Game notes: Stanford at Louisville
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The matchup
- Stanford (3–4, 1–3 in conference) at Louisville (4–3, 3–2 in conference), Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their second meeting; Stanford leads the series 1–0.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 16, 2024: Stanford 38, Louisville 35.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
Stanford
- Stanford is 3–4 (1–3 in conference games), 0–2 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 37–27 vs. Hawai’i; L 6–45 vs. No. 7 Miami; L 7–35 at Duke; W 34–27 vs. Georgia Tech; L 3–57 at Wake Forest; L 7–58 at No. 3 Notre Dame; W 34–7 vs. Elon.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Stanford is No. 101 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Tavita Pritchard is 3–4 in his first season at Stanford.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Tavita Pritchard faces Louisville as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Davis Warren (QB): 1,630 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Micah Ford (RB): 529 rushing yards, 8 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jaivion Green (S): 42 tackles, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 1998, Stanford lost to No. 2 UCLA 28–24.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Louisville
- Louisville is 4–3 (3–2 in conference games), 1–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 38–41 vs. No. 9 Ole Miss; W 59–13 vs. Villanova; W 41–31 vs. No. 16 SMU; L 27–30 vs. Wake Forest; L 28–31 at NC State; W 44–20 vs. Florida State; W 34–26 at Syracuse.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Louisville is No. 23 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jeff Brohm is two wins from 100 as a head coach (98 so far).resultsA sitting FBS head coach within two wins of a multiple of 50 career wins, counting the head-coaching seasons on file.
- Jeff Brohm is 32–15 in his fourth season at Louisville and 98–59 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jeff Brohm is 0–1 against Stanford.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Lincoln Kienholz (QB): 1,844 passing yards, 10 TD, No. 7 in FBS in rushing touchdowns.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Isaac Brown (RB): 568 rushing yards, 4 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- T.J. Capers (LB): 53 tackles, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Isaac Brown needs 99 yards to pass Howard Stevens (2,723, 1971–72) for sixth on Louisville’s career rushing yards list. He has 2,625 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Isaac Brown needs 3 rushing touchdowns to pass Ken Porco (24, 1957–59) for 10th on Louisville’s career rushing touchdowns list. He has 22 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2020, Louisville lost to Virginia Tech 42–35.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- It is the first meeting of Tavita Pritchard and Jeff Brohm as head coaches.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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