Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Air Force

Air Force 31, Louisville 28
December 28, 2021
Dallas, Texas | Gerald J. Ford Stadium

TEAM NOTES

Louisville finishes the season with a 6-7 record.
The Cardinals are now 11-12-1 all-time in bowl games.
The loss is the first for Scott Satterfield as a head coach in a bowl game (was 4-0 previously).
With Malik Cunningham reaching 1,000 rushing yards, Scott Satterfield has now had a player reach 1,000 yards on the ground for the seventh time in his eight years as a head coach.
Louisville finished with 402 yards of total offense, the eighth time this season the Cardinals have amassed at least 400 yards.
The Cardinals did not commit a turnover for the fourth time in the last five games.
UofL had just 13 turnovers on the season, tied for the second fewest in program history.
Louisville held Air Force to 170 rushing yards on the day, its lowest rushing total this season.

PLAYER NOTES

QB Malik Cunningham closed out the final game of the season 13-for-21 for 207 yards and a touchdown, with 66 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.
- Cunningham became the second Louisville quarterback and 17^th UofL player overall to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season.
- Cunningham moved into sixth place on Louisville's career rushing list with 2,622 yards.
- Cunningham moved into a tie for third with Eric Shelton (2004) on Louisville's single season rushing touchdown list with 20.
- Cunningham is the second player in Louisville history to be responsible for 100 career touchdowns (Lamar Jackson – 119).
RB Trevion Cooley rushed a career high 18 times for 92 yards and his first career rushing touchdown.
RB Trevion Cooley, WR Ahmari Huggins-Bruce and DB Josh Minkins each made their first career starts.
RB Jawhar Jordan had his most productive day in a Louisville uniform, rushing six times for 37 yards, pulling in a 24-yard reception, and returning a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.
- Jordan was the first Cardinal to return a kickoff for a touchdown since Hassan Hall did so against Wake Forest on Oct. 12, 2019.
- It was the first Louisville kickoff return in a bowl game since Jeremy Wright in the 2010 Beef O'Brady's Bowl against Southern Mississippi.
WR Tyler Harrell finished with a career-high four receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown.
WR Elijah Downing made his first career catch in the second quarter.
DL Ashton Gillotte added a sack to give him 4.5 on the season.
DL Tabarius Peterson played in his 60^th career game at Louisville, the most by any player in program history.
LB Yasir Abdullah registered eight tackles, three for loss, and his 10^th sack of the season.
- Abdullah is the first Louisville player with double digit sacks in a season since Devonte Fields had 11 in 2015.
- Abdullah's 17.5 tackles for loss this season and the seventh highest single season total by a Louisville player.
LB C.J. Avery led the Cardinals with 10 tackles on the day, his third double-digit tackle effort of the season and ninth of his career.
- Avery has 349 career tackles, more than any Louisville player in the last 25 years.
- The 349 tackles are 10^th-most all-time at Louisville.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Yasir Abdullah

C.J. Avery

Trevion Cooley

Malik Cunningham

Elijah Downing

Ashton Gillotte

Hassan Hall

Tyler Harrell

Ahmari Huggins-Bruce

Jawhar Jordan

Josh Minkins

Tabarius Peterson

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