Louisville Buries Villanova 59-13 Behind Kienholz's Four Touchdowns
635 yards of offense and zero turnovers. That is how Louisville got to 59-13 over Villanova, and it is about as clean as a box score gets.
It was tied exactly once, at 3-3 after a pair of first-quarter field goals, and then Lincoln Kienholz took over. A 19-yard run made it 10-3, and a 69-yard touchdown pass to Jaleel Skinner with 14 seconds left in the quarter made it 17-3. Villanova did answer early in the second, a 65-yard pass from Pat McQuaide to Ja'briel Mace, but Kienholz hit Lawayne McCoy from 61 yards less than ninety seconds later and the margin was back to 14. A 4-yard Kienholz run with 1:53 left in the half made it 31-10. Louisville led 45-13 going into the fourth quarter.
The Cardinals threw for 375 yards and ran for 260 on 38 carries, which is a lot of yards per carry for anyone who is counting (6.8, if you are). Tre Richardson led the receivers with seven catches for 98 yards. Villanova's other points were two Dominic LeBlanc field goals, from 35 and 29 yards, so the offense had exactly one touchdown to show for the day.
The second half was mostly cleanup. Braxton Jennings ran in a 15-yarder and caught a 2-yard touchdown from Davin Wydner, and Marquise Davis closed it with a 3-yard and a 4-yard run. Louisville moves to 1-1 and Villanova drops to 0-1.
For fantasy, this was a Kienholz game and a long list of leftovers. If you owned anyone in a Louisville uniform, you had a good night.