Louisville Football Postgame Notes

No. 3 Clemson 47, No. 14 Louisville 21
September 16, 2017
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 55,588

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville is 2-2 in league home openers since joining the ACC in 2014.
Louisville is 90-31 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 111-44 career record, including a 69-23 mark at Louisville.
As a ranked team, Louisville moves to 77-25 with the victory.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 23-6 in the month of September.

The loss snapped the Cardinals' seven-game winning streak in the month of September.

Lamar Jackson, Reggie Bonnafon, Lukayus McNeil, Chucky Williams, and Mason King served as captains.
Clemson won the toss and deferred. Louisville elected to receive to start the game.
Louisville returns to action on Saturday, playing at home against Kent State at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.

TEAM NOTES

PLAYER NOTES

Lamar Jackson finished the game with 381 yards of total offense. He completed 21-of-42 passes for 317 yards and three scores, while rushing 17 times for 64 yards.

He climbed to the top of the ACC record book for career rushing yards by a quarterback, boosting his career total to 2,834. He passed Georgia Tech's Joshua Nesbitt, who previously held the mark with 2,806 yards.
Jackson is third on the school's career list for rushing yards, moving past Lenny Lyles (2,786 yards, 1954-57).
Jackson is responsible for 85 career touchdowns, putting him in second and only trailing Chris Redman's total of 87 from 1996-99.
Jackson pushed into second on the school's career list for points responsible for, with 512. He passed Dave Ragone, who accounted for 510 from 1999-2002.
Jackson moved to sixth on the school's career completions chart with 441. He passed Ed Rubbert, who completed 430 from 1983-86.
Jackson has tallied 9,305 yards of offense, moving into fourth and passing Dave Ragone's mark of 9,161 from 1999-2002.

Jackson had the 17th game of his career with 300-plus yards of total offense, tied with Brian Brohm for second most behind Chris Redman's 21.

Jackson moved ahead of Dave Ragone for fourth-most 300-yard passing games with his eighth.
Jackson extended his school record for 350-yard games of total offense with is 15th.
Jackson's streak of pass attempts without an interception ends at 135, the fourth-longest streak in school history (Mary Lowe, Stefan Lefors, Teddy Bridgewater).
Jackson's 78-yard touchdown pass to Traveon Samuel is both a career-long pass for Jackson and career-long reception for Samuel.

It is the fourth game in school history for a player to reach 100-receiving yards with two or fewer catches.

Dez Fitzpatrick had two catches in the game, including an eight-yard receiving score. He leads the team with four touchdown receptions.
Stacy Thomas paced the Cardinals' defense with 10 tackles. It is the third time he has had at least 10 tackles in Louisville's last five games and the fourth time in his career.
James Hearns had his first two sacks of the season, boosting his career total to 12.5.
Jonathan Greenard, who registered four tackles, earned a single sack for the third-consecutive game.
Geron Christian made his 29th-consecutive start, while G.G. Robinson and Malik Williams each earned their first career starts.
Harry Trotter and Colin Wilson each made their first collegiate appearances.
Trevon Young was credited with the blocked point-after attempt in the second quarter. It is the first PAT Louisville has blocked since Josh Minkins blocked one vs. Temple on Sept. 27, 2003.

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