University of Louisville
2-2 , 0-1
Florida State
2-2 , 1-1
Akers, Hornibrook Lead Florida State Past Louisville
September 21, 2019 | Football
Malik Cunningham threw for a career-high 286 yards in the loss.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -Â Cam Akers scored three touchdowns and Alex Hornibrook came off the bench and threw a 60-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter as Florida State defeated Louisville 35-24 on Saturday.
Akers ran 29 times for 112 yards for Florida State (2-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which had 522 offensive yards.
The Seminoles squandered a 21-0 lead after the first quarter. Louisville's Malik Cunningham threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Cardinals were able to storm back for a short-lived fourth-quarter lead.
Hornibrook put the Seminoles ahead for good, 28-24, on a touchdown pass to Tamorrion Terry with 7:25 left in the game.
Cunningham completed 16 of 27 passes for a career-high 286 yards but Louisville (2-2, 0-1) missed out on its first ACC win since 2017.
Florida State lost quarterback James Blackman to injury in the third quarter. Hornibrook, who had a first-quarter touchdown pass, stepped in and completed 15 of 20 passes for 255 yards.
Ricky Aguayo missed field-goal attempts from 51, 47 and 41 for the Seminoles.
UP NEXT
Louisville hosts Boston College on Oct. 5.
Florida State hosts NC State on Saturday.
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Team Stats
UL 0, FS 7
FS - Akers,C 1 yd run (Aguayo,Ri kick), 8 plays, 73 yards, TOP 2:19
UL 0, FS 14
FS - Helton,K 44 yd pass from Hornibrook,A (Aguayo,Ri kick) 2 plays, 61 yards, TOP 0:25
UL 0, FS 21
FS - Akers,C 4 yd run (Aguayo,Ri kick), 4 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:30
UL 7, FS 21
UL - Atwell, T. 9 yd pass from Cunningham, M. (Creque, B. kick) 16 plays, 66 yards, TOP 6:22
UL 10, FS 21
UL - Creque, B. 30 yd field goal 8 plays, 53 yards, TOP 3:33
UL 17, FS 21
UL - Cunningham, M. 4 yd run (Creque, B. kick), 7 plays, 76 yards, TOP 2:44
UL 24, FS 21
UL - Fitzpatrick, D. 74 yd pass from Cunningham, M. (Creque, B. kick) 3 plays, 85 yards, TOP 1:09
UL 24, FS 28
FS - Terry,T 60 yd pass from Hornibrook,A (Aguayo,Ri kick) 6 plays, 87 yards, TOP 2:14
UL 24, FS 35
FS - Akers,C 1 yd run (Aguayo,Ri kick), 10 plays, 46 yards, TOP 4:16
