Louisville Football Postgame Notes

Louisville 38, Virginia 21
November 11, 2017
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 46,787

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville defeated Virginia 38-21, elevating the Cardinals to 6-4 on the year, including 3-4 in the ACC.
Louisville moves to 4-2 all-time against Virginia.

The Cardinals are 3-0 against the Cavaliers when the games are played in Louisville.

Louisville's game captains were Reggie Bonnafon, Lamar Jackson, Mason King, Chucky Williams, Jaire Alexander, and Geron Christian.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 115-47 career record, including a 73-26 mark at Louisville.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 21-6 in the month of November.
Virginia won the toss and deferred to the second half. Louisville received the ball to start the game.
Louisville returns to action on Nov. 18, playing at home against Syracuse at 3:30 p.m.

Louisville holds a 9-6 series lead.

TEAM NOTES

The Cardinals became bowl eligible for the eighth-consecutive season with the victory.
Louisville has totaled at least 400 yards of offense in 20 of the last 23 games.
The Cardinals' rushing attack averaged 6.9 yards per carry on 43 carries.
Louisville was 2 of 2 on 4th-down conversions, making the Cardinals 4 of 5 over the last two games.
The Cardinals held Virginia to just 10 yards rushing in the first half, 63 for the game.

PLAYER NOTES

Lamar Jackson finished the game with 342 yards of total offense. He had 195 yards and three touchdowns in the air, with 147 yards and one score on the ground.

Jackson is the first player in FBS history to have two seasons with 1,000 rushing yards and 3,000 passing yards. Previously, seven players achieved it once in their careers.
Jackson surpassed 100-yards rushing in the first quarter, extending his school record with his 20th career 100-yard rushing game. It puts him in a tie for sixth-place with NC State's Joe McIntosh (1981-84) in ACC history. Jackson's 147 yards give him seven 100-yard games – tying him with Louisville's Bilal Powell (2010), Frank Moreau (1999) and Walter Peacock (1973).
Jackson has moved into eighth place on the NCAA's career list for rushing yards by a quarterback with 3,707 yards.
With his seventh 100-yard rushing game this year, Jackson is the only player in Louisville history to have seven or more 100-yard rushing games in two different seasons. He had a school-record eight in 2016.
Jackson's 17th rushing touchdown this year moves him into a tie for sixth with Frank Moreau (1999) for most rushing TDs in a season at Louisville.
Jackson's 63rd career passing touchdowns moved him into a tie for 13th place on the ACC's career passing touchdowns list.
Jackson completed 15 passes, moving into fifth on school's career chart for completions with 577.
Jackson achieved the fourth season in Louisville history with 4,000 yards of total offense by an individual (Chris Redman, 1998; Teddy Bridgewater, 2013; Lamar Jackson, 2016).
With his 36th touchdown this year (21 passing, 15 rushing), Jackson passed Dave Ragone and Brian Brohm for second-highest touchdown responsiblity in a season at Louisville. Jackson holds the school record with 51 last year.

James Hearns had four tackles, three of which were sacks, in the victory.

Hearns set a Louisville single-game record with three fumbles forced.
He move into a tie for third on Louisville's career list for fumbles forced with eight.
He totaled a career-high three sacks for 24 yards.

Jaylen Smith caught five passes for 84 yards and a career-high two touchdown receptions.
Dae Williams had career highs of 15 carries and 88 yards, rushing for his second career touchdown.
Blanton Creque made five extra points and moved into a tie for eighth on Louisville's career list for extra points made, scoring his 81st career PAT.
Chucky Williams paced the defense with nine tackles.
Dee Smith registered his second career interception, returning it a career-long 45 yards.
Trumaine Washington, who had four tackles, set a career high with three pass breakups.
Reggie Bonnafon returned five punts for a total of 44 yards, the most since junior Jaire Alexander totaled 130 yards in the 63-20 win over Florida State last season.
True freshmen Cole Bentley (guard) and Kemari Averett (tight end) earned the start on offense. They are the sixth and seventh true freshmen, respectively, to start this year, and the eighth and ninth freshmen, respectively, to start a game this season.

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Kemari Averett

Cole Bentley

Reggie Bonnafon

Geron Christian

Blanton Creque

James Hearns

Lamar Jackson

Mason King

Dee Smith

Jaylen Smith

Trumaine Washington

Chucky Williams

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