Highlights, Photos and Notes: Cal 29, Louisville 26

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville football program's hopes of contending for the ACC Championship and making the College Football Playoff have been dealt a crushing blow, with the Cardinals suffering a 29-26 overtime loss at home to Cal.

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

Team Notes:

Louisville loses its first meeting vs. California, dropping its record vs. first-time opponents to 4-3 under Jeff Brohm and 17-3 at L&N Stadium. California is Louisville's 165th different opponent.
Louisville holds California scoreless on its opening possession, the seventh opponent in nine games this season to go scoreless on its opening possession. The other two opponents scored field goals.
Louisville pushes its FBS-leading active streak of scoring at least 24 points to 23 games.
Louisville drops its second overtime game of the season, playing an extra period in multiple games for the first time since splitting a pair of overtime games in 2012.
Louisville falls to 5-7 in overtime games, including 3-4 at L&N Stadium.
Louisville ties a program record with 4 made field goals, reaching that total in a game for the 11th time.
Louisville gains 351 yards on offense, tied for its sixth lowest total under Jeff Brohm.
Louisville surrenders 427 yards on defense, the first time this season the Cards have allowed more than 360 yards.
Louisville allows 350 yards passing, the highest total of the season and third highest under Brohm.
Turnovers continue to be a key to success for Louisville, with the Cards going 16-0 under Brohm when they win the turnover battle but dropping to 10-10 when they do not.
Brohm moves to 26-10 at Louisville and 92-54 overall.

Player Notes:

QB Miller Moss was 20 of 38 passing for 203 yards, no touchdowns, and 1 interception to go with a rushing touchdown. Moss rushed for his 7th TD of the season, tying Malik Cunningham for 7th most rushing TDs in a season by a quarterback and ranking 8th in career rushing TDs by a quarterback.
RB Keyjuan Brown led all rushers with a career-high 136 yards on 14 carries. Brown logged the first 100-yard rushing game of his career.
RB Duke Watson returned after missing three games with an injury to score his first rushing TD of the season and 8th of his career.
WR Caullin Lacy led Louisville with 60 yards receiving on 4 receptions, adding 30 kickoff return yards to push his season all-purpose total to 1,157 yards.
WR Chris Bell had 6 receptions for 49 yards to take his team-leading season receiving total to 792 yards. Bell became the 16th Louisville player to reach 2,000 career receiving yards, finishing the game with a career total of 2,041 yards, ranking 13th on the Louisville career list.
K Cooper Ranvier made a career-high 4 of 4 field goals, connecting from 30, 49, 39, and 49 yards and tying the school record for field goals made in a game. Ranvier improved his career field goal total to 15 of 17. Ranvier made 2 of 2 extra points to remain perfect in his career on 31 attempts.
DL Clev Lubin led Louisville with 10 tackles, including a game-high 9 solo stops. He added a tackle for loss to take his season total to 6.5 TFLs.
DL Wesley Bailey had his 5th sack, 6th TFL, and 5th quarterback hurry of the season to go with 3 solo tackles.
DE AJ Green had his 2nd sack and 3rd TFL of the season to go with 2 tackles.
DL Jordan Guerad had his first solo sack, 4th TFL, and second pass breakup of the season.
DB D'Angelo Hutchinson had 2 pass breakups to reach 5 for the season and added his second QB hurry this year and 3 solo tackles.

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louisville california — Nov 8, 2025; Louisville, Kentucky, USA; California Golden Bears wide receiver Jacob de Jesus (21) runs the ball against Louisville Cardinals defensive lineman Wesley Bailey (23) in overtime at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. California defeated Louisville 29-26. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-Imagn Images | Jamie Rhodes-Imagn Images

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