CardinalSports.com - Post-Game Report: Louisville football notes

November 14, 2009

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The Cards waited until the final two minutes of the game, but managed to squeeze out a victory over the Orange on Saturday, beating Syracuse 10-9. The game improves Louisville to 4-6 on the season and snapped an ugly nine-game Big East losing streak. Louisville managed just 151 yards of total offense, but was fueled by several big returns from Trent Guy and a late game-winning touchdown pass by Josh Chichester.

LB Chris Campa produced a career-best 15 tackles (13 solo, 2 assists), including a career-high two sacks for a loss of 21 yards and a forced fumble. Campa's previous top tackling effort was 12 stops againts Utah earlier this season. He has five sacks this year, matching DE William Savoy -- who had one sack today -- and LB Jon Dempsey for the team lead.

K Chris Philpott has made four straight field goals over the past two games, including a 31-yard boot in the third quarter which tied the score at 3-3.

U of L produced its second-best defensive effort of the season, limiting the Orange to 266 273 yards in total offense.

LB Jon Dempsey, who leads the Cardinals with 87 tackles this season, totaled 11 tackles today (8 solo, 3 assisted). It was his sixth double-digit tackle effort of the season.

FS Richard Raglin, produced a career-high nine tackles -- all solo stops -- and added a tackle for loss and a forced fumble.

CB Andrew Robinson, the converted wide receiver who entered the game with nine tackles on the season, made a game-saving interception with a minute remaining in the game, the first interception of his career.

WR Doug Beaumont caught a pass in 22nd straight game today, one of nine completions for the Cardinals.

After coming off two knee surgeries, DE Zach Kiernan made his collegiate debut today versus Syracuse.

WR Doug Beaumont and LB Jon Dempsey made their team-leading 22nd consecutive starts.

RB Darius Ashley made his second straight start at running back, while QB Adam Froman returned as the starter after missing a pair of games.

DT Tyler Jessen recorded his first career sack today in his 20th career contest with the Cardinals.

Louisville was limited below 200 yards in total offense (151) for the first time since the Cardinals gained 176 yards against Cincinnati in a 24-14 loss on Nov. 7, 2002.

The victory improved the Cardinals to 4-1 at home this season and 12-7 under head coach Steve Kragthorpe.

Louisville gained just its second victory when scoring fewer than 24 points under Coach Steve Kragthorpe (2-13).

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