Intriguing one in Louisville tonight in ACC Football Friday night primetime action, with the Cardinals (2-3, 1-2 ACC) hosting Florida State (3-2, 1-1 ACC).
Remember how Louisville was ranked for the first four weeks of the season? And now they’re underwater.
FSU, for its part, played so bad early on that the school fired the AD, to get ready to fire the coach, and now they’re 3-2.
Florida State at Louisville | 7 p.m. ET
Series: Florida State leads series, 18-6
Last meeting: Florida State, 16-6 (2023 ACC Championship Game)
TV: ESPN
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Game Notes
- Florida State enters Friday following a 38-7 win over Virginia, piling up 464 yards of offense while limiting the Cavaliers to just 205 total yards.
- FSU quarterback Ashton Daniels rushed for a school-record five touchdowns against Virginia, matching the ACC single-game record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. He finished with 183 passing yards and a career-high 136 rushing yards.
- Daniels enters Week 6 ranked third nationally with nine rushing touchdowns. His 81-yard touchdown run against Virginia was the second-longest rush by a quarterback in Florida State history.
- Florida State recorded 10 sacks against Virginia, its most in a game since 1989, while holding the Cavaliers to just 37 rushing yards on 40 attempts.
- Louisville’s three losses have each come by exactly three points, including last week’s 31-28 setback at NC State. The Cardinals have outscored their opponents overall despite entering Friday at 2-3.
- Louisville averages 198.6 rushing yards per game, while Florida State is right behind at 194.0 yards per contest, giving Friday’s matchup two of the ACC’s more productive rushing attacks.
- The Cardinals enter Friday averaging 486.0 yards and 38.6 points per game, including 287.4 passing yards and 198.6 rushing yards per contest.
- Louisville quarterback Lincoln Kienholz has thrown for 1,394 yards with nine touchdowns against just one interception through five games while completing 69.1 percent of his passes.