Sept. 11, 2021 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 39,673
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 04:27 | Malik Cunningham 10-yard rush (James Turner kick), 3-25, 01:12 |
| 2nd | 10:15 | Braden Smith 49-yard punt return (James Turner kick missed) |
| 2nd | 00:47 | Malik Cunningham 3-yard rush (James Turner kick), 11-72, 04:54 |
| 3rd | 05:32 | Justin Marshall 30-yard pass from Malik Cunningham (James Turner kick), 3-74, 01:26 |
| 4th | 14:56 | James Turner 28-yard field goal, 10-36, 04:46 |
| Louisville | Eastern Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 14 |
| Rushing | 8 | 4 |
| Passing | 10 | 7 |
| Penalty | 0 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 158 | 86 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 22 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 173 | 93 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 15 | 7 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 284 | 149 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-26-0 | 23-34-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.9 | 4.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.8 | 6.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 442 | 235 |
| Total offense plays | 64 | 56 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.9 | 4.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-42 | 2-15 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-232 | 7-271 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.7 | 38.7 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 37.3 | 28.9 |
| Inside 20 | 3 | 3 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 1 |
| Fair catch | 3 | 2 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 6-365 | 2-130 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 60.8 | 65.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 38.2 | 44.5 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 4 | 0 |
| Fair Catch Yards | 22 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-49-1 | 3-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.3 | 2.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-41-0 | 1-36-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.5 | 36.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-2-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 31:34 | 28:25 |
| 1st Quarter | 09:51 | 05:04 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:38 | 07:22 |
| 3rd Quarter | 09:34 | 05:26 |
| 4th Quarter | 04:27 | 10:33 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-14 | 4-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Field goals | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-6 | 1-11 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Points off Turnover | 10 | 0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Jalen Mitchell | 18 | 94 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 24 | 5.0 |
| Malik Cunningham | 11 | 40 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 2.6 |
| Hassan Hall | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 4.0 |
| Trevion Cooley | 4 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 4.8 |
| Totals | 38 | 173 | 15 | 158 | 2 | 24 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Malik Cunningham | 15-23-0 | 278 | 1 | 93 | 1 |
| Evan Conley | 1-3-0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-26-0 | 284 | 1 | 93 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ahmari Huggins-Bruce | 4 | 151 | 0 | 93 | ||
| Josh Johnson | 2 | 41 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Justin Marshall | 2 | 34 | 1 | 30 | ||
| Jalen Mitchell | 3 | 25 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Braden Smith | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jordan Watkins | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Marshon Ford | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 284 | 1 | 93 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Vassett | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 43 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 43 | 3 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Braden Smith | 3 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Burkley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kei'Trel Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 3 | 49 | 49 | 2 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 14:56 | 28 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Brock Travelstead | 6 | 365 | 60.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 365 | 60.8 | 4 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ahmari Huggins-Bruce | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
| Jalen Mitchell | 90 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| Braden Smith | 0 | 16 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 65 |
| Josh Johnson | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Maurice Burkley | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Justin Marshall | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Malik Cunningham | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Hassan Hall | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Trevion Cooley | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Jordan Watkins | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Marshon Ford | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kei'Trel Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Malik Cunningham 1-0, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce 1-1 Eastern Kentucky – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 13 | Kei'Trel Clark | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Qwynnterrio Cole | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Kenderick Duncan | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Monty Montgomery | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | C.J. Avery | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Yasir Abdullah | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jack Fagot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Marvin Dallas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Trey Franklin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nick Okeke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylin Alderman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Ja'Darien Boykin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Malik Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | K.J. Cloyd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 | Ashton Gillotte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jackson Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Chandler Jones (2) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Dezmond Tell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Brock Travelstead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YaYa Diaby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Zach Edwards | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tyler Harrell (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Josh Minkins (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Benjamin Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Zay Peterson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Puryear | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 90 | Jacquies Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kameron Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 35 | 20 | 55 | 1.0-6 | 5.0-16 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| OL | 66 | Cole Bentley |
| OL | 74 | Adonis Boone |
| OL | 56 | Renato Brown |
| OL | 55 | Caleb Chandler |
| QB | 3 | Malik Cunningham |
| TE | 83 | Marshon Ford |
| WR | 18 | Justin Marshall |
| RB | 15 | Jalen Mitchell |
| OL | 70 | Trevor Reid |
| WR | 4 | Braden Smith |
| WR | 1 | Jordan Watkins |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LB | 22 | Yasir Abdullah |
| LB | 9 | C.J. Avery |
| CB | 13 | Kei'Trel Clark |
| NT | 92 | Malik Clark |
| S | 12 | Qwynnterrio Cole |
| S | 27 | Kenderick Duncan |
| LB | 38 | Jack Fagot |
| DE | 97 | Ashton Gillotte |
| LB | 7 | Monty Montgomery |
| DE | Ramon Puryear | |
| CB | Greedy Vance | |
2-Chandler Jones (2), 6-Evan Conley, 8-Tyler Harrell (2), 10-Benjamin Perry, 11-Nick Okeke, 14-Marvin Dallas, 17-Jackson Hamilton, 19-Hassan Hall, 21-Aidan Robbins, 23-K.J. Cloyd, 24-Mitch Hall, 25-Josh Minkins (2), 26-Kani Walker, 28-Trey Franklin, 29-Tabarius Peterson, 31-Zach Edwards, 32-James Turner, 35-Zay Peterson, 36-Maurice Burkley, 40-Brock Travelstead, 41-Isaac Martin, 42-Allen Smith, 49-Mark Vassett, 67-Luke Kandra, 88-Jaelin Carter, 90-Jacquies Turner, 91-Derek Dorsey, 93-Jared Dawson, 98-Ja'Darien Boykin, 99-Dezmond Tell, Jaylin Alderman, Henry Bryant, Trevion Cooley, Ryheem Craig, Gregory Desrosiers, YaYa Diaby, Brady Hodges, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce, Josh Johnson, Josh Lifson, Francis Sherman, Kameron Wilson