Sept. 1, 2016 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 53,127
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 28 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 70 |
| Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:03 | Lamar Jackson 36-yard rush (Evan O'Hara kick), 6-75, 02:57 |
| 1st | 06:49 | Reggie Bonnafon 13-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Evan O'Hara kick), 5-80, 01:36 |
| 1st | 03:47 | Jeremy Smith 24-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Evan O'Hara kick), 2-39, 00:58 |
| 1st | 00:00 | Lamar Jackson 1-yard rush (Evan O'Hara kick), 5-35, 01:51 |
| 2nd | 12:05 | Brandon Radcliff 16-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Evan O'Hara kick), 2-60, 00:37 |
| 2nd | 06:27 | L.J. Scott 20-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Evan O'Hara kick), 5-65, 01:49 |
| 2nd | 02:59 | James Quick 32-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Evan O'Hara kick), 3-63, 01:21 |
| 2nd | 00:05 | Cole Hikutini 1-yard pass from Lamar Jackson (Evan O'Hara kick), 8-66, 01:26 |
| 3rd | 04:43 | Traveon Samuel 18-yard pass from Kyle Bolin (Evan O'Hara kick), 8-64, 03:53 |
| 4th | 10:16 | Seth Dawkins 13-yard pass from Kyle Bolin (Blanton Creque kick), 10-75, 05:16 |
| Louisville | Charlotte | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 38 | 12 |
| Rushing | 14 | 4 |
| Passing | 20 | 6 |
| Penalty | 4 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 272 | 48 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 31 |
| Average Per Rush | 7.8 | 1.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 282 | 86 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 10 | 38 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 391 | 160 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 26-35-1 | 18-32-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 11.2 | 5.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.0 | 8.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 8 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 663 | 208 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 63 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 9.5 | 3.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-49 | 13-118 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-75 | 11-424 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.5 | 38.5 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 37.5 | 35.2 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 2 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 2 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 3 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 11-666 | 3-176 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 60.5 | 58.7 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 41.1 | 37.0 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3--3-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | -1.0 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-65-0 | 10-189-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.7 | 18.9 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-5-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-1 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 29:54 | 27:22 |
| 1st Quarter | 08:43 | 06:17 |
| 2nd Quarter | 05:13 | 09:47 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:03 | 08:57 |
| 4th Quarter | 09:55 | 02:21 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-7 | 0-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 7-7 | 0-0 |
| Touchdowns | 7 | 0 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 4-35 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 10-10 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Points off Turnover | 7 | 14 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Lamar Jackson | 11 | 127 | 8 | 119 | 2 | 36 | 10.8 |
| Malik Williams | 7 | 50 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 6.9 |
| Malin Jones | 7 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 4.3 |
| Brandon Radcliff | 3 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 7.3 |
| L.J. Scott | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| Trey Smith | 4 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 4.2 |
| Jeremy Smith | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| Ethan Horton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Totals | 35 | 282 | 10 | 272 | 2 | 36 | 7.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Lamar Jackson | 17-23-0 | 286 | 6 | 44 | 0 |
| Kyle Bolin | 9-12-1 | 105 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-35-1 | 391 | 8 | 44 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Jamari Staples | 4 | 83 | 0 | 44 | ||
| Jaylen Smith | 2 | 33 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Reggie Bonnafon | 2 | 33 | 1 | 20 | ||
| James Quick | 1 | 32 | 1 | 32 | ||
| L.J. Scott | 2 | 26 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Cole Hikutini | 2 | 25 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Traveon Samuel | 2 | 25 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Jeremy Smith | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Javonte Bagley | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Malin Jones | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Brandon Radcliff | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Charles Standberry | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Devante Peete | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Seth Dawkins | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Malik Williams | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Micky Crum | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 391 | 8 | 44 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mason King | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Seth Dawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaire Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khane Pass | 2 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | -3 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Anthony George | 5 | 321 | 64.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Blanton Creque | 3 | 192 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan O'Hara | 3 | 153 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 666 | 60.5 | 1 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Lamar Jackson | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| Jamari Staples | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Seth Dawkins | 0 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Malik Williams | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Malin Jones | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| L.J. Scott | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Jeremy Smith | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Brandon Radcliff | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Jaylen Smith | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Reggie Bonnafon | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| James Quick | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Cole Hikutini | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Traveon Samuel | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Javonte Bagley | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Trey Smith | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Charles Standberry | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Devante Peete | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Micky Crum | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ethan Horton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Khane Pass | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | -3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ethan Horton 1-1, Lamar Jackson 1-0, Khane Pass 1-1 Charlotte – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 32 | Stacy Thomas | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Keith Kelsey | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Chris Williams | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0-6 | 1.5-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jaire Alexander | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Zykiesis Cannon | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Devonte Fields | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.0-12 | 1.0-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jonathan Greenard | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.0-6 | 1.5-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Josh Harvey-Clemons | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | James Hearns | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-11 | 1.0-11 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ronald Walker | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Khane Pass | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Chucky Williams | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Devante Peete | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | De'Asian Richardson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Isaac Stewart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Drew Bailey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dee Smith (2) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Lamar Atkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | London Iakopo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Gio Pascascio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Charles Standberry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Trumaine Washington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Shaq Wiggins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Henry Famurewa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 30 | 74 | 4.0-35 | 7.0-39 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | 7 | Reggie Bonnafon |
| LT | 74 | Geron Christian |
| C | 61 | Tobijah Hughley |
| LG | 50 | Khalil Hunter |
| QB | 8 | Lamar Jackson |
| RG | 56 | Kiola Mahoni |
| RT | 72 | Lukayus McNeil |
| WR | 17 | James Quick |
| RB | 23 | Brandon Radcliff |
| HB | 80 | Charles Standberry |
| WR | 2 | Jamari Staples |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| S | 11 | Dee Smith (2) |
| CB | 10 | Jaire Alexander |
| DT | 97 | DeAngelo Brown |
| ILB | 24 | Zykiesis Cannon |
| OLB | 92 | Devonte Fields |
| ILB | 25 | Josh Harvey-Clemons |
| OLB | 99 | James Hearns |
| ILB | 55 | Keith Kelsey |
| DE | 90 | De'Asian Richardson |
| CB | 15 | Trumaine Washington |
| CB | 22 | Chucky Williams |
1-Traveon Samuel, 5-Seth Dawkins, 6-Shaq Wiggins, 9-Jaylen Smith, 12-Trey Smith, 14-Drew Bailey, 18-Cole Hikutini, 20-Ronald Walker, 21-London Iakopo, 27-L.J. Scott, 28-Mason King, 29-Malik Williams, 30-Khane Pass, 31-Malik Staples, 32-Stacy Thomas, 33-Malin Jones, 34-Jeremy Smith, 35-Anthony George, 36-Evan O'Hara, 42-Isaac Stewart, 43-Damien Smith, 44-Chris Williams, 46-Lamar Atkins, 49-Colin Holba, 53-Amonte Caban, 58-Jonathan Greenard, 60-Tyler Haycraft, 63-Nathan Scheler, 68-Danny Burns, 70-Toriano Roundtree, 71-Chandler Jones, 77-Linwood Foy, 79-Kenny Thomas, 83-Micky Crum, 84-Gio Pascascio, 86-Devante Peete, 88-Javonte Bagley, 89-Keith Towbridge, 94-G.G. Robinson, 95-Kyle Shortridge, 96-Henry Famurewa, Kyle Bolin, Alphonso Carter, Blanton Creque, Ethan Horton