Louisville Football Postgame Notes at Clemson

Clemson 77, Louisville 16
November 3, 2018
Memorial Stadium | Clemson, S.C.
Attendance: 78,741

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Clemson defeated Louisville 77-16 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
- Clemson holds a 5-0 advantage in the series, including a 3-0 lead in Death Valley.
- The Cardinals are 5-8 all-time on November 3. Saturday's loss ended a three-game win streak on the date.
Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 119-55 career record, including a 77-34 mark at Louisville.
Louisville won the toss and deferred its choice until the second half. Clemson elected to receive the opening kick.
The Cardinals return to action next on Friday at Syracuse (7 p.m., ESPN2).

TEAM NOTES

The Cardinals finished with 231 yards passing on Saturday compared to 169 for Clemson marking the fifth time this season Louisville has closed a game with more passing yards than an opponent.
The 169 yards passing were the fewest of the season for Clemson.
Louisville held possession of the ball for 37:31 of the game compared to only 22:29, the largest margin of the season for the Cardinals.

PLAYER NOTES

Hassan Hall set a new school record for most kickoff return yards in a game with 247 yards.
- The eight kickoff returns for Hall matched the school record equaling the eight returns for Ira Glass against Memphis in 1969 and the eight returns by Keith Stephens against Florida State in 1986.
- Hall's 273 all-purpose yards were the most in a game for a Cardinal since Howard Stevens had 300 yards against Southern Illinois in 1971.
- Hall ranks ninth on Louisville's single season list with 712 kickoff return yards in 2018.
- Hall's 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the third quarter was the first for Louisville since Traveon Samuel's 100-yard scoring return against Clemson on Sept. 17, 2015.
- Hall has three kickoff returns of 44 yards or more this season – a 61-yarder against Alabama and a 44-yarder against Boston College to go along with Saturday's 93-yarder.
Blanton Creque improved to 7-for-7 on field goals this season and the redshirt junior has made his last nine overall, tied for the fifth longest streak in school history.
- Creque leads the Cardinals in scoring this season with his 43 points overall.
- With his 40 career field goals, Creque ranks fourth all-time at Louisville.
Jaylen Smith led the Cardinals with five catches for 63 yards on Saturday.
- Smith registered five or more catches for the third time this season, all in the last five games.
- Smith remains sixth in career receiving yards at Louisville with 2,391.
Malik Cunningham came off the bench and finished with 121 yards passing connecting on five of his 10 attempts.
- Cunningham also ran for his third touchdown of the season scoring on a 10-yard scamper in the fourth quarter.
With his six punts on Saturday, Mason King moved into 10th on Louisville's career punts list with 149 overall surpassing the 147 punts for Al MacFarlane from 1963-65.
Offensive guard Caleb Chandler earned his first career start.

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Players Mentioned

Caleb Chandler

Blanton Creque

Malik Cunningham

Hassan Hall

Mason King

Traveon Samuel

Jaylen Smith

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