Cardinals Come Up Short at Boston College, 34-33

Saturday, October 1

Chestnut Hill, MA

12:00 PM

University of Louisville

Boston College

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

October 01, 2022 | Football

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By: Sam Gercak

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The University of Louisville football team came up short on the road against Boston College, falling 34-33 on Saturday afternoon.

The Cardinals held a five-point advantage heading into the final quarter but could not hold off the Boston College comeback. The Eagles regained the lead for good on a 26-yard field goal by Connor Lytton with just under two minutes remaining in the contest. On the ensuing drive, the Eagles defense forced four straight incompletions to seal the win.

Prior to leaving the game due to injury, Cunningham threw for 186 yards and a touchdown on 19-of-28 passing and rushed 14 times for 52 yards and three touchdowns, all coming in the first half. This marks the second consecutive game that he has accounted for four total touchdowns, after also rushing for three scores and tossing one last week at home against USF.

The defense was led by linebacker Monty Montgomery, who tallied seven total tackles, two sacks, an interception, and two forced fumbles on the day.

Louisville Head Coach Scott Satterfield Said
"Give credit to Boston College and Coach (Jeff) Hafley. Those guys came out and did a great job getting some big plays on us. I think that was the difference of the game. Zay Flowers is a tremendous player. We knew that coming in. You got to have a guy underneath, on top (of him). He beat us a couple times on some post routes, and he had us on a reverse pass that he ends up taking down and going all the way to the one-yard line. Just made some great plays.

Defensively, we got three turnovers in the first half which I thought was obviously a positive. Then we made some points out of that, so we're sitting in decent shape, even though we gave up those big plays. Then in the second half, another deep play there. And offensively, we lose a couple of guys. (Running back) Tiyon (Evans) ends up going out right there at halftime and then (quarterback Malik) Cunningham goes out right there towards the end of the game, and which obviously hurt. I think the bottom line is there were too many big plays given up in the pass game, and we knew that coming in, we had to stop that."

How it Happened
First Quarter

08:51 – UL | Malik Cunningham walked in from one yard out to finish off a 12-play, 70-yard opening drive that took 6:09 off the clock.
04:34 – BC | Phil Jurkovec connected with Joseph Griffin for a two-yard touchdown to tie the game at seven on a 4-play, 49-yard scoring drive that needed just 1:45.

Second Quarter

13:22 – UL | James Turner split the uprights from 24 yards to give the Cards the lead once again. The field goal finished off a 5-play, 14-yard drive that lasted 2:37.
12:03 – BC | Zay Flowers hauled in a 57-yard touchdown pass from Phil Jurkovec to put BC in front for the first time. The Eagles' drive covered 75 yards in just three plays and 1:19.
05:59 – UL | Malik Cunningham rushed for his second score of the day, this time from six yards. Louisville needed just two plays and 26 seconds to cover 17 yards and cash in on the third BC turnover of the day.
03:13 – BC | Cam Barfield gave the Eagles the lead back with a 40-yard rushing touchdown, finishing off a 5-play, 75-yard drive that took 2:46.
01:00 – UL | Malik Cunningham recorded his third rushing touchdown of the half, scoring from the one-yard line to finish off a 9-play, 78-yard drive that ran 2:13 off the clock.

Third Quarter

09:03 – UL | James Turner drilled a season-long 48-yard field goal to end an 8-play, 41-yard drive that spent 4:08.
08:07 – BC | Boston College regained the lead on a 69-yard touchdown pass from Phil Jurkovec to Zay Flowers. The Eagles used just two plays to go 75 yards for the lead.
04:50 – UL | Malik Cunningham found Ahmari Huggins-Bruce for a 12-yard touchdown to edge the Cards back in front. The drive took 3:17 and covered 75 yards in seven plays.

Fourth Quarter

07:24 – BC | Connor Lytton made a 37-yard field goal to make it a two-point game again. The field goal capped a 12-play, 60-yard drive that lasted 6:02.
01:56 – BC | Connor Lytton knocked a 26-yard field goal through to give the Eagles the late lead. The drive covered 52 yards in seven plays over a 3:00 span.

Up Next

The Cardinals will be back on the road to face a conference opponent for the second consecutive week when they take on Virginia.
The game will kick off at 12:00 p.m. ET at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. and will be televised on the ACC Network.