Louisville Defeats No. 24 NC State in Home Finale

Saturday, November 19

LOUISVILLE, KY

3:30 p.m.

University of Louisville

7-4 , 4-4

NC State

7-4 , 3-4

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2nd

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NC State

Louisville

November 19, 2022 | Football

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By: Justice Steiner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville football team defeated No. 24 NC State 25-10 on Saturday at Cardinal Stadium in its final home game of the 2022 season. The win moves the Cardinals to 7-4 overall on the season and 4-4 in conference play, while the Wolfpack drop to 7-4 overall and 3-4 in the conference.

Jawhar Jordan led the way for the Cardinals' offense, totaling 105 yards on the ground and adding a touchdown. It marks his second career 100-yard rushing performance, the first coming earlier this season against James Madison. Freshman running back Maurice Turner tallied a career-high 59 rushing yards on 15 attempts.

Tyler Hudson totaled 85 yards receiving on six receptions in the victory, while Marshon Ford added three receptions for 63 yards. Brock Domann finished with 153 yards passing filling in for the injured Malik Cunningham.

Yasir Abdullah totaled seven tackles, three tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks on the afternoon. His performance places him ninth in total career sacks and third in total career tackles for loss in school history.

The Louisville defense held NC State to 77 yards rushing on the afternoon, marking the fourth time this season the Cards have held their opponents under 100 yards rushing.

Louisville Head Coach Scott Satterfield Said:
"First of all, I'm just so proud of our guys - what a hard-fought win that was – and I knew it was going to be that way. NC State is a really good football team, I know they're dealing with some injuries, but they're really good on defense and I knew it was going to be a blue-collar type of game. At the start of that game I wasn't sure anybody was going to score in this game. Of course it's cold, the wind is blowing, that type of weather you would expect this time of year. It took a total team effort to go win like we did tonight. Offense, defense and kicking game, all three did some really good things. Start with the kicking game, JT [James Turner] kicking field goals phenomenal tonight in that wind did an outstanding job, and has done that all year. We really have a lot of confidence in him and what he is doing. Mark Vassett, our punter, did some great things tonight, including punting the ball left-footed, one time tonight. Pinning those guys inside the 10, that 5-yard line – we pinned them inside the 20 three times tonight, that was tremendous in a game like this, a defensive battle. And of course, [Jawhar} Jordan with the big-time kickoff return for a touchdown.

Offensively, I think we knew that we were going against a great defense who shuts the run game down. Our backs ran hard tonight, our offensive line, tight ends, they did a great job blocking on the perimeter. To end up having a guy get 100 yards, Jordan 105 yards… Maurice Turner did a great job tonight, he ended up getting 59. Brock [Dormann] had a couple of runs where he got a first down. The run game I thought was hard-fought yards and I thought they did a really, really good job with that. It was hard to throw the ball, I think both teams struggled with that I think with the wind that we had. I think one of Brock's best throws was on the third down when he hit Tyler Hudson on the slant, he breaks a tackle, goes inside the 10 – huge. We ended up scoring on that drive right there.

And then defensively, our guys did a great job. We didn't know which quarterback was going to play, and they ended up going both and so it's completely different game plans for both of those guys, because one's a runner and one's a thrower. So, you've got to be able to be flexible in your calls. We were able to get some pressure tonight – five sacks. Great job getting into the backfield, getting pressure. There were other times that he had to throw the ball early, because we were getting back there. And we didn't give up the big play again – that's the key. All three phases did a great job in a complete game, I like that.

How It Happened
Second Quarter
09:33 – UL | James Turner connected on a 26-yard field goal for the first points of the day. Louisville's drive covered 41 yards in five plays and took 2:04 off the clock.
04:46 – NCSU | Christopher Dunn tied the game at three apiece with a 30-yard field goal finishing off a 13-play, 62-yard drive that ran 4:47 of game time.
04:31 – UL | Jawhar Jordan returned the ensuing kickoff 98 yards to the house to put the Cardinals back in front, 10-3.
00:00 – UL | James Turner hit a 22-yard field goal as time expired on the first half. Louisville used the final 2:21 of the second quarter to go 61 yards in 11 plays.

Third Quarter
07:46 – NCSU | Ben Finley hit Michael Allen down the sideline for a 34-yard touchdown to make it a three-point game once again. NC State went 87 yards in five plays and 2:34.

Fourth Quarter
13:57 – UL | James Turner hit his third field goal of the day, this time from 30 yards out to end Louisville's drive of eight plays, 66 yards, and 3:17.
10:05 – UL | Jawhar Jordan punched it in from two yards out to extend Louisville's lead to two possessions. After a fourth-down stop by the defense, the Cards went 45 yards in four plays and 2:10.
5:07 - UL | James Turner hit his fourth field goal of the afternoon from 28 yards to end Louisville's drive of five plays, 29 yards, and 1:46.

Up Next

The Cardinals will conclude the regular season on the road at Kroger Field against in-state rival Kentucky
Kickoff is scheduled 3 p.m. ET and will be aired live on the SEC Network.