Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Kentucky

Louisville 13, Kentucky 45
November 30, 2019
Kroger Field | Lexington, Ky.

TEAM NOTES

The Cardinals finished the regular season at 7-5 and 5-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
With the loss, Kentucky extends its lead in the overall series to 17-15.
The Cardinals had won the four previous visits to Lexington.
Louisville opened the game with a 9-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a 33-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Tutu Atwell. It was the fifth time overall and the second-straight time that Louisville scored a touchdown on its opening possession.
Saturday's loss was the first this season when Louisville scored first.
The Cardinals have rushed for over 100 yards on 11 of 12 games this season.
The Louisville defense allowed 521 rushing yards in the loss to UK. It marks the third time the Cardinals have allowed 500 or more rushing yards in a game in program history.

Offensive PLAYER NOTES

Tutu Atwell tied the school record for touchdown receptions in a season with 12, equaling Ibn Green (1998) and Devante Parker (2013). It was Atwell's fifth consecutive game with a receiving touchdown, which ties him for the second-longest streak in school history. (Ronnie Ghent (2001-02) and Deion Branch (2000-01)).
Tutu Atwell passes Mark Clayton for seventh place on Louisville's single-season list for receiving yards with 1,129 yards.
With a first quarter touchdown pass, Micale Cunningham has tossed a touchdown pass for the fifth straight game and has thrown 13 in his last five games. He closes the regular season with a career-best 20 touchdown throws.
- Cunningham finished the game 6-of-11 for 78 yards and a touchdown. He closed the year with 1,786 yards passing.
RB Javian Hawkins had his seventh 100-yard rushing game this season, tied with Bilal Powell (2010), Frank Moreau (1999), and Walter Peacock (1973) for third-most in a season behind Lamar Jackson (10 in 2017, 8 in 2016).
- Hawkins ended the regular season with 1,420 yards, which places him fourth on the school's single-season list.
- Hawkins moves into the top 10 on Louisville's single-season list for rushing attempts with 241, tied with Anthony Sherman (1994) for eighth.

Defensive PLAYER NOTES

Safety Isaiah Hayes made his first Louisville start at safety and registered a career-best six tackles.
G.G. Robinson was credited with a season-high five tackles, matching his career high done previously against Indiana State in 2018.

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