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 Radcliff followed up his personal-best 129-yard rushing effort in
last week’s win over Wake Forest with 110 more on a career-high 23
carries for the Cardinals (5-1, 3-1 ACC), who held the Orange to 59
yards on the ground. Freshman Reggie Bonnafon connected with Gerald
Christian on a 4-yard TD and finished 12-of-22 for 174 yards in his
second career start for the injured Will Gardner.
Terrel Hunt went 17-of-32 for 196 yards with two interceptions
before leaving with an apparent ankle injury midway through the
fourth quarter for Syracuse (2-3, 0-3). Jarrod West led all
receivers with five catches for 80 yards as Syracuse was held to 255
total yards.
Syracuse struck first on a 21-yard field goal by Cole Murphy midway
through the opening quarter, but Radcliff carried five times on the
ensuring 10-play drive and capped it with a 4-yard scoring run off
left tackle. Louisville stretched its advantage to 12-3 by halftime,
getting a safety when Gerod Holliman tripped up Adonis Ameen-Moore
in the end zone before John Wallace drilled a career-best 51-yard
field goal.
The Orange came up short in the red zone again to begin the second
half and had to settle for a 24-yard kick by Murphy to close the gap
to six, but the Cardinals answered with a powerful 14-yard TD run by
Radcliff up the middle. Bonnafon found Christian in the right corner
of the end zone midway through the final quarter and Louisville
registered its second safety when Syracuse backup quarterback Austin
Wilson fumbled on a sack deep in Orange territory.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Hunt was helped to the locker room following a sack
by Louisville DE Deiontrez Mount. The senior signal-caller appeared
to originally suffer the injury on a sack by Cardinals LB Keith
Kelsey one drive earlier. … Holliman recorded his FBS-high seventh
interception and has registered at least one in five of his team’s
six games. … The Cardinals' defense has limited five of its six
opponents to 88 rushing yards or fewer and recorded 12 interceptions
- most in FBS.
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