Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Notre Dame
September 03, 2019 | Football
Louisville 17, Notre Dame 35
Louisville 17, Notre Dame 35
September 2, 2019
Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 58,187
TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
September 2, 2019
Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 58,187
TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- Notre Dame won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kick.
- Notre Dame defeated Louisville 35-17 in the Cardinals' home opener.
- The all-time series is now tied 1-1.
- The game was the first time the two teams have played in Louisville
- All-time, the Cardinals are 55-40-6 in season openers, and 35-18-3 at home
- All-time, the Cardinals are 65-33-3 in their home openers.
- Louisville is now 96-38 all-time at home in Cardinal Stadium.
- Louisville is now 32-23-3 all-time in season opener at night.
- All-time, the Cardinals are now 5-1 on September 2.
- The game was the third Monday night game in Louisville history.
- The game was the fifth time the Cardinals have opened the season against a ranked opponent.
- This was the third time Louisville faced a top-10 team in its home opener.
- Louisville returns to action on Saturday, as it faces Eastern Kentucky at home in Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals defeated the Colonels 44-7 at home in the last meeting on 09/07/2013.
- Louisville leads the series 18-7-1.
- The game was the first under head coach Scott Satterfield
- Louisville head coaches are now 9-12-2 in their debuts.
- Louisville had 208 yards of offense in the first half, finishing the contest with 383 yards and 21 first downs.
- UofL scored on back-to-back offensive drives to open the game for the first time since Nov. 25, 2017 against Kentucky.
- The 14 points scored by the Cardinals in the first quarter were the most in a first quarter since scoring 17 against Kentucky in 2017.
- The 14 points scored in the first half were the most by UofL since scoring 21 against Wake Forest on Oct. 27, 2018.
- It was the first time Louisville didn't trail after the first quarter since playing Florida State on Sept. 29, 2018.
- Louisville was called for zero penalties in the first quarter for the first time since Oct. 27, 2018 against Wake Forest.
- The Cardinal defense recorded three sacks, their most since Western Kentucky on Sept. 15, 2018.
- It was the first multi-sack game for the Cardinals since the WKU game.
- Louisville recorded 16 rushing first downs, their most since having 16 against Kentucky in 2017.
- The Cardinals rushed the ball 47 times, their most attempts since they had 55 against Clemson on Oct. 1, 2016.
- Jawon Pass rushed for a career-high two touchdowns.
- Pass also carried the ball for a career-high 16 times, for 67 yards.
- Javian Hawkins is the first UofL freshman running back to rush for 100 yards versus an FBS opponent since Darius Ashley rushed for 164 yards versus WVU Nov. 7, 2009.
- He is the first freshman running back for Louisville to rush for 100 yards in a game since L.J. Scott in a 66-21 win vs. Murray State on Sept. 6, 2014,
- Hawkins is the first Cardinal to rush for 100 yards since Malik Williams rushed for 180 yards vs. Syracuse on Nov. 18, 2017.
- Hawkins is the first freshman to carry the ball on Louisville's first offensive play of the season since records are available (1979).
- Hassan Hall rushed for a career-high 69 yards on 11 carries.
- Marshon Ford finished with 43 yards receiving on two catches, both career highs.
- Russ Yeast recorded a career-high seven tackles.
- Rodjay Burns and Nick Okeke recorded their first career sacks.
- Blanton Creque connected on his lone field goal, a 42-yarder. He added two extra points in the victory.
- With the field goal, he moves into a tie for third all-time in program history with 44.
- Creque is 9 of 12 on field goals between 40 and 49 yards in his career.
- Tyler Haycraft, T.J. McCoy, Javian Hawkins, Marshon Ford and Dayna Kinnaird made their first career start for Louisville.
- Ty Tyler, T.J. McCoy, T.J. Holl, Ean Pfiefer and Thomas Jackson made their debut for the Cardinals.
- Thurman Geathers, Dayna Kinnaird, Monty Montgomery, Micah Bland, Jean-Luc Childs and Renato Brown made their collegiate debuts.
- Renato Brown was the only true freshman to play for the Cardinals in tonight's game.
- The 58,187 in attendance set a new Cardinal Stadium record, surpassing the 55,632 in attendance for a 63-20 win vs. Florida State on Sept. 17, 2016.
- The two teams fumbled on three consecutive plays during the second quarter.
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