Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs Louisville Cardinals Match Player Stats On Sep 07, 2019

Jawon Pass threw for 196 yards and four touchdowns Saturday night as Louisville blanked FCS foe Eastern Kentucky 42-0, giving Cardinals coach Scott Satterfield his first win on the job.

Pass completed 12 of 19 passes with an interception as Louisville (1-1) pulled away with two third-quarter touchdowns. The Cardinals were playing their second game in six days, having opened their season on Monday night with a home loss to Notre Dame.

Javian Hawkins added 123 yards on 11 carries for Louisville, which outgained the Colonels 542-172 despite trailing in time of possession by almost six minutes.

Pass put his team on the board just 1:47 into the game. He shoveled a pass to Tutu Atwell, who zipped 50 untouched yards down the right sideline for a 7-0 lead. Atwell set up the Cardinals' next score with a 33-yard punt return that put them at the Eastern Kentucky 15.

Two plays later, Pass found Marshon Ford for a 5-yard scoring strike and a 14-0 advantage with 2:17 left in the first quarter.

Eastern Kentucky had a chance to make it game early in the second quarter, thanks to a 12-play drive. But on fourth-and-5 at the Louisville 25, quarterback Conor Blount was sacked for a 7-yard loss by Jared Goldwire to quash the threat.

The Cardinals ran off and hid in the third quarter. Hawkins ripped off a 66-yard run to the 5 on the quarter's first snap, and Pass hit Ford for their second 5-yard touchdown of the game on the next play. Louisville made it 28-0 with 3:58 left in the period on Pass' 5-yard scoring toss to Dez Fitzpatrick, capping a 93-yard drive that lasted nearly seven minutes.

Hassan Hall and backup quarterback Malik Cunningham tacked on touchdown runs of 1 and 38 yards, respectively, in the fourth quarter.

The Colonels used two quarterbacks, but neither could consistently move the team. Blount was 6 of 12 for 43 yards, while Parker McKinney completed 3 of 4 passes for minus-1 yard. Daryl McCleskey Jr. led the way on the ground with 78 yards on 22 carries.

--Field Level Media