Highlights, Photos and Notes: Louisville 31, Virginia 24

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With a potential berth to the ACC Championship and a double-digit home winning streak on the line, the Louisville football program was able to mount a fourth quarter comeback and avoid a massive upset, rallying past Virginia for a 31-24 victory.

The Atlantic Coast Conference put together a highlight tape of the matchup, which you can see here:

Team Notes:

Louisville improves to 7-5 in the all-time series vs. Virginia, including 5-1 in Louisville and 4-1 at L&N Stadium.
The Cards rise to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in conference play, both marks last achieved in 2016.
Louisville's home winning streak stretches to 11 games, tied for second longest in program history and longest since 2003-07.
Jeff Brohm earns his 75th career win.
Louisville holds Virginia scoreless in the first half to extend its streak of not allowing a touchdown to 10 quarters, the Cards' longest streak since 1972.
Louisville completes passes to 11 different receivers.
Louisville has four sacks to log its third straight game and fifth game in the last seven with at least four sacks.
Louisville forces an interception on the opponent's first drive of the second half for the third straight game.
Louisville wins its 19th straight game over the past five seasons when shutting out its opponent in the first quarter.
Louisville had its first blocked punt return for a touchdown since 2013.
Louisville clinches at least a share of second place in the ACC and can clinch a spot in the ACC Championship game with a win at Miami on Nov. 18 or with a loss by North Carolina or losses by both Virginia Tech and Boston College.

Player Notes:

RB Isaac Guerendo rushed for 94 yards on six carries, scoring on a career-long 73-yard run. He added a 21-yard reception.
RB Jawhar Jordan rushed for 95 yards on 17 carries, including a 42-yard run to the Virginia 10-yard line to set up Louisville's first touchdown. He added two receptions for 15 yards.
WR Ahmari Huggins-Bruce had one reception, scoring on a 52-yard pass from to tie the game at 24-24 in the fourth quarter.
WR Jadon Thompson made his first career start and had two receptions for 27 yards.
WR Jimmy Calloway scored the first touchdown of his Louisville career by recovering a blocked punt in the end zone. He added two receptions for 27 yards.
TE Joey Gatewood scored his second touchdown of the season on a four-yard pass from for Louisville's first score of the game.
QB Jack Plummer completed 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. He was sacked twice for 9 yards.
S Devin Neal led the defense with a career-high 11 tackles, including a career-high eight solo tackles.
- Neal had his fourth interception of the season along with a pass breakup.
- Neal is the first Cardinal to have four interceptions in a season since Trumaine Washington had four in 2017.
S Benjamin Perry matched his career high with eight tackles and had a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss.
DL Ashton Gillotte had 1.5 sacks to take his season total to 10 and added seven tackles, two tackles for loss, and a quarterback hurry on Virginia's last play of the game to force an incomplete pass and turnover on downs, securing Louisville's victory.
DL Jared Dawson had a career-high 1.5 sacks to go with three tackles.
LB Antonio Watts had his first career sack and first career forced fumble to go with two tackles for loss.
DB Cam'Ron Kelly had his second forced fumble of the season to go with seven tackles and a shared tackle for loss.
DB D'Angelo Hutchinson blocked a punt for the Cards' first blocked punt since 2018.

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NOTE: Photos courtesy of USA TODAY's Jamie Rhodes.

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