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For as impressive as Louisville football’s 2023 season was, the Cardinals are looking to accomplish even more in Year 2 under Jeff Brohm.
Despite losing some key contributors on both sides of the ball, U of L returns important players who now have experience in Brohm’s system. And the Cardinals used the NCAA transfer portal to fill the holes on their depth chart.
U of L will face a more difficult schedule — with road games at Clemson and Notre Dame — as it looks to add to the history it made in Brohm’s first season.
Here are eight program records the Cardinals have a shot at breaking this season:
Louisville football individual records
Passing yards in a game and season
Record: 592 yards by Chris Redman vs. East Carolina in 1998; 4,042 yards by Redman in 1998
Although Tyler Shough has yet to play a full season of college football as a starter, he’s shown he can be a top-tier passer when healthy, posting a 13-7 record as QB1. Statistically, his best season was when he was at Oregon in 2020 — which was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic — and averaged 222.7 passing yards per game. Being in Brohm’s pass-heavy system with plenty of pass catchers around him should provide him with a solid shot at Redman’s records.
U of L will also face a couple programs that had weak pass defenses last season. Stanford was last nationally in passing yards allowed (298.0 per game) and Jacksonville State gave up 241.3 passing yards per game in 2023.
Career starts
Record: 53 by Caleb Chandler (2017-22)
Had offensive lineman Renato Brown not suffered a season-ending knee injury six weeks into the 2023 season, he’d be only five games away from tying his former teammate Chandler’s record for most career starts. Now sitting at 40 starts, it’ll take U of L making the ACC championship game and a bowl game for Brown to become the program’s…
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Author : The Courier Journal
Publish date : 2024-04-08 09:24:27
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