Nov. 18, 2017 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 34,265
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
| Syracuse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 14:24 | Malik Williams 46-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 2-75, 00:36 |
| 2nd | 14:45 | Lamar Jackson 43-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 9-85, 03:38 |
| 2nd | 11:01 | Reggie Bonnafon 33-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 5-64, 02:04 |
| 2nd | 05:50 | Jaylen Smith 72-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Blanton Creque kick), 1-67, 00:11 |
| 2nd | 00:55 | Reggie Bonnafon 34-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Blanton Creque kick), 7-60, 02:35 |
| 3rd | 11:52 | Lamar Jackson 19-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 4-73, 00:56 |
| 3rd | 04:43 | Malik Williams 56-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 4-75, 01:49 |
| 4th | 09:49 | Dez Fitzpatrick 29-yard pass from Jawon Pass (Blanton Creque kick), 5-51, 02:12 |
| Louisville | Syracuse | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 22 |
| Rushing | 15 | 12 |
| Passing | 12 | 8 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 411 | 197 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 45 |
| Average Per Rush | 9.8 | 4.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 5 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 422 | 213 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 11 | 16 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 316 | 138 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-30-0 | 13-34-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.5 | 4.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 18.6 | 10.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 727 | 335 |
| Total offense plays | 72 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 10.1 | 4.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-85 | 7-52 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-155 | 6-265 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 51.7 | 44.2 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 51.7 | 44.2 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 50+ Yards | 2 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 3 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 9-562 | 3-191 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 62.4 | 63.7 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 39.9 | 47.0 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 2 | 2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 7-153-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.9 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 4-42-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 30:29 | 29:31 |
| 1st Quarter | 10:00 | 05:00 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:01 | 07:59 |
| 3rd Quarter | 05:20 | 09:40 |
| 4th Quarter | 08:08 | 06:52 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-16 | 3-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-4 | 1-2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-7 | 1-9 |
| PAT Kicks | 8-8 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Points off Turnover | 14 | 0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Malik Williams | 9 | 180 | 0 | 180 | 2 | 56 | 20.0 |
| Lamar Jackson | 12 | 120 | 9 | 111 | 2 | 43 | 9.2 |
| Reggie Bonnafon | 5 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 33 | 8.6 |
| Dae Williams | 8 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 4.9 |
| Trey Smith | 4 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 6.0 |
| Tobias Little | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Jawon Pass | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Harry Trotter | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Totals | 42 | 422 | 11 | 411 | 5 | 56 | 9.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Lamar Jackson | 14-26-0 | 270 | 2 | 72 | 1 |
| Jawon Pass | 3-4-0 | 46 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-30-0 | 316 | 3 | 72 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Jaylen Smith | 3 | 95 | 1 | 72 | ||
| Seth Dawkins | 3 | 60 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Dez Fitzpatrick | 3 | 51 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Reggie Bonnafon | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Charles Standberry | 3 | 31 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Tobias Little | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Corey Reed | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Malik Williams | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Traveon Samuel | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 316 | 3 | 72 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mason King | 3 | 155 | 51.7 | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 155 | 51.7 | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Khane Pass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Chucky Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jaire Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trumaine Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 40 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Blanton Creque | 8 | 500 | 62.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Evan O'Hara | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 562 | 62.4 | 2 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Malik Williams | 180 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 |
| Lamar Jackson | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Jaylen Smith | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Reggie Bonnafon | 43 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Seth Dawkins | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Dez Fitzpatrick | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Khane Pass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Dae Williams | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Charles Standberry | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Tobias Little | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Trey Smith | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Corey Reed | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jawon Pass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Traveon Samuel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Trotter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chucky Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Syracuse – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 17 | Dorian Etheridge | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Stacy Thomas | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Avery | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Chucky Williams | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dee Smith (2) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | James Hearns | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0-7 | 3.0-12 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Jaire Alexander | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | De'Asian Richardson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Damien Smith | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | TreSean Smith | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Trumaine Washington | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ronald Walker | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Drew Bailey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Zykiesis Cannon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Derek Dorsey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Trevon Young | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Amonte Caban | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Henry Famurewa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Aaron Floyd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jonathan Greenard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Khane Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Tabarius Peterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 93 | Gary McCrae | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Malik Staples | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Russ Yeast | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 34 | 80 | 1.0-7 | 6.0-20 | 1 | 0-0 | 4-42 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| C | 75 | Robbie Bell |
| RT | 66 | Cole Bentley |
| LT | 74 | Geron Christian |
| WR | 5 | Seth Dawkins |
| QB | 8 | Lamar Jackson |
| RG | 72 | Lukayus McNeil |
| WR | 1 | Traveon Samuel |
| WR | 9 | Jaylen Smith |
| TE | 80 | Charles Standberry |
| LG | 79 | Kenny Thomas |
| RB | 29 | Malik Williams |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| S | 11 | Dee Smith (2) |
| CB | 10 | Jaire Alexander |
| S | 24 | Zykiesis Cannon |
| MLB | 17 | Dorian Etheridge |
| DE | 99 | James Hearns |
| DT | 90 | De'Asian Richardson |
| DT | 94 | G.G. Robinson |
| OLB | 32 | Stacy Thomas |
| CB | 15 | Trumaine Washington |
| S | 22 | Chucky Williams |
| DE | 91 | Trevon Young |
2-Corey Reed, 4-TreSean Smith, 6-Russ Yeast, 7-Reggie Bonnafon, 12-Trey Smith, 14-Drew Bailey, 20-Ronald Walker, 21-London Iakopo, 23-Lyn Strange, 25-Dae Williams, 28-Mason King, 30-Khane Pass, 31-Malik Staples, 35-Lamarques Thomas, 36-Evan O'Hara, 39-Aaron Floyd, 43-Damien Smith, 45-Blanton Creque, 49-Tobias Little, 52-Mitch Hall, 53-Amonte Caban, 58-Jonathan Greenard, 60-Tyler Haycraft, 62-Derek Dorsey, 63-Nathan Scheler, 68-Danny Burns, 70-Toriano Roundtree, 73-Mekhi Becton, 77-Linwood Foy, 78-Max Martin, 84-Josh Johnson, 85-Jordan Davis, 87-Dez Fitzpatrick, 88-Javonte Bagley, 93-Gary McCrae, 96-Henry Famurewa, 98-Tabarius Peterson, Kemari Averett, C.J. Avery, Jack Duane, Jawon Pass, Tyler Polston, Harry Trotter