Louisville Football Postgame Notes

No. 23 Mississippi State 31, Louisville 27
December 30, 2017
EverBank Field | Jacksonville, Fla.
Attendance: 41,310

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville fell 31-27 to Mississippi State, moving the Cardinals to 8-5 on the year.
Mississippi State took a 3-2 series advantage.

This is the first neutral game in the series.

The Cardinals are 3-3 in bowl games against teams from the Southeastern Conference.
Louisville's game captains were Chucky Williams, Lamar Jackson, Geron Christian, Mason King, and Reggie Bonnafon.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 117-48 career record, including a 75-27 mark at Louisville.
Louisville won the toss and elected to receive to start the game.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville players have combined for a school-record 13 individual 100-yard rushing games this season, surpassing last year's record of 12.
Louisville capped the year with a school-record 352 first downs.

The Cardinals also set the school record for most first downs via rushing, with 157.

The Cardinals' defense recorded three turnovers for the third time this season.
Louisville gained 7,084 yards this year, a school record and the first time surpassing the 7,000-yard plateau.
Louisville rushed for 3,186 yards this season, surpassing the school record set in 2016.
Louisville was 5 for 6 in the red zone, three of those being touchdowns.

PLAYER NOTES

Lamar Jackson finished the game with 329 yards of total offense. He rushed 24 times for 158 yards and one touchdown, while completing 13-of-31 passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns.

Jackson broke Pat White's TaxSlayer record for rushing yards by a quarterback, previously held by West Virginia's Pat White in 2007.
Jackson moved into sixth on the FBS career list for rushing yards by a quarterback, surpassing Nevada's Colin Kaepernick (2007-10, 4,112 yards), with 4,132 yards.
Jackson set the school's single-season record for rushing yards, capping the year with 1,601.
Jackson passed Clemson's Deshaun Watson for second on the ACC career list for touchdown responsibility, boasting 119 in his career.
With Jackson's first rushing touchdown of the game, he became the third player in FBS history to record 50 rushing and 50 passing touchdowns (Florida's Tim Tebow, Nevada's Colin Kaepernick). Jackson is the only non-senior to reach that mark.
Jackson is the second player in FBS history and first non-senior to rush for 4,000 yards and pass for 9,000 yards in his career.
Jackson set a Louisville record for touchdowns scored, recording his 50th career TD to break Lenny Lyles' record.
Jackson's 18th rushing touchdown this season moves him past Frank Moreau for sixth on the school's single-season list.
Jackson surpassed 5,000 yards of total offense for the second-consecutive season (5,261). He broke his own school record for total offense in a season, set last year.
Jackson has rushed for 100 yards 23 times in his career, tied for second most 100-yard games in ACC history.
Jackson's 75-yard run to set up Louisville's final TD of the first half is the longest rush of his career.
Jackson gained 300 yards of total offense in all 13 games this season, extending his school-record streak of consecutive 300-yard games.
Jackson is the only player in FBS history to rush for at least 1,500 yards and pass for at least 3,500 yards in a season. He has now done it twice (2016 and 2017).
Jackson is the third player in ACC history to have 13,000 yards of total offense in his career.

Jaylen Smith led all receivers in the game with seven catches for 107 yards and one touchdown.

He logged his fifth career 100-yard receiving game and moved into ninth on the school's single-season list for receiving yards, with 980.

Trevon Young recorded a career-high 10 tackles on the day, including three for loss, and had one quarterback hurry.

With nine quarterback hurries this year, Young tied Dewayne White for 10th most QB hurries in a season at Louisville.

Trumaine Washington had one pass breakup and moved into a tie for eighth on the school's career list for pass breakups, with 23 (Laroni Gallishaw, 2001-02).
Dee Smith set a career high with 11 tackles, including one for loss, to pace the Cardinals.
Chucky Williams hauled in the ninth interception of his career, third of the season. He logged six tackles.
Blanton Creque went 2 of 3 on field goals, while hitting all three extra points, for nine points.

Creque capped the year with 109 points, 10th most points in a season in school history. It is the fourth most points by a kicker in a season in program history.
On the school's career list for points by kicking, Creque moved to fifth with 196 points.
Creque converted 17 field goals this year, third most in a season in school history. Career wise, Creque has hit 33 field goals to move into sole possession of sixth on the school's chart.

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Players Mentioned

Reggie Bonnafon

Geron Christian

Blanton Creque

Lamar Jackson

Mason King

Dee Smith

Jaylen Smith

Trumaine Washington

Chucky Williams

Trevon Young

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