Louisville Football Postgame Notes vs Wake Forest
September 26, 2026 | Football
Louisville 27, Wake Forest 30
September 26, 2026
Louisville, Ky. | L&N Stadium
TEAM NOTES
September 26, 2026
Louisville, Ky. | L&N Stadium
TEAM NOTES
- Attendance 46,042.
- Louisville falls to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the ACC.
- The Cards enter Game 5 with 2 losses for the first time under Brohm.
- Louisville drops to 7-4 vs. Wake Forest, including 4-2 at home.
- Wake Forest holds Louisville to 75 yards rushing, the Cards' fifth lowest total under Jeff Brohm.
- Wake Forest's Carlos Hernandez has 194 yards receiving, the ninth highest total by an opposing player.
- Louisville converts 7-of-14 third downs for its best third down conversion percentage vs. an FBS opponent since converting 7-of-12 third downs vs. Pittsburgh in 2024
- Louisville holds Wake Forest to 2-of-10 third down conversions, the 10th time under Brohm that the Cards have kept an opponent to 20% or less.
- Louisville falls to 3-8 at L&N Stadium when entering the fourth quarter tied.
- Brohm drops to 30-14 at Louisville and 96-58 overall.
- QB Lincoln Kienholz was 27-of-36 passing for 324 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception.
- Kienholz rushed for 2 TDs.
- Kienholz is the first quarterback in program history with 6 rushing TDs in the first four games of his Louisville career. Lamar Jackson had the previous high of 4 in 2015.
- Kienholz tied a program record for most pass attempts without an interception to start a Louisville career, reaching 86 passes before throwing his first interception. Tyler Shough set the record in 2024.
- Kienholz joins Lamar Jackson (2016) and Malik Cunningham (2021) as the third Louisville player to pass and rush for a TD in each of the first four games of a season.
- RB Keyjuan Brown led Louisville rushers with 48 yards on 12 carries.
- WR Tre Richardson led Louisville receivers with 5 receptions for 85 yards on 6 targets.
- TE Jaleel Skinner had 4 receptions for 82 yards on 4 targets, including a 61-yard TD catch for his third TD of the season.
- LB Stanquan Clark led all players with 12 tackles, including 3 solo stops and 1 tackle for loss.
- LB T.J. Capers had a career-high 10 tackles to go with a shared TFL and his second career pass breakup.
- LB Benjamin Perry got his second career forced fumble and third career sack to go with 4 tackles, including 3 solo stops and 1 TFL.
- DL Clev Lubin got the 11th sack and 16th TFL of his Louisville career among 4 tackles, including 3 solo.
- DE Jerod Smith IIÂ had a fumble recovery to go with 3 tackles, 1 sack, and 1.5 TFLs.
- K Carson Hilbert made 2-of-3 field goals from 41 yards and a career-high 54 yards to go with 3-of-3 extra points.
- Hilbert is the second Louisville kicker to make his first 6 career field goals, joining Cooper Ranvier who made his first 7 in 2025.
- Hilbert's 54-yard field goal is the fourth longest in program history.
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