Highlights, Photos and Notes: Louisville 28, James Madison 14

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - While the Louisville football program might have had their first half struggles against James Madison, they were able to make just enough plays in the second half, eventually escaping with a 28-14 comeback victory.

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

Team Notes:

Louisville improves to 2-0 in the all-time series vs. James Madison, both games coming at L&N Stadium.
Jeff Brohm becomes the fourth Louisville coach to start 2-0 in three straight seasons, following Tom King (1925-27), John L. Smith (1999-2001), and Bobby Petrino (2003-06, 2014).
The Cardinals win despite having the lowest total offensive yardage under Jeff Brohm at 264 yards.
Louisville improves to 14-3 vs. Group of Five teams in the CFP era, including a 6-game winning streak.
Louisville allows only 263 yards of offense, holding the Dukes to 137 yards passing, the lowest total by an FBS opponent under Brohm.
Louisville logs 6 sacks for the third time under Brohm.
Louisville scores multiple 2-point conversions in a game for the sixth time in school history and the first time since doing so at Cincinnati in 2003.
Louisville is perfect on multiple 2-point conversion attempts for the third time in school history, following games vs. Cincinnati in 1975 (3 of 3) and at Cincinnati in 2003 (2 of 2).
Louisville improves to 4-0 since 2016 when possessing the ball for less the 23 minutes, finishing with 22:48 time of possession.
Brohm improves to 21-8 at Louisville and 87-52 overall.

Player Notes:

QB Miller Moss was 13-of-23 passing for 151 yards, 1 touchdown, and no interceptions. Moss is the first Louisville quarterback to run for a 2-point conversion since Stefan LeFors capped the Cards' scoring with a 2-point run in a 56-49 win at Memphis in 2004. Moss is the first player in program history to run and pass for 2-point conversions in a single game.
RB Issac Brown led all rushers with 104 yards and a career-long 78-yard touchdown on 12 carries. Brown logged the seventh 100-yard rushing game of his career. Brown scored the 15th TD of his career, including six covering more than 40 yards.
WR Chris Bell led all players with 83 yards receiving on 4 receptions, including a 64-yard TD. Bell scored his seventh career TD, including two covering more than 60 yards.
WR Dacari Collins scored a 2-point conversion on a pass from Moss for his first points at Louisville and the first 2-point conversion of his college career.
LB T.J. Quinn led all players with 11 tackles, including a 2-yard sack.
DL Clev Lubin led all players with 1.5 sacks for 12 yards among his 10 tackles, 7 of which were solo. Lubin's sack and forced fumble in the end zone early in the fourth quarter led to the Cards' go-ahead TD.
DL AJ Green had 4 tackles and a fumble recovery in the end zone for his first career TD.
CB Jabari Mack had his first interception and the fourth of his college career to go with 1 tackle.
DE Wesley Bailey registered his first sack at Louisville by assisting on a pair of sacks among his 8 tackles and added a quarterback hurry.
LB Antonio Watts had his second career sack and fifth career pass breakup to go with 5 tackles.
K Cooper Ranvier made both his field goal attempts, connecting from 22 and 38 yards to improve to 3 of 3 in his career.

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louisville james madison — Louisville Cardinals running back Isaac Brown (1) scores a big fourth quarter touchdown against James Madison during the Cards' second college football game Friday September 5, 2025 at L&N Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The Cards beat the Dukes 28-14. | Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

NOTE: Photos courtesy of Matt Stone - Courier Journal, Jamie Rhodes - Imagn Images.

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