Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Wake Forest

Wake Forest 56, Louisville 35
October 27, 2018
Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 49,603

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Wake Forest defeated Louisville 56-35 on Saturday at Cardinal Stadium.
- Louisville holds a 4-2 advantage in the series, including a 2-1 mark at home.
- The Cardinals are 6-5 all-time on Oct. 27. Saturday's loss ended a three-game win streak on the date.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 119-54 career record, including a 77-33 mark at Louisville.
Louisville won the toss and chose to receive the ball to begin the game.
Under Petrino, Louisville is 20-13 in the month of October, including an 11-4 record at home.
Louisville is 17-4 in homecoming games at Cardinal Stadium, including 7-2 under Petrino.
The Cardinals return to action next on Saturday at Clemson (noon, ABC).

TEAM NOTES

Louisville scored a touchdown on its opening drive for the first time since Nov. 25, 2017 at Kentucky. The Cardinals went 75 yards on six plays to begin Saturday's game with Wake Forest with Trey Smith capping the drive with his 52-yard touchdown run.
Louisville's 300 yards of total offense in the first half were the most in the opening 30 minutes since the Cardinals had 353 yards in the first half at Kentucky on Nov. 25, 2017.
The Cardinals finished Saturday's game with a season-high 532 yards of total offense overall.
Louisville surpassed 300 yards in passing for the third time in the last four games with Saturday's 358-yard performance, their second highest output of the season.
The 54 passing attempts were the most for the Cardinals since they had 65 passing attempts against UConn on Nov. 24, 2012.
The Cardinals ran a season-high 90 plays from scrimmage, seven more than their previous high of 83 against Florida State.

PLAYER NOTES

Jawon Pass had a career-high 358 passing yards and a career-best 392 total yards.
- Pass set career highs on passing attempts (54) and completions (30).
- Pass's 54 passing attempts were the second most in a game by a Louisville player without an interception behind only Brian Brohm's record of 58 attempts versus Utah on Oct. 5, 2007.
Jaylen Smith logged the seventh 100-yard receiving game of his career and the second this season finishing with 107 yards on eight catches becoming just the 10th Louisville player with that total.
- Smith passed Mario Urrutia and Miguel Montano to move into sixth place on Louisville's career list for receiving yards with 2,328 yards.
With 132 yards receiving, Chatarius Atwell set a Louisville record for most receiving yards in a game by a true freshman, breaking the previous record of 106 yards by Eli Rogers achieved at Cincinnati on Oct. 15, 2011.
- Atwell's 132 receiving yards are the most for a Louisville player this season.
Trey Smith delivered his second collegiate touchdown on the longest run of his career as the redshirt junior went 52 yards for a score on a fourth and one play in the first quarter.
- The scoring run by Smith marked the longest rush of the season for Louisville and twice as long as the previous long of 26 yards by Colin Wilson against Indiana State.
- Smith became the first Louisville running back to rush for three touchdowns in a game since Brandon Radcliff had three versus Wake Forest on Nov. 12, 2016.
Seth Dawkins recorded his first touchdown catch of the season and the sixth of his collegiate career with his 19-yard scoring reception in the second quarter. He finished the game with five catches for 49 yards.
Dorian Etheridge led the Cardinals with eight tackles on Saturday, including one for loss.
C.J. Avery matched a career-high with seven tackles.

Players Mentioned

Tutu Atwell

C.J. Avery

Seth Dawkins

Dorian Etheridge

Jawon Pass

Jaylen Smith

Trey Smith

Colin Wilson

University of Louisville Athletics

Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Wake Forest

Players Mentioned

Tutu Atwell

C.J. Avery

Seth Dawkins

Dorian Etheridge

Jawon Pass

Jaylen Smith

Trey Smith

Colin Wilson

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