year history to have three games with at least 500 yards of total offense.
Jackson put together the second game of his career with 300 passing yards and 150 rushing yards, a feat no other FBS quarterback has achieved in the last 20 years (courtesy ESPN Stats & Info).
Jackson boosted his career total offense to 10,926, passing Brian Brohm for second on the school's all-time list. He is 1,204 shy of breaking Chris Redman's mark.

Jackson moved into fourth on the ACC's career touchdown responsible list with 100 scores. He passed NC State's Russell Wilson (2008-10, 93) and North Carolina's Marquise Williams (2012-15, 96).

Dez Fitzpatrick finished the game with a game-high seven catches for 127 yards and one touchdown.

Fitzpatrick's seventh touchdown of the season tied him with Arnold Jackson (1997) and Mario Urrutia (2005) for most receiving touchdowns in a season by a freshman
Fitzpatrick is the third UofL freshman with consecutive 100-yard receiving games, joining Arnold Jackson in 1997 and Mario Urrutia in 2005.
Fitzpatrick has 541 receiving yards on the year, third most in a season by a freshman.

Kemari Averett had one catch for 22 yards and one score, his first collegiate touchdown.

It is the first receiving TD by true freshman since Seth Dawkins versus Charlotte in 2016.

Reggie Bonnafon had a career-high 107 yards rushing – his first 100-yard rushing game – on 12 carries, including a touchdown.
TreSean Smith had a season-high six tackles, including his first collegiate sack.

Jonathan Greenard had a career-best nine tackles, including 1.5 for loss. It extended his streak seven-consecutive games with a tackle for loss.
Dorian Etheridge paced the Cardinals' with a season-high 14 tackles, including nine solo stops.
Chucky Williams had a career-best 13 tackles in the game, including one pass breakup. It is his second game with double-digit stops.
Geron Christian earned his 33rd-consecutive start.

Jackson gained at least 300 yards of total offense for the 20th game of his career, one short of the UofL record held by Chris Redman.

Isaac Stewart had a career-best 10 tackles, including his first career forced fumble.

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