Oct. 3, 2026 – Away – Carter-Finley Stadium – Raleigh, N.C. – Attendance 56,919
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| North Carolina State | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 05:51 | Lawayne McCoy 33-yard pass from Lincoln Kienholz (Carson Hilbert kick), 3-49, 01:21 |
| 3rd | 08:05 | Tre Richardson 38-yard pass from Lincoln Kienholz (Carson Hilbert kick), 6-80, 02:51 |
| 3rd | 00:20 | Keyjuan Brown 1-yard rush (Carson Hilbert kick), 9-77, 03:24 |
| 4th | 12:27 | Isaac Brown 70-yard rush (Carson Hilbert kick), 2-80, 00:34 |
| Louisville | North Carolina State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 26 |
| Rushing | 8 | 5 |
| Passing | 11 | 19 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 231 | 120 |
| Rushing Attempts | 25 | 43 |
| Average Per Rush | 9.2 | 2.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 261 | 143 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 30 | 23 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 254 | 373 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-30-0 | 25-41-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.5 | 9.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.1 | 14.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 485 | 493 |
| Total offense plays | 55 | 84 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 8.8 | 5.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-40 | 7-64 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-120 | 3-109 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.0 | 36.3 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 37.7 | 36.3 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 2 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 5-325 | 7-443 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 65.0 | 63.3 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 40.0 | 42.6 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 4 | 1 |
| Fair Catch Yards | 25 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-120-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.0 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 22:40 | 37:20 |
| 1st Quarter | 04:38 | 10:22 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:07 | 07:53 |
| 3rd Quarter | 07:03 | 07:57 |
| 4th Quarter | 03:52 | 11:08 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-9 | 9-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 1-3 | 4-6 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Field goals | 0 | 2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-12 | 3-21 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Points off Turnover | 7 | 10 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Isaac Brown | 9 | 127 | 2 | 125 | 1 | 70 | 13.9 |
| Keyjuan Brown | 8 | 89 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 49 | 11.0 |
| Lincoln Kienholz | 7 | 45 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 3.4 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -6.0 |
| Totals | 25 | 261 | 30 | 231 | 2 | 70 | 9.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Lincoln Kienholz | 21-30-0 | 254 | 2 | 38 | 3 |
| Totals | 21-30-0 | 254 | 2 | 38 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Tre Richardson | 10 | 8 | 117 | 82 | 1 | 38 |
| Lawayne McCoy | 5 | 2 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 33 |
| TreyShun Hurry | 5 | 4 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Justyn Reid | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Jackson Voth | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Keyjuan Brown | 1 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 13 |
| Jaleel Skinner | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Isaac Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 21 | 254 | 124 | 2 | 38 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Niall Hayes | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Isaac Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braxton Jennings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Beasley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 120 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Nick Keller | 5 | 325 | 65.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 325 | 65.0 | 4 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Isaac Brown | 125 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 207 |
| Tre Richardson | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Keyjuan Brown | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Lawayne McCoy | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Braxton Jennings | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| TreyShun Hurry | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Lincoln Kienholz | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Justyn Reid | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Jackson Voth | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jaleel Skinner | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Isaac Brown 1-0, Keyjuan Brown 2-2, Lincoln Kienholz 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 11 | T.J. Capers | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kaleb Beasley | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Clev Lubin | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Brycen Scott | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Benjamin Perry | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1.0-3 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | TJ Banks | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Tayon Holloway | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Stanquan Clark | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Jerod Smith II | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 | Daylen Russell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tyler Thompson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Micah Carter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DJ Waller Jr. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Bailey Abercrombie | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Demeco Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Tommy Ziesmer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Drew Kegebein | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Myles Norwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 36 | 78 | 2.0-12 | 3.0-13 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RB | 1 | Isaac Brown |
| OL | 66 | Johnnie Brown III |
| OL | 56 | Eryx Daugherty |
| OL | 71 | Cason Henry |
| WR | 2 | TreyShun Hurry |
| QB | 3 | Lincoln Kienholz |
| WR | 7 | Lawayne McCoy |
| OL | 70 | Anwar O'neal |
| WR | 0 | Tre Richardson |
| OL | 53 | Lance Robinson |
| TE | 88 | Jaleel Skinner |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| S | 4 | TJ Banks |
| DB | 10 | Kaleb Beasley |
| LB | 11 | T.J. Capers |
| LB | 6 | Stanquan Clark |
| DT | 95 | Joshua Donald |
| DB | 13 | Tayon Holloway |
| DL | 2 | Demeco Kennedy |
| DL | 50 | Clev Lubin |
| LB | 23 | Benjamin Perry |
| DB | 25 | Brycen Scott |
| DL | 99 | Jerod Smith II |
3-Tyler Thompson, 5-Keyjuan Brown, 12-DJ Waller Jr., 14-Jackson Voth, 15-Julius Miles, 17-Ryan Zimmerman, 18-Terrence McWilliams Jr., 19-Micah Carter, 20-Antonio Harris, 21-Jaydin Broadnax, 26-Jordan Vann, 27-Myles Norwood, 29-Blake Ruffin, 31-Micah Rice, 32-Braxton Jennings, 35-Carson Hilbert, 38-Cam White, 40-Eric Hazzard, 43-Trent Carter, 45-Marlon Harbin, 51-Hayden Travelstead, 54-Drew Kegebein, 55-Jimmy Williams III, 57-Naeer Jackson, 58-Evan Wibberley, 67-James Glover-Tyson, 80-Brody Foley, 85-Justyn Reid, 87-Dylan Mesman, 90-Daylen Russell, 91-Niall Hayes, 93-Bailey Abercrombie, 96-Tommy Ziesmer, 98-Nick Keller