Oct. 22, 2016 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 55,218
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 17 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 54 |
| North Carolina State | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13:27 | Lamar Jackson 36-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 4-72, 01:33 |
| 1st | 11:20 | Blanton Creque 37-yard field goal, 5-9, 01:48 |
| 1st | 05:21 | Jaylen Smith 74-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Blanton Creque kick), 3-87, 01:00 |
| 2nd | 14:48 | Blanton Creque 33-yard field goal, 11-48, 03:22 |
| 2nd | 10:09 | Jeremy Smith 1-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 7-87, 02:48 |
| 2nd | 03:57 | Cole Hikutini 3-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Blanton Creque kick), 6-32, 02:42 |
| 2nd | 03:09 | Jamari Staples 16-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Blanton Creque kick), 4-10, 00:28 |
| 2nd | 00:39 | Blanton Creque 24-yard field goal, 6-12, 01:09 |
| 4th | 09:14 | Jeremy Smith 1-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 13-69, 05:02 |
| 4th | 03:46 | Blanton Creque 27-yard field goal, 7-32, 03:42 |
| Louisville | North Carolina State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 9 |
| Rushing | 10 | 0 |
| Passing | 12 | 8 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 163 | 14 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 25 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.7 | 0.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 195 | 45 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 32 | 31 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 390 | 236 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-36-0 | 16-36-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.8 | 6.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 18.6 | 14.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 553 | 250 |
| Total offense plays | 80 | 61 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.9 | 4.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 12-94 | 6-65 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-127 | 7-256 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.3 | 36.6 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 42.3 | 35.4 |
| Inside 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 2 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 4 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 11-673 | 3-190 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 61.2 | 63.3 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 38.0 | 35.7 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-8-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-83-0 | 10-230-0 |
| Average Per Return | 27.7 | 23.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-78-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 32:07 | 27:45 |
| 1st Quarter | 08:07 | 06:53 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:19 | 07:41 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:33 | 08:27 |
| 4th Quarter | 10:16 | 04:44 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-16 | 3-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 1-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 8-8 | 1-1 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Field goals | 4 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-6 | 4-28 |
| PAT Kicks | 6-6 | 1-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| Points off Turnover | 17 | 0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Lamar Jackson | 17 | 104 | 28 | 76 | 1 | 36 | 4.5 |
| Jeremy Smith | 14 | 53 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 13 | 3.6 |
| Brandon Radcliff | 5 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3.4 |
| Malik Williams | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 |
| Trey Smith | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Lamar Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 44 | 195 | 32 | 163 | 3 | 36 | 3.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Lamar Jackson | 20-34-0 | 355 | 3 | 74 | 4 |
| Kyle Bolin | 1-2-0 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-36-0 | 390 | 3 | 74 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Cole Hikutini | 6 | 118 | 1 | 67 | ||
| Jaylen Smith | 2 | 90 | 1 | 74 | ||
| Jeremy Smith | 3 | 46 | 0 | 30 | ||
| James Quick | 4 | 43 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Devante Peete | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Keith Towbridge | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jamari Staples | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Seth Dawkins | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Charles Standberry | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Reggie Bonnafon | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 390 | 3 | 74 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mason King | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 46 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 46 | 3 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Malik Williams | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Greenard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42 |
| Seth Dawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stacy Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| Trumaine Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Totals | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 30 | 3 | 78 | 42 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 11:20 | 37 | Good |
| 2nd | 14:48 | 33 | Good |
| 2nd | 00:39 | 24 | Good |
| 4th | 03:46 | 27 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Anthony George | 6 | 359 | 59.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Blanton Creque | 5 | 314 | 62.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 673 | 61.2 | 1 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Cole Hikutini | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Jeremy Smith | 51 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Jaylen Smith | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Lamar Jackson | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Malik Williams | 12 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 73 |
| James Quick | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Jonathan Greenard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| Seth Dawkins | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Devante Peete | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Stacy Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Keith Towbridge | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Brandon Radcliff | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Jamari Staples | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Trumaine Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Charles Standberry | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Trey Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Reggie Bonnafon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – James Quick 1-1, Malik Williams 1-1 North Carolina State – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 55 | Keith Kelsey | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Chucky Williams | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Stacy Thomas | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Zykiesis Cannon | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Drew Bailey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | DeAngelo Brown | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Lamar Atkins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Gio Pascascio | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | James Hearns | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jaire Alexander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | Henry Famurewa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jonathan Greenard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Josh Harvey-Clemons | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Devante Peete | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Isaac Stewart | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Trumaine Washington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Khane Pass | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Malik Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Shaq Wiggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 20 | 56 | 1.0-6 | 8.0-31 | 0 | 0-0 | 3-78 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | 7 | Reggie Bonnafon |
| LT | 74 | Geron Christian |
| WR | 5 | Seth Dawkins |
| HB | 18 | Cole Hikutini |
| C | 61 | Tobijah Hughley |
| LG | 50 | Khalil Hunter |
| QB | 8 | Lamar Jackson |
| RG | 56 | Kiola Mahoni |
| RT | 72 | Lukayus McNeil |
| WR | 17 | James Quick |
| RB | 23 | Brandon Radcliff |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| CB | 10 | Jaire Alexander |
| DE | 14 | Drew Bailey |
| DT | 97 | DeAngelo Brown |
| S | 24 | Zykiesis Cannon |
| OLB | 92 | Devonte Fields |
| S | 25 | Josh Harvey-Clemons |
| OLB | 99 | James Hearns |
| ILB | 55 | Keith Kelsey |
| ILB | 32 | Stacy Thomas |
| CB | 15 | Trumaine Washington |
| S | 22 | Chucky Williams |
1-Traveon Samuel, 2-Jamari Staples, 6-Shaq Wiggins, 9-Jaylen Smith, 11-Dee Smith (2), 12-Trey Smith, 20-Ronald Walker, 26-Chris Taylor-Yamanoha, 28-Mason King, 29-Malik Williams, 30-Khane Pass, 31-Malik Staples, 33-Malin Jones, 34-Jeremy Smith, 35-Anthony George, 42-Isaac Stewart, 43-Damien Smith, 44-Chris Williams, 46-Lamar Atkins, 49-Colin Holba, 53-Amonte Caban, 58-Jonathan Greenard, 60-Tyler Haycraft, 63-Nathan Scheler, 70-Toriano Roundtree, 73-Matt Cohen, 79-Kenny Thomas, 80-Charles Standberry, 81-Emonee Spence, 83-Micky Crum, 84-Gio Pascascio, 86-Devante Peete, 89-Keith Towbridge, 90-De'Asian Richardson, 93-Gary McCrae, 94-G.G. Robinson, 95-Kyle Shortridge, 96-Henry Famurewa, Kyle Bolin, Alphonso Carter, Blanton Creque, Lamarques Thomas