#17 Louisville Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	366	4,584	827	5.5	1,465	434	3.4	3,119	393	7.9	231	87	135	135	105	905
Team Rank		27th	41st	39th	45th	78th	64th	93rd	19th	34th	26th	49th	70th	19th	19th	113th	111th
Opponent	12	213	4,063		4.8	1,671	466	3.6	2,392	378	6.3	221	89	101	101	69	542
Opponent Rank		21st	54th		33rd	61st	78th	45th	57th	85th	29th	61st	48th	46th	46th	93rd	104th
Net		+153	+521	+827	+0.7	-206	-32	-0.2	+727	+15	+1.6	+10	-2	+34	+34	+36	+363
Net Rank		12th	39th	39th	35th	74th	70th	64th	18th	53rd	23rd	54th	61st	15th	15th	116th	118th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Dave Ragone D. Ragone	13	250	411	60.8	31.6	3,284	8.0	252.6	26	8	144.9	6.3	1.9
Stefan Lefors S. Lefors	5	3	9	33.3	1.8	63	7.0	12.6	0	0	92.1	0.0	0.0
Deion Branch D. Branch	12	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tony Stallings T. Stallings	13	140	10.8	524	3.7	40.3	5	154	608
T.J. Patterson	10	139	13.9	621	4.5	62.1	7	148	690
Dave Ragone D. Ragone	13	97	7.5	70	0.7	5.4	3	97	76
Henry Miller H. Miller	8	41	5.1	222	5.4	27.8	4
Lionel Gates L. Gates	3	30	10.0	87	2.9	29.0	1	31	88
Deion Branch D. Branch	12	6	0.5	24	4.0	2.0	0	84	1,300
Stefan Lefors S. Lefors	5	4	0.8	18	4.5	3.6	0
Zek Parker Z. Parker	13	3	0.2	-6	-2.0	-0.5	0	62	783

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Deion Branch D. Branch	12	78	6.5	1,276	16.4	106.3	10	84	1,300
Zek Parker Z. Parker	13	59	4.5	789	13.4	60.7	3	62	783
Ronnie Ghent R. Ghent	11	38	3.5	392	10.3	35.6	6
Damien Dorsey D. Dorsey	8	19	2.4	326	17.2	40.8	0
J.R. Russell	6	14	2.3	151	10.8	25.2	2
Tony Stallings T. Stallings	13	14	1.1	84	6.0	6.5	1	154	608
T.J. Patterson	10	9	0.9	69	7.7	6.9	0	148	690
Antoine Harris A. Harris	4	7	1.8	88	12.6	22.0	0
Tiger Jones T. Jones	4	6	1.5	61	10.2	15.3	0
Richard Owens R. Owens	3	3	1.0	58	19.3	19.3	2
Victor Glenn V. Glenn	2	2	1.0	31	15.5	15.5	0
Chip Mattingly C. Mattingly	2	2	1.0	2	1.0	1.0	2
Tone' Slatter T. Slatter	1	1	1.0	13	13.0	13.0	0
Lionel Gates L. Gates	3	1	0.3	1	1.0	0.3	0	31	88
Dave Ragone D. Ragone	13	0	0.0	6		0.5	0	97	76

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Anthony Floyd A. Floyd	8	5	72	14.4
Curry Burns C. Burns	4	5	59	11.8
Ronnie Gallishaw R. Gallishaw	5	5	51	10.2
Michael Brown M. Brown	5	1	0	0
Chris Johnson C. Johnson	1	1	0	0
Bobby Leffew B. Leffew	1	1	0	0
Josh Minkins J. Minkins	1	1	0	0
Kerry Rhodes K. Rhodes	1	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS
Nate Smith N. Smith	13			0	13	43			78
Deion Branch D. Branch	12	0	10	10					62
T.J. Patterson	10	7	0	7					42
Tony Stallings T. Stallings	13	5	1	6					36
Ronnie Ghent R. Ghent	11		6	5					30
Zek Parker Z. Parker	13	0	3	4					24
Dave Ragone D. Ragone	13	3	0	3					22
Henry Miller H. Miller	8	4		3					18
Richard Owens R. Owens	3		2	2			0	0	12
J.R. Russell	6		2	2			0	0	12
Michael Brown M. Brown	5			1			0	0	6
Anthony Floyd A. Floyd	8			1					6
Lionel Gates L. Gates	3	1	0	1			0	0	6
Chip Mattingly C. Mattingly	2		2	1					6
Justin Thomas J. Thomas	1			1			0	0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Zek Parker Z. Parker	13	23	579	25.2	1	10	101	10.1	0
Anthony Floyd A. Floyd	8					15	201	13.4	1
Deion Branch D. Branch	12					12	115	9.6	1
Michael Brown M. Brown	5	4	76	19.0	0
Ray Childs R. Childs	1	1	13	13.0	0
Jonathon Jackerson J. Jackerson	1	1	13	13.0	0
Damien Dorsey D. Dorsey	8					1	9	9.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Nate Smith N. Smith	13	13	18	72.2						43	44	97.7	82

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Wade Tydlacka W. Tydlacka	13	69	2,778	40.3
	Nate Smith N. Smith	13	1	45	45.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Alabama	1	1.000
2	Arkansas	1	1.000
3	Auburn	1	1.000
4	Florida	1	1.000
5	Georgia	1	1.000
6	Kentucky	1	1.000
7	LSU	1	1.000
8	Mississippi State	1	1.000
9	Missouri	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	South Carolina	1	1.000
12	Tennessee	1	1.000
13	Texas	1	1.000
14	Texas A&M	1	1.000
15	Vanderbilt	1	1.000
16	Ole Miss	1	1.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Washington State	0	1	.000
4	Boise State	0	1	.000
5	Fresno State	0	1	.000
6	Oregon State	0	1	.000
7	Texas State	0	1	.000
8	Utah State	0	1	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	UConn	1	0	1.000
2	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	Virginia	1	0	1.000
3	Duke	1	0	1.000
4	Florida State	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Louisville	0	1	.000
11	SMU	0	0
12	Boston College	0	1	.000
13	California	0	1	.000
14	Clemson	0	1	.000
15	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000