Sept. 15, 2018 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 54,923
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| Western Kentucky | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 00:13 | Blanton Creque 23-yard field goal, 12-81, 02:46 |
| 3rd | 09:07 | Blanton Creque 23-yard field goal, 8-61, 03:25 |
| 4th | 14:23 | Dae Williams 1-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 7-31, 03:12 |
| 4th | 05:01 | Dae Williams 1-yard rush (Blanton Creque kick), 8-75, 03:13 |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 26 |
| Rushing | 11 | 11 |
| Passing | 4 | 14 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 204 | 168 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 43 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 224 | 192 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 20 | 24 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 88 | 260 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 10-21-1 | 25-38-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.2 | 6.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 8.8 | 10.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 292 | 428 |
| Total offense plays | 59 | 81 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-40 | 8-69 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-203 | 4-153 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.6 | 38.3 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 36.0 | 29.2 |
| Inside 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 2 | 3 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 5-322 | 4-260 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 64.4 | 65.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 41.8 | 41.5 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 3 |
| Fair Catch Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-36-0 | 3-23-0 |
| Average Per Return | 36.0 | 7.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-19-0 | 4-88-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.0 | 22.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-25-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 54 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 24:36 | 29:13 |
| 1st Quarter | 03:06 | 11:54 |
| 2nd Quarter | 09:52 | 05:08 |
| 3rd Quarter | 03:25 | 02:28 |
| 4th Quarter | 05:38 | 09:43 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 2-11 | 9-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 4-4 | 3-4 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Field goals | 2 | 1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-20 | 1-6 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 1-3 |
| Points off Turnover | 0 | 7 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Malik Cunningham | 21 | 135 | 6 | 129 | 0 | 17 | 6.1 |
| Dae Williams | 9 | 63 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 21 | 6.4 |
| Hassan Hall | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Marcus Riley | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Colin Wilson | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Jawon Pass | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 4 | -1.0 |
| Jeremy Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Totals | 38 | 224 | 20 | 204 | 2 | 21 | 5.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Malik Cunningham | 10-18-0 | 88 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jawon Pass | 0-3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 10-21-1 | 88 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Jaylen Smith | 3 | 38 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Dez Fitzpatrick | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Devante Peete | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Seth Dawkins | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Dae Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeremy Smith | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 88 | 0 | 31 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mason King | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 43 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 43 | 2 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Rodjay Burns | 1 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Hassan Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 00:13 | 23 | Good |
| 3rd | 09:07 | 23 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Blanton Creque | 5 | 322 | 64.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 322 | 64.4 | 1 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Malik Cunningham | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| Dae Williams | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Jaylen Smith | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Rodjay Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| Hassan Hall | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| C.J. Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Dez Fitzpatrick | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Devante Peete | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Seth Dawkins | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Marcus Riley | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Colin Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jawon Pass | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Jeremy Smith | -2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Colin Wilson 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Robert Hicks | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.5-0 | 0.5-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Tabarius Peterson | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | London Iakopo | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dee Smith (2) | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Khane Pass | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TreSean Smith | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Cornelius Sturghill | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Jared Goldwire | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chandler Jones (2) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.J. Avery | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.5-1 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jarrett Jackson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marlon Character | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Rodjay Burns | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | P.J. Mbanasor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Amonte Caban | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 91 | Derek Dorsey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Nick Okeke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | G.G. Robinson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-10 | 1.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Lamarques Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | P.J. Blue | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quen Head | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Yasir Abdullah | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Michael Boykin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Devante Peete | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 42 | 92 | 3.0-20 | 4.0-24 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| TE | Kemari Averett | |
| LT | 73 | Mekhi Becton |
| RG | 66 | Cole Bentley |
| TE | 83 | Micky Crum |
| WR | Dez Fitzpatrick | |
| LG | 77 | Linwood Foy |
| RT | 72 | Lukayus McNeil |
| QB | 4 | Jawon Pass |
| WR | 86 | Devante Peete |
| C | 63 | Nathan Scheler |
| RB | 33 | Colin Wilson |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| SS | 11 | Dee Smith (2) |
| CB | 10 | Rodjay Burns |
| DE | 91 | Derek Dorsey |
| DT | 90 | Jared Goldwire |
| MLB | Robert Hicks | |
| CB | 1 | P.J. Mbanasor |
| FS | 30 | Khane Pass |
| DE | 98 | Tabarius Peterson |
| NT | 94 | G.G. Robinson |
| CB | 3 | Cornelius Sturghill |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WLB | C.J. Avery | |
5-Seth Dawkins, 6-Russ Yeast, 8-Jatavious Harris, 9-Jaylen Smith, 13-P.J. Blue, 14-Marcus Riley, 19-Hassan Hall, 21-London Iakopo, 22-Yasir Abdullah, 23-Telly Plummer, 24-Lamarques Thomas, 25-Dae Williams, 27-Anthony Johnson, 28-Mason King, 34-Jeremy Smith, 41-Michael Boykin, 45-Blanton Creque, 49-Boosie Whitlow, 52-Mitch Hall, 53-Amonte Caban, 58-Dejmi Dumervil-Jean, 60-Tyler Haycraft, 85-Jordan Davis, 89-Adonis Boone, 97-Nick Okeke, Tutu Atwell, Maurice Burkley, Marlon Character, Malik Cunningham, Quen Head, Jarrett Jackson, Chandler Jones (2), TreSean Smith