LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hosting Georgia Tech for their first ACC matchup of the season, the Louisville football program was able to overcome various miscues to secure a hard-fought victory, making plays in all three phases of the game to help give them a 31-19 win on Saturday at L&N Stadium.
Coming out of a bye week, the No. 19/20 Cardinals (3-0, 1-0 ACC) certainly looks far from perfect against the Yellow Jackets (3-2, 0-2 ACC). Louisville was out-gained 410-to-326 in terms of total yardage, committed seven penalties, and went 2-of-9 on third down.
However, Louisville countered these mistakes by scoring touchdowns on both offense, defense and special teams. Quarterback Tyler Shough went 13-of-19 for 269 yards, including a pair of touchdowns to wide receivers Ja’Corey Brooks and Chris Bell. Brooks finished with four catches for a career-high 125 yards, while Bell had two receptions for 82 yards…