Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Syracuse

Louisville 34, Syracuse 26
October 17, 2026
Syracuse, N.Y. | JMA Wireless Dome

TEAM NOTES

Louisville improves to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in the ACC with its first road win of the season.
Louisville improves to 14-8 vs. Syracuse, including 6-5 in Syracuse, and wins in Syracuse for the first time since a 62-28 win on Sept. 9, 2016.
Louisville scores 28 first-half points and improves to 20-3 under Head Coach Jeff Brohm when leading at halftime.
Louisville wins despite being outgained 462-425, improving to 10-9 under Brohm when outgained. Syracuse runs 83 plays, the third most by a Louisville opponent under Brohm.
Louisville records 11 tackles for loss, the second most under Brohm and its most against an FBS opponent since 11 vs. Wake Forest on Oct. 29, 2022. The Cards add 5 sacks, their most since 6 vs. Kentucky on Nov. 29, 2025.
Louisville holds Syracuse to 3-of-14 on third down and forces turnovers on downs on Syracuse's last two possessions, with 3:04 and 0:45 left.
Louisville scores touchdowns on all three of its red zone trips.
Louisville improves to 21-1 under Brohm when winning the turnover battle.
Louisville extends its program-record scoring streak to 334 games, dating to 2000.
Syracuse's Umari Hatcher has 224 receiving yards on 13 receptions, the fourth highest total by a Louisville opponent and the most since Drake's Dick Hewins had 249 in 1968.
Brohm improves to 32-15 at Louisville and 98-59 overall.

PLAYER NOTES

QB Lincoln Kienholz was 14-of-26 passing for 310 yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions, and led Louisville rushers with 53 yards and 2 TDs on 10 carries.
- Kienholz's 82-yard TD run in the first quarter is the longest TD run by a quarterback in program history, surpassing Malik Cunningham's 75-yarder vs. Kentucky on Nov. 24, 2018. The run gave Louisville its first lead, 14-10, and ties Don McKay (vs. Hanover in 1939) for 14th on Louisville's list of longest runs.
- Kienholz logged his fourth 300-yard passing game of the season and his career, tying Jeff Brohm (1993), Lamar Jackson (2016), and Tyler Shough (2024) for 10th in a season and tying Brohm and Shough for ninth in a career.
- Kienholz's 363 yards of total offense gave him his fourth 300-yard total offense game, tying Jeff Brohm for ninth most in a career.
- Kienholz pushed his rushing TD total to 10, moving past Benny Russell (1965) and Miller Moss (2025) into sixth in a season by a Louisville quarterback and tying Wally Oyler for fourth on the career list for quarterbacks.
- Kienholz logged his fourth game with multiple rushing TDs this season, tying Malik Cunningham (2022) for fourth in a season by a Louisville quarterback and extending his hold on third on the career list.
- Kienholz threw multiple interceptions for the first time as a Cardinal after throwing 1 in his first 154 attempts.
RB Keyjuan Brown had 50 yards and 2 TDs on 13 carries, including a 5-yard TD run with 7:34 left that pushed the lead to 34-26, capping the drive that followed Cam White's interception.
- Brown moved past Senorise Perry into 34th on Louisville's career rushing list with 1,429 yards. Ron Davenport is next at 1,477.
- Brown logged the fourth multiple-TD rushing game of his career and pushed his career rushing TD total to 15.
RB Isaac Brown caught 2 passes for 60 yards, including a 46-yard TD catch with 28 seconds left in the first half that gave Louisville a 28-23 halftime lead.
- The 46-yard catch was the longest reception of Brown's career and his first TD catch since 2024.
- Brown has 2,625 career rushing yards, 98 shy of Howard Stevens for sixth in program history.
WR Lawayne McCoy led Louisville receivers with 5 receptions for 93 yards on 10 targets, including a 40-yarder and a 23-yard catch that set up Keyjuan Brown's fourth-quarter TD.
- McCoy took over the team lead with 513 receiving yards this season.
WR TreyShun Hurry had 4 receptions for 66 yards on 4 targets, including a 35-yarder.
WR Tre Richardson had a 48-yard reception, Louisville's longest pass play of the game, and added a 5-yard run.
- Richardson leads the team with 30 receptions this season.
DL Demeco Kennedy led Louisville with 9 tackles, including 2 solo stops and a tackle for loss.
- Kennedy's 9 tackles were his most as a Cardinal; his previous high was 5 vs. Florida State on Oct. 9.
DB Jabari Mack had 8 tackles, including 5 solo stops, and broke up a third-down pass at the Louisville 6 that forced Syracuse to settle for a field goal early in the fourth quarter.
- Mack's 8 tackles were his most as a Cardinal.
DE/LB Tyler Thompson had 2 sacks and 3 tackles for loss among his 5 tackles and recovered Malachi Nelson's fumble at the Louisville 8 in the third quarter.
- Thompson's 8-yard sack on fourth-and-21 with 3:06 left gave the ball back to Louisville.
- Thompson is the first Louisville player with 2 sacks in a game since T.J. Quinn and Clev Lubin vs. Kentucky on Nov. 29, 2025, and the first with 3 tackles for loss since Lubin in that game.
- Thompson had his first multi-sack game and first fumble recovery as a Cardinal, and he shares the team lead with Lubin at 4.5 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss.
DL Clev Lubin had 8 tackles, including a shared sack and a tackle for loss.
- Lubin pushed his Louisville career totals to 13 sacks and 19 tackles for loss.
DB Kaleb Beasley intercepted a pass at the Louisville 17 in the third quarter, two plays after Syracuse took over at midfield on an interception, and added 7 tackles.
- Beasley's team-leading fifth interception makes him the first Louisville player with five in a season since Jaire Alexander in 2016.
LB Cam White intercepted a pass at the Louisville 36 with 10:23 left, setting up Keyjuan Brown's TD, and added 2 tackles and a quarterback hurry.
- The interception was the first of White's career.
DL Jerod Smith II had a sack for 13 yards and 2 tackles for loss among his 4 tackles, adding a quarterback hurry.
- Smith's 2 tackles for loss were his most in a game as a Cardinal.
DE AJ Green had a 3-yard sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, and a pass breakup among his 5 tackles.
- Green has 7 sacks in his Louisville career.
LB Stanquan Clark stopped Ahmad Miller for a 1-yard loss on fourth-and-1 with 45 seconds left to seal the win, finishing with 5 tackles, a tackle for loss, and a pass breakup.
LB T.J. Capers had 5 tackles, pushing his team-leading total to 53 this season.
LB Benjamin Perry had a shared sack, a tackle for loss, a pass breakup, and 2 quarterback hurries among his 4 tackles.

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Kaleb Beasley

Isaac Brown

Keyjuan Brown

T.J. Capers

Stanquan Clark

AJ Green

TreyShun Hurry

Demeco Kennedy

Lincoln Kienholz

Clev Lubin

Jabari Mack

Lawayne McCoy

Miller Moss

Benjamin Perry

Tre Richardson

Jerod Smith II

Tyler Thompson

Cam White

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