Nov. 13, 2021 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 43,797
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 41 |
| Syracuse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:13 | Malik Cunningham 6-yard rush (James Turner kick), 5-77, 02:14 |
| 1st | 01:34 | Tyler Harrell (2) 33-yard pass from Malik Cunningham (James Turner kick), 9-75, 03:55 |
| 2nd | 13:35 | Ahmari Huggins-Bruce 6-yard pass from Malik Cunningham (James Turner kick), 3-33, 01:16 |
| 2nd | 08:19 | Jordan Watkins 41-yard pass from Malik Cunningham (James Turner kick), 5-69, 03:02 |
| 2nd | 00:25 | Ahmari Huggins-Bruce 17-yard pass from Malik Cunningham (James Turner kick), 6-45, 02:56 |
| 3rd | 10:54 | James Turner 33-yard field goal, 8-56, 03:56 |
| 4th | 02:25 | James Turner 27-yard field goal, 11-40, 05:51 |
| Louisville | Syracuse | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 13 |
| Rushing | 8 | 10 |
| Passing | 7 | 1 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 163 | 138 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 39 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.1 | 3.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 179 | 188 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 16 | 50 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 219 | 46 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 15-22-0 | 10-18-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.0 | 2.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.6 | 4.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 382 | 184 |
| Total offense plays | 54 | 57 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.1 | 3.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-25 | 8-52 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-104 | 6-178 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 34.7 | 29.7 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 29.7 | 25.3 |
| Inside 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 2 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 8-458 | 2-123 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 57.2 | 61.5 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 39.5 | 37.5 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 3 | 0 |
| Fair Catch Yards | 15 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-26-0 | 1-15-0 |
| Average Per Return | 26.0 | 15.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-48-0 | 4-67-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.0 | 16.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-3-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 29:26 | 30:12 |
| 1st Quarter | 06:17 | 08:43 |
| 2nd Quarter | 09:04 | 05:56 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:05 | 08:45 |
| 4th Quarter | 08:12 | 06:48 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-11 | 3-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 5-5 | 0-1 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Field goals | 2 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-40 | 1-5 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Points off Turnover | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Jalen Mitchell | 15 | 111 | 9 | 102 | 0 | 39 | 6.8 |
| Jawhar Jordan | 4 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 5.2 |
| Malik Cunningham | 7 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2.7 |
| Trevion Cooley | 4 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2.8 |
| Maurice Burkley | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Totals | 32 | 179 | 16 | 163 | 1 | 39 | 5.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Malik Cunningham | 13-18-0 | 209 | 4 | 41 | 1 |
| Evan Conley | 2-4-0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-22-0 | 219 | 4 | 41 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Jordan Watkins | 2 | 73 | 1 | 41 | ||
| Tyler Harrell (2) | 3 | 59 | 1 | 33 | ||
| Ahmari Huggins-Bruce | 6 | 54 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Marshon Ford | 2 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Trevion Cooley | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 219 | 4 | 41 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Vassett | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 41 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 41 | 2 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Tyler Harrell (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Watkins | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 10:54 | 33 | Good |
| 4th | 02:25 | 27 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Brock Travelstead | 8 | 458 | 57.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 458 | 57.3 | 3 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Tyler Harrell (2) | 0 | 59 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Jalen Mitchell | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| Jordan Watkins | 0 | 73 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 99 |
| Ahmari Huggins-Bruce | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Marshon Ford | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Trevion Cooley | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Jawhar Jordan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Malik Cunningham | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Maurice Burkley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Syracuse – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 27 | Kenderick Duncan | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.5-3 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Yasir Abdullah | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2.0-27 | 2.5-28 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | C.J. Avery | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Qwynnterrio Cole | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Dorian Jones | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Marvin Dallas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 | Ashton Gillotte | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Chandler Jones (2) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tabarius Peterson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.5-4 | 0.5-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Benjamin Perry | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Jared Dawson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jack Fagot | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nick Okeke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Zay Peterson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Derek Dorsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Duane Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Mason Reiger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greedy Vance | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaylin Alderman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Ja'Darien Boykin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | K.J. Cloyd | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YaYa Diaby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ramon Puryear | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5-2 | 0.5-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Jack Reiger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Allen Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5-3 | 0.5-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 30 | 68 | 5.0-40 | 8.0-45 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| OL | 66 | Cole Bentley |
| OL | 74 | Adonis Boone |
| OL | 56 | Renato Brown |
| OL | 55 | Caleb Chandler |
| QB | 3 | Malik Cunningham |
| TE | 83 | Marshon Ford |
| WR | 18 | Justin Marshall |
| TE | 84 | Dez Melton |
| RB | 15 | Jalen Mitchell |
| OL | 70 | Trevor Reid |
| WR | 1 | Jordan Watkins |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| DB | 2 | Chandler Jones (2) |
| LB | 22 | Yasir Abdullah |
| LB | 9 | C.J. Avery |
| DL | 92 | Malik Clark |
| DB | 12 | Qwynnterrio Cole |
| DL | YaYa Diaby | |
| LB | 27 | Kenderick Duncan |
| DB | 38 | Jack Fagot |
| LB | 44 | Dorian Jones |
| DL | 29 | Tabarius Peterson |
| CB | Greedy Vance | |
5-Shai Werts, 6-Evan Conley, 8-Tyler Harrell (2), 10-Benjamin Perry, 11-Nick Okeke, 14-Marvin Dallas, 20-Victoine Brown, 23-K.J. Cloyd, 24-Mitch Hall, 25-Josh Minkins (2), 26-Kani Walker, 28-Trey Franklin, 31-Zach Edwards, 32-James Turner, 35-Zay Peterson, 36-Maurice Burkley, 40-Brock Travelstead, 41-Isaac Martin, 42-Allen Smith, 43-Jack Reiger, 45-Duane Martin, 49-Mark Vassett, 54-Caleb Banks, 57-Dayna Kinnaird, 61-Bryan Hudson, 67-Luke Kandra, 68-Michael Gonzalez, 86-Elijah Downing, 90-Jacquies Turner, 91-Derek Dorsey, 93-Jared Dawson, 95-Mason Reiger, 96-R.J. Sorensen, 97-Ashton Gillotte, 98-Ja'Darien Boykin, Jaylin Alderman, Henry Bryant, Trevion Cooley, Brady Hodges, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce, Josh Johnson, Jawhar Jordan, Ramon Puryear, Francis Sherman