Louisville Football Postgame Notes

No. 24 NC State 39, No. 17 Louisville 25
October 5, 2017
Carter-Finley Stadium | Raleigh, N.C.
Attendance: 56,107

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

No. 24 NC State beat No. 17 Louisville 39-25, as the Cardinals fall to 4-2 overall, 1-2 in ACC play.
Louisville moves to 6-2 all-time against NC State.

Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 113-45 career record, including a 71-24 mark at Louisville.
As a ranked team, Louisville moves to 79-26 with the victory.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 19-8 in the month of October.

NC State won the toss and deferred to the second half. Louisville receive the ball to start the game.
Louisville returns to action on Oct. 14, playing Boston College in a Saturday matchup at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville has totaled at least 400 yards of offense in 16 of the last 19 games.
The Cardinals were 3 for 4 in the red zone, with two of those scores being touchdowns.

It is the first time the Cardinals had a pair of 100-yard receivers since 2016, when Jamari Staples (136) and James Quick (108) each passed the century mark at Syracuse.

PLAYER NOTES

Lamar Jackson finished the game with 427 yards of total offense. He was 26-of-47 passing for 354 yards, with one touchdown, and rushed 19 times for 73 yards, with two scores.

Jackson is the third player in Louisville history, seventh in ACC history, to reach 10,000 yards (10,414 currently) of total offense for his career. He is the first Louisville player, second in the ACC, to reach the plateau before their senior season.
Jackson remains third on the school's career total offense list, 406 shy of passing Brian Brohm (10,819; 2004-07) for second the chart. He ranks sixth on the ACC's career list.
Jackson became the sixth player in FBS history to rush for 3,000 yards and pass for over 7,000 passing yards in a career. He has 3,041 rushing yards and 7,373 passing yards.
Jackson became only the school's second 3,000-yard rusher (Nathan Poole accomplished it first, 1972-75).
Jackson's second rushing touchdown made him the ACC career record holder for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 39. At the school level, he is tied with Michael Bush (2003-06) for second on the career chart.
Jackson, who was responsible for three touchdowns, bumped his career touchdown responsibility total to 95. He moved past NC State's Russell Wilson (93, 2008-10) for fifth on the list.
Jackson's 7,373 passing yards are enough to push him into fifth on the school's career chart, passing Jay Gruden (7,024, 1985-88).
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.

His 10 receptions tie Ibn Green's freshman record, first set against North Carolina on Nov. 9, 1996. It is the most receptions by a UofL player since Jamari Staples had 10 versus Wake Forest in 2015.
Fitzpatrick's 134 receiving yards are the most by a freshman since 2005, when Mario Urrutia had 138 against Florida Atlantic on Oct. 1. Fitzpatrick's receiving yards ranks fourth among all UofL freshmen.

Blanton Creque was 2 for 2 on field goals, including a career-long 48 in the third quarter.

Creque has connected on 14-consecutive field goals and he moved into seventh on the school's career chart with 25. He passed Wilbur Summers, who made 24 from 1972-75.
Creque remains atop the school's career chart for percentage, hitting at an 89.3 percent rate (25 for 28).

Seth Dawkins logged career highs of five receptions and 133 yards, while catching a touchdown.

Trevon Young paced the defense with a career-high eight tackles, including 0.5 for loss.
James Hearns totaled three tackles and recovered his second career fumble.
Jonathan Greenard registered four tackles, including 0.5 for loss. It extended his streak to six-consecutive games with a tackle for loss.
Geron Christian earned his 32nd-consecutive start.

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