Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs. SMU
September 19, 2026 | Football
Louisville 41, SMU 31
September 19, 2026
Louisville, Ky. | L&N Stadium
TEAM NOTES
September 19, 2026
Louisville, Ky. | L&N Stadium
TEAM NOTES
- Louisville improves to 1-4 vs. SMU.
- Louisville improves to 23-67-1 vs. AP Top 25 teams, including 12-19 at home and 5-5 under Jeff Brohm.
- Louisville remains turnover-free through the first three games of a season for the second time in program history, both seasons coming under Brohm (2024).
- Louisville does not allow a sack for the second consecutive game and the 12th time under Brohm.
- Louisville improves to 19-1 under Brohm when winning the turnover battle.
- Brohm improves to 30-13 at Louisville and 96-57 overall.
- QB Lincoln Kienholz was 14 of 23 passing for 177 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions.
- Kienholz rushed 12 times for 42 yards and 1 TD.
- Kienholz is the third player in program history to rush and pass for a touchdown in each of the first 3 games of a season, following Lamar Jackson (2016) and Malik Cunningham (2021).
- RB Keyjuan Brown led Louisville with a career-high 163 yards on 10 carries and 2 TDs.
- Brown is the third player in Louisville history to rush for at least 160 yards on 10 or fewer carries, following Lenny Lyles (twice in 1957) and Malik Williams (2017).
- Brown had his fourth career 100-yard rushing game.
- RB Isaac Brown scored his first TD of the season and 20th of his career, gaining 67 yards on 10 carries to move up to 15th on Louisville's career rushing yardage list at 2,221 yards.
- WR Lawayne McCoy shared the lead among Louisville receivers with 4 receptions for 62 yards, including a 33-yard TD catch for his third TD of the season.
- TE Jaleel Skinner had 3 receptions for 29 yards, including a 4-yard TD catch for his fourth career TD.
- SS Kaleb Beasley led all players with 10 tackles to go with the first two interceptions of his career and a shared tackle for loss.
- Beasley is the first Louisville player with a multi-interception game since Tayon Hollway vs. Kentucky in 2025.
- DL Clev Lubin gets 1.5 sacks to take his Louisville career total to 10. He had 2 quarterback hurries to take his season total to 4 and Louisville career total to 11. He added 5 tackles.
- DB Brycen Scott had a forced fumble at the goal line with 2:53 remaining in the game to keep SMU out of the end zone and force a turnover which helped preserve the victory. He added 3 solo tackles.
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