Recap: Louisville 56, Syracuse 10

Saturday, November 18

Louisville, KY

3:30 pm

Syracuse University

4-7 , 2-5

Louisville

7-4 , 4-4

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Syracuse

Louisville

Photo by: Charles Wainwright

11/18/2017 7:53:00 PM | Football

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Behind by a big day from reigning Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson, Louisville (7-4, 4-4 ACC) downed Syracuse (4-7, 2-5 ACC) by the score of 56-10 Saturday, Nov. 18 on a rainy afternoon at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.

The Cardinals finished with 727 yards of offense, including 381 by Jackson who 14-of-26 passing for 270 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 111 yards on 12 carries and scored twice on the ground. Malik Williams led the Louisville rushing attack with 180 yards and two touchdowns.

For Syracuse, sophomore Moe Neal finished with a career-high 98 yards rushing on 19 carries. Classmate Devin Butler was Syracuse's top receiver with five receptions for 63 yards. The Orange's only touchdown came late in the fourth quarter on an 8-yard run by senior Ervin Philips.

HOW IT WAS DECIDED
Ahead 7-3 after the first quarter, Louisville got touchdown runs of 43 yards by Jackson and 33 yards by Reggie Bonnafon to go up 21-3 early in the second quarter before the game was halted due to lightning in the area.

After a 43-minute delay, play resumed and Jackson picked up where he left off. The junior signal-caller connected with Jaylen Smith for a 72-yard touchdown, and Bonnafon for a 34-yard score, to give the Cardinals a commanding 35-3 lead at the half.

BABERS' TAKE
"Well, obviously that's a fantastic football team," Orange head coach Dino Babers said. "What they did to us, they put a whooping on us really bad. Hats off to Coach (Bobby) Petrino, Lamar (Jackson), that defense, what they were able to do to us, it was an outstanding effort by them and we need to do a lot better than what we did and we will."

OF NOTE
Philips became just the eighth player in Syracuse history with 2,000 career receiving yards. He caught two passes for 13 yards Saturday and now has 215 receptions for 2,004 yards in his Orange tenure.

Zaire Franklin eclipsed the 300-tackle mark for his career by making four stops, including half a sack, against the Cardinals. The Orange captain now has 303 tackles. Franklin is the first 'Cuse player to achieve that milestone since Kelvin Smith tallied 325 tackles from 2003-06.

Cole Murphy continued his strong senior season, connecting on a 51-yard field goal in the first quarter. It was Murphy's fifth field goal of 50 yards or more. Dave Jacobs (1975-78) holds the Syracuse career record for with seven field goals of 50+ yards.

Senior wideout Steve Ishmael had two catches for 29 yards against Louisville to bring his 2017 reception total to 94, tying the program single-season catch record set last season by Amba Etta-Tawo.

Orange quarterback Eric Dungey missed his second game in a row due to injury. Senior Zack Mahoney started in his place and was 5- for-15 passing for 49 yards and two interceptions. Mahoney was relieved by redshirt freshman Rex Culpepper late in the first half. Culpepper played the remainder of the game and went 8-of-19 through the air for 89 yards and two interceptions in the first extended action of his career. He was also Syracuse's second-leading rusher with 47 yards.

UP NEXT
Syracuse concludes the regular season at the Carrier Dome Saturday, Nov. 25 against Boston College. Kickoff is set for 12:20 p.m. on the ACC Network. Tickets to watch the Orange and Eagles start at $30 and available online (Cuse.com/tickets), by phone (888-DOME-TIX) and at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B).

Prior to the start of the game, the Orange football program will honor the members of its 2017 senior class. It's also Band Day, with many of the area's outstanding high school bands scheduled to perform.

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