Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Georgia Tech

Louisville 39, Georgia Tech 34
September 1, 2023
Atlanta, Ga. | Mercedes-Benz Stadium

TEAM NOTES

Jeff Brohm wins his coaching debut at Louisville.
Louisville wins its first game vs. Georgia Tech in three tries, including 1-1 in Atlanta.
Louisville improves to 5-5 in conference openers since joining the ACC.
The Cards improve to 57-42-6 in season openers.
Louisville climbs above .500 both in neutral site games, now 16-15-1, and in ACC games, now 38-37.
Louisville's come-from-behind victory is only its fourth win in 138 tries when trailing by 15 or more points at halftime.
After surrendering 28 points in the second quarter, Louisville held Georgia Tech scoreless until 1:07 remained in the fourth quarter.

PLAYER NOTES

QB Jack Plummer finished 18-of-31 for 247 yards passing with three touchdowns and one interception in addition to 51 rushing yards.
- Plummer is the fifth Louisville quarterback to complete at least three touchdown passes in his starting debut, joining Johnny Unitas, Browning Nagle, Mike Watkins, and Dave Ragone.
- Plummer's performance ranks 10th in most passing yards by a first-time Louisville starter.
RB Jawhar Jordan rushed for 96 yards on seven carries, scoring on a 74-yard run in the fourth quarter to extend Louisville's lead to 36-28.
- Jordan became the 45th Louisville player to reach 1,000 rushing yards in a career.
WR Jamari Thrash had seven receptions for 88 yards and two touchdowns in his Louisville debut.
K Brock Travelstead made four of four field goal attempts, becoming the fifth Louisville kicker to do so, and connected on all three of his PAT attempts.
- Travelstead is the first Louisville player since Chris Philpott in 2011 to handle both punting and kicking duties in a game.
- Travelstead tied the fifth highest total for kick scoring in a game at Louisville with 15 points.
DL Dezmond Tell was disruptive on defense with three solo tackles, including a sack and a forced fumble which stopped a Georgia Tech drive in the final four minutes of the game with the Cardinals clinging to a one-point lead.
Freshman LB Stanquan Clark was among 18 players making their Louisville debut.
OL Willie Tyler, OL Eric Miller, QB Jack Plummer, WR Jimmy Calloway, WR Jamari Thrash, WR Kevin Coleman, DL Stephen Herron, LB TJ Quinn, LB Jaylin Alderman, DB Devin Neal, and TE Josh Lifson made their first starts as Cardinals.

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Players Mentioned

Jaylin Alderman

Jimmy Calloway

Stanquan Clark

Kevin Coleman

Stephen Herron

Jawhar Jordan

Josh Lifson

Eric Miller

Devin Neal

Jack Plummer

TJ Quinn

Dezmond Tell

Jamari Thrash

Brock Travelstead

Willie Tyler

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