Louisville Postgame Notes vs. Western Kentucky
September 13, 2020 | Football
Louisville 35, Western Kentucky 21
September 12, 2020
Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
TEAM NOTES
PLAYER NOTES
September 12, 2020
Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, Ky.
TEAM NOTES
- Louisville improved to 22-12 all-time against Western Kentucky with a 35-21 victory on Saturday night.
- Louisville's win was its 12th straight over Western Kentucky all-time, the longest streak against a single opponent in program history.
- Louisville is now 56-40-6 all-time in season openers, with a 36-18-3 mark at home.
- The victory was the first season-opening win for the Cardinals since defeating Purdue 35-28 to open up the 2017 campaign.
- Louisville recorded 343 passing yards in the victory. The Cardinals threw for 300 yards or more three times in 2019.
- The Cardinals had a pair of players (Dez Fitzpatrick and Braden Smith) finish with more than 100 yards receiving. It was the first time UofL has had multiple 100-yard receivers since last season's win over Bostno College.
- Louisville had four touchdown drives of at least 85 yards on Saturday, including a pair that covered better than 90 yards. The Cardinals had 11 touchdown drives of at least 85 yards and five of at least 90 yards in 2019.
- In eight seasons as a head coach, Scott Satterfield's teams are now 49-3 when scoring 30 or more points. UofL scored at least 30 points seven times in Satterfield's first season.
- Louisville averaged 6.8 yards per play in the win. The Cardinals ranked 12th nationally in 2019 at 6.7 yards per play.
- The Cardinals connected for a 70-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. Louisville had five passing touchdowns of at least 70 yards in 2019.
PLAYER NOTES
- DL YaYa Diaby, DB Kei'Trel Clark and OL Renato Brown each made their first career starts on Saturday.
- Ean Pfeifer scored the Cardinals' first touchdown of the season on a 28-yard reception in the first quarter.
- Pfeifer became the first player in UofL history to score a touchdown on each of his first three career receptions.
- Braden Smith made his first career reception in the first quarter, a deep ball that netted 63 yards.
- Smith finished with four catches for 110 yards, becoming the first Cardinal to record 100 receiving yards in his UofL debut since Deion Branch tallied 123 yards against Kentucky in the 2000 season opener.
- Javian Hawkins found the end zone from 19 yards out in the second quarter. It marks his fourth straight game with a rushing touchdown dating back to the 2019 season.
- Kei'Trel Clark, Jamel Starks, Brock Travelstead, K.J. Cloyd, Logan Lupo, Cameron DeGeorge, Jordan Watkins and Dez Melton all made their Louisville debuts on Saturday.
- It was the first collegiate game for Starks, Travelstead, Lupo, Watkins and Melton.
- Micale Cunningham rushed for a 14-yard touchdown in the second quarter, moving him into second place by himself for rushing touchdowns by a QB in Louisville history with 12.
- Cunningham finished the night 19-of-34 passing with 343 yards and three touchdowns.
- The 343 yards are a new career-high for him, surpassing his previous high of 288 yards against Boston College in 2019.
- Cunningham has tallied at least three passing touchdowns three times in his career, all coming in the last five games dating back to the 2019 season.
- Cunningham led the country in passing yards per completion in 2019 at 18.4 yards per reception. The junior averaged 18.1 yards per completion in the win over WKU.
- Dez Fitzpatrick registered the sixth 100-yard receiving game of his career, closing out the night with 110 yards on four catches.
- Fitzpatrick's 70-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter was the second-longest reception of his career, trailing only a 74-yard touchdown catch against Florida State in 2019.
- Dorian Etheridge finished the night as Louisville's leading tackler with eight.
- The senior linebacker set a new career-high with 3.5 tackles for loss, surpassing his previous high of 2.0 against Kent State in 2017.
- Monty Montgomery registered the second multi-sack game of his Louisville career, picking up a pair in the third quarter on Saturday.
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