Louisville Football Postgame Notes

Wake Forest 42, Louisville 32
October 28, 2017
BB&T Field | Winston-Salem, N.C.
Attendance: 29,593

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Wake Forest defeated Louisville 42-32, with the Cardinals falling to 5-4 on the year, including 2-4 in the ACC.
Louisville moves to 4-3 all-time against Wake Forest.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 114-47 career record, including a 72-26 mark at Louisville.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 20-10 in the month of October.
Louisville won the toss and elected to receive.
Louisville returns to action on Nov. 11, coming home to play Virginia at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.

Louisville holds a 3-2 series lead.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville has totaled at least 400 yards of offense in 19 of the last 22 games.
The Cardinals were 4 for 6 in the red zone, with one of those scores being touchdowns.

On the season, Louisville is 35 for 41 in the area, an 85.4 percent clip.

Chucky Williams, Zykiesis Cannon, and Stacy Thomas each had 10 tackles. It is the second time this season Louisville had three players finish with double-digit tackles in a game.

PLAYER NOTES

Lamar Jackson finished the game with 491 yards of total offense. He had 330 yards and one touchdown in the air, with 161 yards and three scores on the ground.

Jackson became the fourth player and first underclassman in FBS history with 3,000 yards rushing and 8,000 yards passing in a career.
Also, Jackson is the third player and first underclassman in FBS history to have consecutive seasons with 1,000 yards rushing and 2,500 yards passing.
He is the 5th QB in FBS history to rush for 40 TDs and pass for 60 TDs, doing so earlier in his career than any other player.
Jackson is the first player in Louisville history to have two 1000-yard rushing seasons prior to his senior year.
Jackson set a new ACC record for most career games with 400 yards of total offense, logging his 14th 400-yard game today.
Jackson has set a new Louisville record for most 150-yard rushing games, reaching that mark for the 11th time in his career.
Saturday's 161 rushing yards pushed Jackson to 20th in ACC history with 3,550 career rushing yards. He passed Clemson's C.J. Spiller (2006-09) and trails NC State's Tremayne Stephens (1994-97) by only three yards for 19th place.
The quarterback moved into a tie for fourth in ACC history with 46 career rushing touchdowns, tying Florida State's Dalvin Cook (2014-16) and passing Maryland's Rick Badanjek (1982-85) and Georgia Tech's Robert Lavette (1981-84).
It was Jackson's ninth-straight game with 300 yards of total offense, the second longest streak at UofL. He had 11 straight in 2015-16.
Jackson's three rushing touchdowns pushes his season total on the ground to 14. That ties him for the ninth most in a season at UofL. He's also second on that list with 21 rushing TDs last year.
With his 29th start at quarterback, Jackson moves into a tie with John Madeya for 7th most QB starts at Louisville.

Dez Fitzpatrick finished the game with five receptions for 56 yards.

Fitzpatrick has recorded a reception in nine-consecutive games.

Blanton Creque connected on a 35-yard field goal in the first quarter.

Creque finished the game with six points, moving him to eighth on Louisville's all-time points by a kicker with 157. He passed Wilbur Summers who had 153 from 1972-75.

Stacy Thomas' 3.5 TFLs are the most in a game since DeVonte Fields had 4.5 at Kentucky on Nov. 28, 2015
Charles Standberry had a 20-yard touchdown reception in the second half.

Standberry had two receptions today extending his streak to 10 straight games with a catch.

Geron Christian earned his 35th-consecutive start.

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Players Mentioned

Zykiesis Cannon

Geron Christian

Blanton Creque

Dez Fitzpatrick

Lamar Jackson

Charles Standberry

Stacy Thomas

Chucky Williams

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