Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Boston College

Boston College 34, Louisville 27
November 28, 2020
Alumni Stadium | Chestnut Hill, Mass.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville is now 7-6 all-time against Boston College, with the Eagles winning three of the last four meetings.
The Cardinals ran up 493 total yards of offense in the loss, their fifth consecutive game and eighth time in 10 games with at least 400 yards of offense.
Louisville outgained Boston College 493-435, the fifth time the Cardinals have outgained their opponent in seven losses this season.
The Cardinals converted their lone fourth-down attempt on Saturday, improving their season total to 13-for-22 (54.5 percent) on fourth down.
Hassan Hall reached 1,000 career rushing yards, giving the Cardinals three players with 1,000 career yards on the current team (Malik Cunningham, Javian Hawkins).
- This is the first Louisville team with three players with 1,000 career rushing yards since 2006 (George Stripling, Michael Bush, Kolby Smith).

PLAYER NOTES

QB Malik Cunningham closed out the day 19-of-31 for 294 passing yards and two scores, while piling up 133 yards on 17 carries.
- The 427 total yards were a career-high for Cunningham.
- Cunningham reached 100 rushing yards for the fourth time in his career, second-most in program history by a quarterback.
RB Hassan Hall rushed for 30 yards on seven carries to give him exactly 1,000 yards for his career.
- Hall is the 43^rd player in Louisville history to reach 1,000 career rushing yards.
RB Jalen Mitchell carried 10 times for 45 yards and a touchdown, his second straight week with a rushing touchdown.
WR Dez Fitzpatrick finished with eight receptions and a career-high 182 yards.
- Fitzpatrick moved into sixth on Louisville's career receiving yards list with 2,512 in his career.
- It was the eighth 100-yard receiving game of Fitzpatrick's career, tied with Mario Urrutia for 10^th-most in UofL history.
WR Tutu Atwell pulled in five catches for 78 yards and a score.
- Atwell is now eighth on Louisville's career receiving yards list with 2,307.
LB C.J. Avery led the Cardinals with 10 tackles, the sixth time with double digit tackles in his career and fourth this season.
- Avery also recorded the second forced fumble of his career.
DB Russ Yeast recovered his second fumble of the season and his career.
DB Kei'Trel Clark had a career-best nine tackles on Saturday, along with his team-leading 10^th pass breakup of the season.
K James Turner made both of his field goal attempts in the loss, giving him seven consecutive makes over the last five games.
- Turner is a perfect 11-for-11 on field goal attempts inside of 50 yards.
DL Malik Clark made his first career start on Saturday, getting the nod at defensive tackle.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Tutu Atwell

C.J. Avery

Kei'Trel Clark

Malik Clark

Malik Cunningham

Dez Fitzpatrick

Hassan Hall

Javian Hawkins

Jalen Mitchell

James Turner

Russ Yeast

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