Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Eastern Kentucky

Louisville 42, Eastern Kentucky 0
September 7, 2019
Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
Attendance: 48,808

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

UofL won toss and deferred to the second half.
Louisville defeated Eastern Kentucky 42-0.
- The 42-point win is the largest margin of victory in the series for the Cardinals since a 52-0 win on Oct. 17, 1930. The teams have met 28 times since then.
- UofL now leads the all-time series 19-8-1
- The Cards are now 12-4-1 all-time at home against EKU
The Cardinals are now 3-3 all-time on September 7.
- The last time the Cards played on Sept. 7 was also against EKU in 2013.
UofL is now 137-100-6 all-time in the month of September.
The Cardinals have now won 19 straight games over FCS teams.
Louisville returns to action next Saturday, as it faces Western Kentucky in Nashville, Tennessee at Nissan Stadium.

TEAM NOTES

Head coach Scott Satterfield earned his first win as the head coach of the Cardinals.
- Satterfield's career record as a head coach is now 51-25.
- It was the seventh shutout in Scott Satterfield's career and the first for defensive coordinator Bryan Brown in his two seasons as a DC.
Louisville scored on the opening drive for the second straight week. It's the first time they have scored on opening drives in consecutive games since Wake Forest (10/27/18) and Clemson (11/3/18).
The Cardinals scored 14 points in the first quarter for the second straight game. It's the first time they've scored 14 first-quarter points in back-to-back games since Syracuse (11/18/17) and Kentucky (11/25/17).
It was the first shutout by the Cardinals since a 72-0 win over FIU in 2013.
- Louisville's 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter is its largest since leading Kent State 21-0 on Sept. 23, 2017.
- The last time the Cards held an opponent scoreless through two quarters was on Nov. 5, 2016, when Louisville took a 38-0 halftime lead at Boston College.
The 44 points scored by UofL are the most since a 44-17 win over Kentucky (11/25/17).
The four sacks in the first half were the most in a first half since having four against Boston College on Oct. 24, 2015.
Louisville finished with 542 yards of total offense, its highest total since it gained 562 yards in a 44-17 win at Kentucky on Nov. 25, 2017.
Louisville's 9.34 yards per play is its 14th highest total since 1960.
Louisville set a new school record for the largest margin of victory without forcing a turnover, surpassing the 40-3 win at Duke on Sept. 7, 2002.

PLAYER NOTES

Jawon Pass threw for a career-high four touchdowns.
- The four TD passes for Pass are the most since Lamar Jackson vs Boston College (11/5/2016)
Javian Hawkins' 66-yard run on the first play of the third quarter is the longest of his career.
- It was the longest run by a freshman running back since L.J. Scott had a 68-yard run vs. Murray State on Sept. 6, 2014.
Hawkins ran for a career-high 123 yards.
- It was the second consecutive game Hawkins ran for 100 yards.
- He is the first UofL running back with back-to-back 100-yard games since 2016.
- He is the first freshman running back with back-to-back 100-yard games since Victor Anderson in 2008.
- He is the third freshman running back in school history to run for back-to-back 100-yard games.
Hassan Hall rushed for a career-high 58 yards and 15 attempts.
Maurice Burkley made his first career rush, finishing with 20 yards on three attempts.
Tutu Atwell made his second career rush attempt that went for a career-high 11 yards.
Marshon Ford caught his first career touchdown on the opening drive of the game. He finished with three catches, two of which went for touchdowns.
Trenell Troutman finished with a career-high six tackles, including one for a loss.
Yasir Abdullah recorded his first career sack in the first quarter.
Jared Goldwire recorded his first career sack in the second quarter.
Quen Head made his first career start at linebacker.
Ramon Puryear, Aidan Robbins, Jordan Thomas and Hunter Crowe made their collegiate debuts.

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Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Eastern Kentucky

Players Mentioned

Yasir Abdullah

Maurice Burkley

Hunter Crowe

Marshon Ford

Jared Goldwire

Hassan Hall

Javian Hawkins

Quen Head

Jawon Pass

Ramon Puryear

Aidan Robbins

Jordan Thomas

Trenell Troutman

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