Louisville Downed at Kentucky, 26-13

Saturday, November 26

Lexington, Ky.

3:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

7-5 , 4-4

Kentucky

7-5 , 3-5

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2nd

3rd

4th

Louisville

Kentucky

November 26, 2022 | Football

Box Score PDF Box Score Postgame Notes

By: Cortney VanLiew

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Louisville football team fell to instate rival Kentucky in the final game of the regular season, dropping a 26-13 decision on Saturday. The Cardinals wrap up the regular season at 7-5 overall.

Kentucky scored the first 13 points, but UofL put points on the board with a touchdown from Malik Cunningham heading into the locker room before halftime. The Wildcats scored three more times in the second half before the Cardinals scored for the final time on a 27-yard touchdown pass from Brock Domann to Tyler Hudson in the fourth quarter.

Domann threw for 129 yards and one touchdown on 14-of-21 passing. Hudson recorded 83 yards receiving and a touchdown, surpassing 1,000 yards for the season. Jawhar Jordan led the Cardinals on the ground with 145 rushing yards.

The defense was led by Monty Montgomery, who had nine tackles and one tackle for loss. The Cardinal defense had two sacks, seven tackles for loss, one pass breakup and four quarterback hurries.

Louisville Head Coach Scott Satterfield Said:

"Overall, I think it just comes down to not throwing enough offensively. And then turning the ball over three times like we did. It made a difference in this game.

Kentucky does a really good job of keeping everything in front of them. We needed to be a little more patient, trying to take it in the routes, still thought we ran the ball pretty well. In the throw game, we just didn't generate much. With throwing into coverage, that ended up biting us a few times. They have some good length on the perimeter, both outside linebackers are 6-5 and drop off in the zones and that makes it very difficult to find windows. On Malik's (Cunningham) pick, we were trying to hit T Huddy (Tyler Hudson) on a skinny route and the backers floated up underneath it and ended up getting the interception. To me, that was the difference in the game, we couldn't generate enough offensively throwing the football. We ran the ball pretty decent tonight. But it comes down to those throws and we got behind, which makes it more difficult. They are going to run the clock out and run the football. They want us to try to force it down the field and not be patient with it. We can't run out of time, but we also need to make it down the field. I thought they did a good job with that, and we did not."

How It Happened:
First Quarter

07:46 – UK | Will Levis hit Dane Key for an eight-yard touchdown and the opening score of the game. Kentucky's drive covered 86 yards in five plays and 2:49.

Second Quarter

12:48 – UK | Matt Ruffolo connected from 43 yards out to make it a 10-0 game. The UK drive lasted 5:06 and went 62 yards in nine plays.
10:28 – UK | Matt Ruffolo hit from 29 yards to add three more to the Kentucky lead. Louisville's defense held strong after a turnover gave UK a short field, sending the Wildcats back five yards on three plays before the field goal.
00:37 – UL | Malik Cunningham scrambled in from six yards out to put the Cards on the board just before halftime. Louisville went 64 yards in 12 plays and 3:21 for the score.

Third Quarter

08:43 – UK | Matt Ruffalo hit his third field goal of the day, this time from 35 yards, to make it 16-7. Kentucky's scoring drive was 10 plays, 40 yards and lasted 4:12.
06:35 – UK | Will Levis found Barion Brown for a three-yard score to finish a short 3-play, 16-yard drive that took just 1:23.

Fourth Quarter

12:06 – UK | It was a fourth field goal for Matt Ruffolo, hitting from 40 yards away. The kick finished a 12-play, 60-yard drive that ran 7:17 of clock.
07:03 – UL | Brock Domann hit Tyler Hudson for a 27-yard touchdown pass to finish off a 10-play, 75-yard scoring drive that covered 5:03.

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