Kent State Golden Flashes vs Louisville Cardinals Match Player Stats On Sep 23, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 23, 2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- No. 19 Louisville wasted no time in putting away hapless Kent State, scoring 21 first-quarter points en route to a 42-3 win at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on Saturday.

Quarterback Lamar Jackson, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner, found tight end Jordan Davis for a 69-yard completion on the first play of the game. Louisville scored on Malik Williams' 3-yard run three plays later.

Jackson completed 18 of 22 passes for 299 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He ran eight times for 34 yards and a score.

On Louisville's third drive, Williams broke free for a 33-yard touchdown scamper with 2:51 in the first quarter, capping a seven-play, 89-yard drive.

The Cardinals (3-1) scored again just three plays later on an interception return for a touchdown. Cornerback Tru Washington, who earlier dropped a would-be interception that he likely could have returned for a touchdown, picked off caught a tipped pass and returned it 37 yards for a score.

Up 21-0 at the end of the first quarter, Louisville coughed up turnovers on its next two possessions, the second of which led directly to a field goal by Kent State (1-3). The Cardinals' fumble on the Louisville 30-yard line was a prime opportunity to score for the Golden Flashes, but they could only muster five yards before a 48-yard field goal by Shane Hynes put Kent State on the board, 21-3.

Louisville responded quickly, marching 75 yards downfield in just eight plays, capped by a 13-yard run by Jackson for his first touchdown of the game. Jackson added a pair of passing touchdowns in the third quarter, one to Seth Dawkins for 32 yards and another to Javonte Bagley for 15 yards to put Louisville up 42-3.

Kent State, which lost starting quarterback Nick Holley to an ACL tear last week, attempted only five passes, completing two for 11 yards. Dustin Crum ran 18 times for 62 yards for the Golden Flashes, who gained just 150 total yards.

NOTES: Louisville's leading wide receiver, Jaylen Smith, and starting tight end, Micky Crum, were out for the game. Smith is out with a wrist injury and Crum was withheld due to injury. ... Louisville's preseason All-American CB Jaire Alexander also did not play; he has been recovering from a knee injury suffered in the first half of Louisville's first game. ... A squirrel ran onto the FieldTurf in the second quarter and ran to midfield. The squirrel ran into the end zone -- to a loud cheer from the crowd -- before getting caught in a bag on the sideline. ... Louisville QB Lamar Jackson broke the school record for touchdowns responsible for in a career. Chris Redman was the previous record-holder with 87. Jackson now has 89. ... Louisville committed four turnovers -- two interceptions and two fumbles.