Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Alabama
September 02, 2018 | Football
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No. 1 Alabama 51, Louisville 14
September 1, 2018
Camping World Stadium | Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 57,280
TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- Top-ranked Alabama beat Louisville 51-14 in the season opener for both teams.
- Alabama holds a 3-1 series advantage.
- The Cardinals are 7-2 in openers under head coach Bobby Petrino.
- All-time, the Cardinals are 55-39-6 in lidlifters.
- Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 117-49 career record, including a 75-28 mark at Louisville.
- Alabama won the toss and elected to receive to start the game.
- Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 25-7 in the month of September.
- The Cardinals are 30-11 in nonconference play under Petrino.
- The game opened the Cardinals' 100th season of football.
- Louisville returns to action on Saturday, as it faces Indiana State at home in Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals defeated the Sycamores 30-10 in the last meeting on Sept. 5, 2009.
- Louisville leads the series 6-3-1.
TEAM NOTES
- Louisville finished the game with 268 yards of offense and 20 first downs.
- The Cardinals now have forced at least one turnover in 23 of the last 27 games.
PLAYER NOTES
- Jawon Pass made his first collegiate start at quarterback, completing 20-of-39 passes for 252 yards and 2 touchdowns. He finished the game with a 112.2 QB rating.
- Kemari Averett registered his first career multi-touchdown game. The sophomore totaled four catches for 30 yards and two scores.
- G.G. Robinson made four stops in the loss. He recorded his first career sack, bringing down Tua Tagovailoa for a six-yard loss in the first quarter.
- TreSean Smith had two tackles and forced his first career fumble during the first quarter, jarring the ball loose from DeVonta Smith.
- Dorian Etheridge registered four solo stops and recovered his second career fumble during the first quarter.
- P.J. Mbanasor paced the Cardinals' defense with nine tackles, including six solo stops.
- Seth Dawkins hauled in three catches for 68 yards, extending his streak of at least one reception in a game to 16-consecutive contests.
- Mason King totaled eight punts for 346 yards, an average of 43.2 yards per boot.
- Lukayus McNeil earned his 35th career start.
- Cornelius Sturghill, P.J. Mbanasor, Amonte Caban, Michael Boykin, Jared Goldwire, Jawon Pass, Trey Smith, and Linwood Foy each earned their first starts at Louisville. Mbanasor had two starts during his time at Oklahoma.
- The following players made their first appearances in a UofL uniform: Tutu Atwell, P.J. Mbanasor, Chandler Jones, Jatavious Harris, Rodjay Burns, Quen Head, Michael Boykin, Dejmi Dumervil-Jean, Keion Wakefield, Jared Goldwire, Malik Clark, Nick Okeke, P.J. Blue, Robert Hicks, Maurice Burkley, Boosie Whitlow, Jarrett Jackson, Anthony Johnson, and Hassan Hall.
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