Louisville 42, Eastern Kentucky 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 7, 2019
Where: Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky
Temperature:
76°
Head Official:
Jeff Heaser
Attendance:
48808
By Field Level Media
Jawon Pass threw for 196 yards and four touchdowns Saturday night as Louisville blanked FCS foe Eastern Kentucky 42-0, giving Cardinals coach Scott Satterfield his first win on the job.
Pass completed 12 of 19 passes with an interception as Louisville (1-1) pulled away with two third-quarter touchdowns. The Cardinals were playing their second game in six days, having opened their season on Monday night with a home loss to Notre Dame.
Javian Hawkins added 123 yards on 11 carries for Louisville, which outgained the Colonels 542-172 despite trailing in time of possession by almost six minutes.
Pass put his team on the board just 1:47 into the game. He shoveled a pass to Tutu Atwell, who zipped 50 untouched yards down the right sideline for a 7-0 lead. Atwell set up the Cardinals' next score with a 33-yard punt return that put them at the Eastern Kentucky 15.
Two plays later, Pass found Marshon Ford for a 5-yard scoring strike and a 14-0 advantage with 2:17 left in the first quarter.
Eastern Kentucky had a chance to make it game early in the second quarter, thanks to a 12-play drive. But on fourth-and-5 at the Louisville 25, quarterback Conor Blount was sacked for a 7-yard loss by Jared Goldwire to quash the threat.
The Cardinals ran off and hid in the third quarter. Hawkins ripped off a 66-yard run to the 5 on the quarter's first snap, and Pass hit Ford for their second 5-yard touchdown of the game on the next play. Louisville made it 28-0 with 3:58 left in the period on Pass' 5-yard scoring toss to Dez Fitzpatrick, capping a 93-yard drive that lasted nearly seven minutes.
Hassan Hall and backup quarterback Malik Cunningham tacked on touchdown runs of 1 and 38 yards, respectively, in the fourth quarter.
The Colonels used two quarterbacks, but neither could consistently move the team. Blount was 6 of 12 for 43 yards, while Parker McKinney completed 3 of 4 passes for minus-1 yard. Daryl McCleskey Jr. led the way on the ground with 78 yards on 22 carries.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Eastern Kentucky |
|
Louisville |
|
Daryl McCleskey Jr. |
Player |
Javian Hawkins
|
|
22 |
Attempts |
11 |
|
78 |
Yards |
123 |
|
3.6 |
Avg Yards |
11.2 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
| Eastern Kentucky |
|
Louisville |
|
Adam Valiga |
Player |
Justin Marshall
|
|
2 |
Receptions |
2 |
|
12 |
Yards |
59 |
|
6.0 |
Avg Yards |
29.5 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Eastern Kentucky |
172 |
130 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Louisville
|
542 |
322 |
220 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
0 |
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