Louisville 28, NC State 31 · Box Score

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Final · Week 5 · Sat, Oct 3, 2026

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LOU	0	7	14	7	28
NCSU	3	10	15	3	31

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Team stats

LOU		NCSU
22	First downs	26
485	Total yards	493
254	Passing yards	373
21-30	Comp-Att	25-41
8.5	Yards per pass	9.1
231	Rushing yards	120
25	Rushes	43
9.2	Yards per rush	2.8
4-9	3rd down	9-17
0-1	4th down	1-1
3-40	Penalties-yards	7-64
3	Turnovers	1
3	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	1
22:40	Time of possession	37:20
2	Sacks	3
3	Tackles for loss	5
3	QB hurries	2
6	Passes defended	6
0	Defensive TDs	0
120	Kick return yards	—
—	Punt return yards	7
2	Passing TDs	2
2	Rushing TDs	1
4	Kicking points	11

Advanced stats

LOU		NCSU
+0.23	EPA per play	+0.26
48%	Success rate	40%
1.50	Explosiveness	1.42
+0.04	Rushing EPA per play	-0.15
50%	Rushing success rate	27%
+0.36	Passing EPA per play	+0.68
47%	Passing success rate	52%
54%	Standard downs success	34%
35%	Passing downs success	49%
3.24	Line yards per rush	2.67
2.18	Second-level yards	0.68
6.82	Open-field yards	0.05
27%	Stuff rate	10%
25%	Power success	100%
12%	Havoc caused	26%
6	Scoring chances	8
4.67	Points per chance	3.88
Own 26	Avg. starting field position	Own 25
10	Explosive plays	6
17%	Postgame win expectancy	83%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q17:34
NC StateFG
(07:37) #94 K.Vinesett field goal attempt from 46 yards GOOD (H: #96 J.Waller, LS: #92 A.Arias), clock 07:34
Drive: 12 plays, 52 yds
0-3
Q214:20
NC StateTD
(14:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 C.Bailey pass complete short middle to #8 K.Jackson caught at LOU00, for 19 yards to the LOU00 QB hurried by #23 B.Perry TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:20, 1ST DOWN #94 K.Vinesett kick attempt good (H: #96 J.Waller, LS: #92 A.Arias)
Drive: 14 plays, 79 yds
0-10
Q25:51
LouisvilleTD
(05:56) Shotgun #3 L.Kienholz pass complete deep right to #7 L.McCoy caught at NCSU05, for 33 yards to the NCSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:51, 1ST DOWN #35 C.Hilbert kick attempt good (H: #17 R.Zimmerman, LS: #51 H.Travelstead)
Drive: 3 plays, 49 yds
7-10
Q21:42
NC StateFG
(01:45) #94 K.Vinesett field goal attempt from 29 yards GOOD (H: #96 J.Waller, LS: #92 A.Arias), clock 01:42
Drive: 9 plays, 63 yds
7-13
Q311:03
NC StateTD
(11:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 C.Bailey pass complete deep middle to #13 T.Warren caught at LOU00, for 34 yards to the LOU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:03, 1ST DOWN #94 K.Vinesett kick attempt good (H: #96 J.Waller, LS: #92 A.Arias)
Drive: 9 plays, 75 yds
7-20
Q38:05
LouisvilleTD
(08:16) Shotgun #3 L.Kienholz pass complete short right to #0 T.Richardson caught at NCSU35, for 38 yards to the NCSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:05, 1ST DOWN #35 C.Hilbert kick attempt good (H: #17 R.Zimmerman, LS: #51 H.Travelstead)
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yds
14-20
Q33:50
NC StateTD
(03:54) Shotgun #10 W.Wilson rush middle for 1 yard gain to the LOU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:50 #7 D.Gause pass attempt Successful
Drive: 5 plays, 41 yds
14-28
Q30:20
LouisvilleTD
(00:26) #5 K.Brown rush middle for 1 yard gain to the NCSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:20 #35 C.Hilbert kick attempt good (H: #17 R.Zimmerman, LS: #51 H.Travelstead) PENALTY #35 C.Hilbert kick attempt good (H: #17 R.Zimmerman, LS: #51 H.Travelstead) PENALTY NCSU Offside declined
Drive: 9 plays, 77 yds
21-28
Q412:27
LouisvilleTD
(12:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 I.Brown rush middle for 70 yards gain to the NCSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:27, 1ST DOWN #35 C.Hilbert kick attempt good (H: #17 R.Zimmerman, LS: #51 H.Travelstead)
Drive: 2 plays, 80 yds
28-28
Q45:30
NC StateFG
(05:32) #94 K.Vinesett field goal attempt from 28 yards GOOD (H: #96 J.Waller, LS: #92 A.Arias), clock 05:30
Drive: 10 plays, 76 yds
28-31

Score shown LOU-NCSU.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Lincoln Kienholz	21/30	254	8.5	2	0	65.1

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Isaac Brown	9	125	13.9	1	70
Keyjuan Brown	8	88	11.0	1	49
Lincoln Kienholz	7	24	3.4	0	23
Team	1	-6	-6.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Tre Richardson	8	117	14.6	1	38
Lawayne McCoy	2	41	20.5	1	33
Treyshun Hurry	4	37	9.3	0	13
Justyn Reid	1	20	20.0	0	20
Jackson Voth	2	14	7.0	0	9
Keyjuan Brown	1	13	13.0	0	13
Jaleel Skinner	2	12	6.0	0	10
Isaac Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
T.J. Capers	12	6	0	0	0	1
Kaleb Beasley	9	7	0	0	1	0
Clev Lubin	8	3	1	1	0	0
Brycen Scott	7	6	0	0	2	0
Benjamin Perry	6	1	1	1	1	1
Travaris Banks	5	3	0	0	0	0
Tayon Holloway	5	2	0	0	1	0
Stanquan Clark	5	1	0	0	1	0
Jerod Smith II	4	3	0	1	0	1
Daylen Russell	3	3	0	0	0	0
Tyler Thompson	3	2	0	0	0	0
Micah Carter	3	1	0	0	0	0
DJ Waller Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
Bailey Abercrombie	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Ziesmer	1	1	0	0	0	0
Demeco Kennedy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Myles Norwood	1	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Kegebein	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	TD
Kaleb Beasley	1	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost
Keyjuan Brown	2	2
Lincoln Kienholz	1	1
Isaac Brown	1	0
Team	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Carson Hilbert	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Niall Hayes	3	120	40.0	0	1	43

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Isaac Brown	4	82	20.5	21	0
Braxton Jennings	2	38	19.0	21	0