Orange Fall At Louisville

Saturday, November 13

Louisville, KY

12 PM

Syracuse University

5-5 , 2-4

Louisville

5-5 , 3-4

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Syracuse

Louisville

11/13/2021 2:45:00 PM | Football

Box Score Coach Babers Postgame Shrader Postgame Wax Postgame Highlights Notes

Syracuse (5-5, 2-4 ACC) was held without a touchdown for the first time this season while host Louisville (5-5, 3-4 ACC) found the end zone on each of its first four possession in an eventual, 41-3 victory, for the Cards on Saturday.

Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham completed 13-of-18 passes for 209 yards and four touchdowns and ran seven times for 19 yards and another touchdown to lead the Cardinals past 'Cuse.

Orange running back Sean Tucker surpassed 1,300 yards rushing on the season after carrying 19 times for 95 yards. Tucker passed Walter Reyes (1,347) on the Syracuse season rushing yards list and now trails only school record-holder Joe Morris (1,372). Tucker finished the afternoon with 1,362 yards on the campaign.

Cunningham got the Cards on the board first with a six-yard scamper into the end zone to cap the host's first possession.

Syracuse retaliated on its next drive, advancing 50 yards to the Louisville 25 before settling for a 43-yard field goal by Andre Szmyt. The 3-pointer was the 64th of Szmyt's career and extended his school standard.

Cunningham went right to work, engineering three consecutive drives that ended with touchdown passes. He connected with Tyrell Harrell for 33 yards, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce for six yards and with Jordan Watkins for 41 yards on scoring throws that upped the Cardinal advantage to 28-3 with 8:19 to go in the first half.

After the Orange and the Cardinals traded scoreless possessions, Cunningham threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Huggins-Bruce that put Louisville ahead 35-3 heading into the intermission.

Louisville padded its lead on the first drive of the second half. The Syracuse halted a Cardinal advance that reached the Orange 16 and James Turner kicked a 33-yard field goal.

Syracuse put together its longest march of the contest when it had its first chance of the second half. Quarterback Garrett Shrader had a 20 yard run and Tucker had back-to-back rushes of four and 10 yards that provided Syracuse with a first-and-goal from the Louisville nine. Shrader completed a six-yard pass to Devaughn Cooper and then kept for one yard. Facing third-and-two at the Cardinal two, Shrader tried back-to-back keepers that were thwarted.

Turner finished off the game scoring with a 27-yard field goal with 2:25 left in the contest.

Shrader completed 10-of-18 passes for 46 yards and ran 20 times for 43 yards. Cooper led the team with four receptions for 19 yards.

Syracuse's defense was led by linebacker Stefon Thomas and cornerback Garrett Williams, who each finished with five tackles.

Syracuse plays at NC State on Saturday, Nov. 20. The kickoff time will be announced after the conclusion of today's games around the country.