Louisville rides big second half to 5th straight win over Kentucky

Despite spotting Kentucky the first 21 points of the game, the Louisville football team managed to hand their arch-rivals from Lexington their seventh loss for a second consecutive season with a 38-24 victory Saturday afternoon at Commonwealth Stadium.

The Year of the Predicted Star of the Game went out with a bang, as Lamar Jackson replaced Kyle Bolin and promptly ran for 186 yards and threw for 130 more as the Cards topped the Cats for a fifth straight year.

Five in a row https://t.co/tPzZU1guHu

— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) November 28, 2015

Honestly, overcoming a seemingly insurmountable deficit to keep Kentucky out of the postseason was more sweet than blowing them out from the get-go.

More coming shortly, but for now, here's your final Cardinal box score:

Louisville Passing

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Lamar Jackson	8/21	130	6.2	1	1
Kyle Bolin	2/5	45	9.0	0	2
TEAM	10/26	175	6.7	1	3

Louisville Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Lamar Jackson	17	186	10.9	2	29
Brandon Radcliff	14	62	4.4	2	16
Jermaine Reve	1	43	43.0	0	43
L.J. Scott	3	13	4.3	0	5
James Quick	1	8	8.0	0	8
Reggie Bonnafon	2	5	2.5	0	4
Team	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
TEAM	40	314	7.8	4	43

Louisville Receiving

	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
James Quick	4	94	23.5	1	38
Charles Standberry	1	38	38.0	0	38
Traveon Samuel	1	15	15.0	0	15
Jamari Staples	1	11	11.0	0	11
Reggie Bonnafon	1	7	7.0	0	7
Jaylen Smith	1	6	6.0	0	6
Cole Hikutini	1	4	4.0	0	4
TEAM	10	175	17.5	1	38

Louisville Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
Jermaine Reve	1	2	0
TEAM	1	2	0

Louisville Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Corvin Lamb	2	24	12.0	23	0
Traveon Samuel	1	15	15.0	15	0
TEAM	3	39	13.0	23	0

Louisville Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaire Alexander	3	50	16.7	33	0
TEAM	3	50	16.7	33	0

Louisville Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
John Wallace	1/1	100.0	37	5/5	8
TEAM	1/1	100.0	37	5/5	8

Louisville Punting

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN 20	LONG
Joshua Appleby	5	183	36.6	0	2	50
TEAM	5	183	36.6	0	2	50