Highlights, Photos and Notes: Louisville 41, Syracuse 3

Team Notes:

• Louisville is now 13-7 all-time against Syracuse, including an 8-1 mark and seven straight wins at Cardinal Stadium.
  • The Cardinals have scored at least 40 points in five of the last seven meetings with Syracuse and are averaging more than 44 points in those seven games.
• The 38-point margin of victory is the largest against a FBS opponent since the Cardinals defeated Syracuse 56-10 on Nov. 18, 2017.
• Louisville is a perfect 6-0 under Scott Satterfield when scoring at least 40 points.
• The Cardinals held a 35-3 lead at halftime.
  • The 35 points are the most in any half by the Cardinals since also scoring 35 against Syracuse in the opening half on Nov. 18, 2017.
  • The 32-point lead is the largest halftime advantage for Louisville since leading by the same score versus Syracuse on Nov. 18, 2017.
• The three points allowed by the Cardinals are tied for the fewest allowed this season (Eastern Kentucky).
• Louisville limited Syracuse to just 184 yards of total offense, the fewest by a Louisville opponent since holding Syracuse to just 137 last season.
• The Cardinals held Syracuse to 138 yards on the ground, more than 100 yards under its rushing average for the season.
• Louisville allowed just 46 yards through the air on Saturday, the fewest since holding Syracuse to 45 last season.
• The Cardinals added four more sacks to their season total, giving them 29 on the season.
  • Louisville has tallied at least three sacks in four of the last five games.
• UofL did not commit a turnover for the second consecutive game, the first time the Cardinals have done so since the last two games of the 2017 regular season against Syracuse and Kentucky.

Player Notes:

• QB Malik Cunningham closed out the day 13-of-18 for 209 yards and four touchdowns through the air in addition to 19 rushing yards and another score on the ground.
  • The four passing touchdowns and five total scores are the most for Cunningham since he had five through the air and six overall against Syracuse on Nov. 23, 2019.
  • Cunningham moved into second place on Louisville's career list for all-time touchdowns responsible for with 89, trailing only Lamar Jackson's 119.
  • Cunningham is now tied for fourth all-time at Louisville with 34 career touchdowns scored.
  • Cunningham has rushed for a touchdown in eight of 10 games this season.
• RB Jalen Mitchell rushed for 102 yards on 15 carries, his first 100-yard game of the season and second of his career.
• WR Ahmari Huggins-Bruce caught a career-high six passes for 54 yards and a pair of touchdowns, the first multi-touchdown game of his career.
• WR Tyler Harrell made a career-best three catches for 59 yards and his fourth touchdown of the season.
• WR Jordan Watkins had two receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown, his third score of the season.
• LB Yasir Abdullah tied for the team lead with nine tackles and matches his career high with two sacks.
  • Abdullah now has nine sacks on the season, the most by a Louisville player since Devonte Fields had 11 in 2015.
• LB Allen Smith finished with 1.5 sacks in the win for the first two tackles of his career.
• DB Greedy Vance tallied his first career fumble recovery.

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NOTE: Photos courtesy of Louisville Report's Cindy Rice Shelton.