Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. Florida State
October 09, 2026 | Football
Louisville 44, Florida State 20
October 9, 2026
Louisville, Ky. | L&N Stadium
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TEAM NOTES
- Louisville improves to 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the ACC, snapping a two-game losing streak.
- Louisville improves to 7-18 vs. Florida State, including 4-7 at home and 4-3 at L&N Stadium, and beats the Seminoles for the first time since 2021.
- Louisville improves to 21-14 on ESPN/ESPN2 Friday Night Football, including 10-10 at home.
- Louisville rallies from a 14-0 first-quarter deficit with 35 straight points, winning after trailing by at least 14 points for the third time under Head Coach Jeff Brohm.
- Louisville's 24-point win vs. Florida State is its largest margin of victory in program history when trailing by 14+ points, surpassing a 42-23 win vs. Middle Tennessee on Oct 18, 2008, after trailing 14-0.
- Louisville rushes for 397 yards, the most under Brohm and the most since gaining 411 at Syracuse in 2017. It is the Cards' fourth 300-yard rushing game under Brohm.
- Louisville's 397-yard rushing total is the ninth highest in program history.
- Louisville improves to 23-1 when rushing for 350+ yards, with the only loss coming 38-35 to Drake on Oct. 19, 1974, while 353 yards rushing.
- Louisville scores 6 rushing touchdowns, tying its high under Brohm and its most vs. an FBS opponent since scoring 7 vs. Florida State in 2016.
- Louisville scores 6+ rushing TDs with no passing or return TDs for the first time since a 40-7 win vs. Central Michigan on Oct. 25, 1958.
- Louisville amasses 537 yards of total offense for its ninth 500-yard game under Brohm, improving to 9-0 in those games.
- Louisville wins its 11th straight game when gaining 500+ yards of total offense.
- Louisville holds Florida State scoreless in the second and third quarters.
- Louisville improves to 20-1 under Brohm when winning the turnover battle.
- Brohm improves to 31-15 at Louisville and 97-59 overall.
- RB Isaac Brown led all rushers with 235 yards and 2 TDs on 17 carries, adding a 71-yard kickoff return and 7-yard reception for 313 all-purpose yards.
- Brown's 97-yard TD run in the second quarter is the longest run and longest play from scrimmage in program history, surpassing Ken Porco's 93-yard run vs. Eastern Kentucky in 1958. It is also the longest run at L&N Stadium, topping Javian Hawkins' 90-yarder vs. Virginia Tech in 2020.
- Brown added a 68-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
- Brown's 313 all-purpose yards are the third most in a game in program history, trailing Aaron Bailey's 322 at Memphis in 1993 and Calvin Prince's 319 vs. Drake in 1976.
- Brown's 235 rushing yards are the seventh most in a game in program history.
- Brown moved past Frank Moreau and Michael Bush into seventh on Louisville's career rushing list with 2,614 yards. Howard Stevens is next at 2,723.
- Brown logged the 13th 100-yard rushing game of his career, taking sole possession of third in program history behind Lamar Jackson (23) and Walter Peacock (15).
- Brown logged the second 200-yard rushing game of his career, tying Bilal Powell for second in program history behind Howard Stevens (3).
- QB Lincoln Kienholz was 11-of-15 passing for 140 yards with no interceptions, adding 40 yards and 2 TDs on 9 carries.
- Kienholz pushed his rushing TD total to 8, tying Benny Russell (1965) for seventh in a season by a Louisville quarterback and tying John Madeya for eighth on the career list for quarterbacks.
- Kienholz logged his third game with multiple rushing TDs this season, tying Lamar Jackson (2015) for fifth most in a season by a Louisville quarterback and ranking third on the career list behind Jackson (15) and Malik Cunningham (14).
- RB Marquise Davis had 56 yards on 9 carries, including a 3-yard TD run that tied the game 14-14 in the second quarter.
- RB Braxton Jennings scored on a career-long 44-yard run in the fourth quarter, finishing with 49 yards on 3 carries.
- WR Lawayne McCoy led all receivers with 78 yards on 3 receptions, including a 35-yard catch.
- WR TreyShun Hurry led all players with 5 receptions for 56 yards on 6 targets.
- LB T.J. Capers shared the game lead with 10 tackles, including 5 solo stops, and added a pass breakup.
- Capers pushed his team-leading total to 48 tackles this season.
- LB Stanquan Clark shared the game lead with 10 tackles and had 1.5 tackles for loss, including a shared sack.
- DB Kaleb Beasley had his team-leading fourth interception of the season on Florida State's final possession, adding 7 tackles, a tackle for loss, and a pass breakup.
- Beasley is the first Louisville player with four interceptions in a season since Devin Neal in 2023.
- LB Benjamin Perry had 8 tackles, including 4 solo stops, to go with a pass breakup and 2 quarterback hurries.
- DE AJ Green had his first sack of the season, an 8-yarder, and 2 quarterback hurries.
- Green has 6 sacks in his Louisville career.
- DE/LB Tyler Thompson had an 8-yard sack and a quarterback hurry, pushing his season total to 2.5 sacks.
- DL Demeco Kennedy shared his first sack as a Cardinal and added a quarterback hurry among his 5 tackles.
- DT Joshua Donald shared a sack for his first sack and first tackle for loss as a Cardinal.
- DL Clev Lubin had a shared sack, a tackle for loss, and a quarterback hurry among his 4 tackles.
- Lubin pushed his Louisville career totals to 12.5 sacks and 18 TFLs and leads the team with 4 sacks and 4.5 TFLs this season.
- K Carson Hilbert made a 39-yard field goal and 5-of-6 extra points.
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