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.
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 Interceptions
|
INT |
YDS |
TD |
Jermaine Reve |
1 |
2 |
0 |
TEAM |
1 |
2 |
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 |