Louisville Rolls Georgia Tech 44-17 Behind a Big First Half
Louisville led 27-10 at halftime, and from there Georgia Tech needed a miracle that never came. The Cardinals beat the Yellow Jackets 44-17 and never trailed.
The game was tied exactly once, at 3-3 after Aidan Birr's field goal in the first quarter. Then Louisville went on a roll: Lincoln Kienholz found Tre Richardson from 8 yards, then found TreyShun Hurry from 4 yards, and Richardson broke off a 52-yard touchdown run to make it 24-3. A Carson Hilbert field goal with 56 seconds left in the half made it 27-3, and Georgia Tech then answered before the break. Georgia Tech got a 10-yard touchdown pass from Alberto Mendoza to Isaiah Fuhrmann with 10 seconds left before the break and went into the locker room down 17.
The second half was more of the same. Hilbert kicked another field goal, Isaac Brown ran 11 yards for a touchdown, and it was 37-10 by the 5:42 mark of the third quarter. Georgia Tech added a touchdown pass from Grady Adamson to Chris Corbo with 4:15 to go (a second quarterback throwing a second touchdown), and Braxton Jennings answered with a 2-yard run to close it out.
Louisville rushed 35 times for 252 yards, threw for 205 and finished with 457 total yards and 4 sacks. The Cardinals did lose a fumble. Georgia Tech threw for 241 yards but ran for just 109 and threw an interception. The result moves Louisville to 6-3 and drops Georgia Tech to 2-7.
For fantasy, three Louisville players took the top three spots. Kienholz scored 27.4, Richardson 26.4 on a touchdown run and a touchdown catch, and Hurry 24.4. It was Hurry's best fantasy game of the year.