Sept. 12, 2015 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 50,019
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| Houston | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:19 | Lamar Jackson 1-yard rush (John Wallace kick), 9-75, 04:02 |
| 2nd | 01:04 | Ja'Quay Savage 6-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (John Wallace kick), 4-20, 01:16 |
| 3rd | 02:51 | John Wallace 36-yard field goal, 4-5, 01:19 |
| 4th | 11:31 | Jeremy Smith 4-yard rush (John Wallace kick), 7-79, 03:25 |
| 4th | 06:25 | Micky Crum 29-yard pass from Kyle Bolin (John Wallace kick), 9-73, 02:59 |
| Louisville | Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 25 | 25 |
| Rushing | 7 | 12 |
| Passing | 15 | 11 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 70 | 226 |
| Rushing Attempts | 26 | 57 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 112 | 252 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 42 | 26 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 325 | 236 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 27-45-2 | 23-35-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.0 | 10.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 395 | 462 |
| Total offense plays | 71 | 92 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 5.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-80 | 7-78 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-186 | 3-135 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 46.5 | 45.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 46.5 | 37.0 |
| Inside 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 6-379 | 7-432 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 63.2 | 61.7 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 30.2 | 40.9 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 2 | 2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-24-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 12.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-96-0 | 4-148-1 |
| Average Per Return | 19.2 | 37.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-59-0 | 2-58-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 26:45 | 32:59 |
| 1st Quarter | 07:17 | 07:43 |
| 2nd Quarter | 05:35 | 09:25 |
| 3rd Quarter | 05:25 | 09:35 |
| 4th Quarter | 08:44 | 06:16 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-11 | 11-22 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 5-6 | 2-3 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Field goals | 1 | 1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-11 | 2-25 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 2-4 |
| Points off Turnover | 3 | 3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Brandon Radcliff | 10 | 45 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 |
| Lamar Jackson | 12 | 53 | 37 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1.3 |
| Jeremy Smith | 4 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2.8 |
| Totals | 26 | 112 | 42 | 70 | 2 | 15 | 2.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Lamar Jackson | 17-27-2 | 168 | 1 | 28 | 2 |
| Kyle Bolin | 10-18-0 | 157 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-45-2 | 325 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Micky Crum | 6 | 103 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Ja'Quay Savage | 7 | 79 | 1 | 28 | ||
| Jaylen Smith | 5 | 60 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Traveon Samuel | 6 | 55 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Charles Standberry | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Emonee Spence | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Brandon Radcliff | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 325 | 2 | 29 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Joshua Appleby | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 54 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 54 | 2 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Traveon Samuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chucky Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 59 |
| Jaire Alexander | 2 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corvin Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 96 | 25 | 1 | 59 | 59 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 02:51 | 36 | Good |
| 53 | Blocked | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| John Wallace | 6 | 379 | 63.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 379 | 63.2 | 2 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Traveon Samuel | 0 | 55 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Micky Crum | 0 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Ja'Quay Savage | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Jaylen Smith | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Chucky Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| Brandon Radcliff | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Jaire Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Charles Standberry | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Corvin Lamb | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Lamar Jackson | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jeremy Smith | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Emonee Spence | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Lamar Jackson 1-1, Jeremy Smith 1-1, Chucky Williams 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 55 | Keith Kelsey | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2.0-11 | 4.0-15 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | James Burgess | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Josh Harvey-Clemons | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Sheldon Rankins | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Chucky Williams | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Devonte Fields | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Zykiesis Cannon | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Brown (2) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Trumaine Washington | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Trevon Young | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | DeAngelo Brown | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Pio Vatuvei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Shaq Wiggins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jaire Alexander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | De'Eric Culver | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lamar Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Stacy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Drew Bailey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Daevonte Dawson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 65 | 30 | 95 | 2.0-11 | 6.0-21 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-59 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | 82 | Dontez Byrd |
| LT | 74 | Geron Christian |
| TE | 83 | Micky Crum |
| RT | 78 | Aaron Epps |
| C | 61 | Tobijah Hughley |
| QB | 8 | Lamar Jackson |
| RG | 75 | Skylar Lacy |
| RB | 23 | Brandon Radcliff |
| WR | 19 | Ja'Quay Savage |
| LG | 73 | Pedro Sibiea |
| WR | 87 | Jaylen Smith |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| OLB | Keith Brown (2) | |
| ILB | 13 | James Burgess |
| NT | 24 | Zykiesis Cannon |
| SAF | 25 | Josh Harvey-Clemons |
| ILB | 55 | Keith Kelsey |
| DE | 98 | Sheldon Rankins |
| DE | 44 | Pio Vatuvei |
| CB | 15 | Trumaine Washington |
| CB | 6 | Shaq Wiggins |
| SAF | 22 | Chucky Williams |
| OLB | 91 | Trevon Young |
4-Corvin Lamb, 9-Traveon Samuel, 10-Jaire Alexander, 14-Drew Bailey, 26-De'Eric Culver, 27-Jermaine Reve, 31-Darius Skinner, 32-Stacy Thomas, 34-Jeremy Smith, 40-Joshua Appleby, 42-Isaac Stewart, 45-John Wallace, 46-Lamar Atkins, 49-Colin Holba, 52-Nick Dawson-Brents, 56-Kiola Mahoni, 62-T.C. Klusman, 76-Kelby Johnson, 79-Kenny Thomas, 80-Charles Standberry, 81-Emonee Spence, 84-Gio Pascascio, 86-Devante Peete, 88-Javonte Bagley, 92-Devonte Fields, 93-Daevonte Dawson, 94-G.G. Robinson, 95-Kyle Shortridge, 97-DeAngelo Brown, Kyle Bolin