Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Florida State

Florida State 28, Louisville 24
September 29, 2018
Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 52,798

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Florida State holds a 15-4 series advantage. The Seminoles' victory snapped a two-game losing streak to the Cardinals.
The Seminoles are 6-2 against the Cardinals in games played in Louisville.
All-time, the Cardinals are 7-4 on Sept. 29.

Head coach Bobby Petrino owns a 119-51 career record, including a 77-30 mark at Louisville.
Florida State won the toss and deferred to the second half. Louisville received the ball to open the game.
Under head coach Bobby Petrino, Louisville is 27-9 in the month of September.
Louisville returns to action on Friday, facing Georgia Tech in Cardinal Stadium.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville totaled a season-high 421 yards of offense, surpassing the 400-yard plateau for the first time this season.
The Cardinals have forced a turnover in 27 of the last 31 games.
Louisville's 35:38 in time of possession is a season high. It is the first time this season the Cardinals had a higher time of possession than their opponent.

PLAYER NOTES

It was Smith's sixth 100-yard receiving game, putting him in a tie with Jamie Asher (1991-94) for 10th on the school's career list.
He was the first player to have a 100-yard receiving since his 107-yard outing in last year's bowl game.
Smith now has 2,179 receiving yards and needs just 17 more yards to pass Joshua Tinch (2002-05) for ninth on the school's career list.

He matched a career high with two touchdown passes, previously set against Alabama in the 2018 season opener.
It was the first 300-yard passing game by a Louisville player since Lamar Jackson at Wake Forest on Oct. 28, 2017.

Micky Crum totaled a career high with eight receptions for 47 yards. He caught his fourth career touchdown in the second quarter.
Blanton Creque made his seventh-consecutive field goal, the ninth-longest streak in Louisville history.

He passed David Akers for seventh on the Louisville career scoring list with 222 points.
Creque's 42-yard field goal puts him at 2 of 2 on kicks longer than 40 yards this season. He is 6 of 9 on field goals in his career between 40-49 yards.

Dez Fitzpatrick registered four catches for 45 yards and one touchdown catch.
Dorian Etheridge had a game-tying high eight tackles after missing the previous two games with an injury.
P.J. Blue's eight tackles are a season high in his first year at UofL.
Trey Smith had career highs of 14 carries and 70 yards.
P.J. Mbanasor logged a season-high two pass breakups.
London Iakopo recovered a fumble in the second quarter, the first of his career.
Hassan Hall is the first true freshman to start at running back for Louisville since Anthony Allen vs. Syracuse on Oct. 21, 2006.
Dejmi Dumervil-Jean is the first true freshman to start on the defensive line for Louisville since B.J. Dubose vs. South Florida on Nov. 25, 2011.
Lukayus McNeil earned his 39th career start.

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