Louisville Football will host the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday at 3:30.  Neither team has looked very good thus far but the Cards and Noles both can not afford to take a loss in this game.

Louisville’s offense has to get something going.  Florida State has moved the ball decently (much better than UofL) but for some reason takes a ton of negative yardage plays and insists on turning over the ball.  The Nole offensive line has been terrible.

Defensively it will be difficult to run the ball against Florida State so Jawon Pass or Malik Cunningham will have to throw the ball in order to score.  Also FSU has shown an ability to get off the field on 3rd down on defense…. while Louisville is equally as bad on 3rd down on offense & defense.

Right now it appears that Florida State has the edge here on paper, but we’ll have to see what the outcome is on game day.  To the stats:

130 teams in College Football
Louisville Florida State
Strength of Schedule (Sagarin) 44th 54th
Scoring Offense (ppg) 17.0 (124th) 20.8 (115th)
Total Offense (ypg) 284.3 (125th) 373.5 (99th)
Passing Offense (ypg) 163.0 (115th) 270.8 (43rd)
Rushing Offense (ypg) 121.25 (110th) 102.75 (121st)
Scoring Defense (ppg) 25.5 (70th) 24.8 (67th)
Total Defense (ypg) 389.8 (81st) 376.5 (69th)
Passing Defense (ypg) 197.8 (49th) 279.0 (108th)
Rushing Defense (ypg) 192.0 (101st) 97.50 (11th)
Punt Returns (ypr) 22.5 (10th) 7.0 (85th)
Kickoff Returns (ypr) 19.22 (86th) 21.36 (60th)
Opponent Punt Returns (ypr) 11.30 (84th) 9.3 (73rd)
Opponent Kickoff Return (ypr) 23.91 (108th) 21.00 (68th)
Punting (ypp) 43.65 (32nd) 41.56 (63rd)
Field Goal % 100% (1st) 57.1% (96th)
Opponent FG % 50.0% (20th) 75.0% (77th)
First Downs (per game) 17.3 (115th) 17.8 (110th)
Opponent First Downs (per game) 19.8 (68th) 19.0 (60th)
Penalties (ypg) 65.0 (87th) 63.8 (81st)
Turnover Margin (season) -5 (122nd) -6 (126th)
Time of Possession 27:05.50 (109th) 29:42.75 (79th)
Sacks (Per Game) 1.5 (93rd) 2.5 (45th)
Tackles for Loss (Per Game) 3.75 (116th) 5.5 (80th)
Sacks Allowed (Per Game) 2.75 (98th) 3.0 (107th)
Tackles for Loss Allowed (Per Game) 7.5 (107th) 9.00 (126th)
Interceptions Gained (season) 2 (85th) 4 (31st)
Passes Defended (per game) 2.25 (121st) 5.25 (31st)
Fumbles Recovered (season) 1 (96th) 1 (96th)
Fumbles Forced (season) 2 (85th) 3 (50th)
Fumbles Lost (season) 2 (40th) 6 (125th)
Interceptions Lost (Season) 6 (121st) 5 (112th)
Kick/Punts Blocked (season) 1 (25th)
3rd Down Conversion % 29.17% (124th) 31.15% (119th)
4th Down Conversion % 33.33% (102nd) 0% (130th)
Opponent 3rd Down Conversion % 49.23% (125th) 30.00% (23rd)
Opponent 4th Down Conversion % 50.00% (59th) 0% (1st)
Red Zone Conversion % 90.00% (41st) 69.23% (122nd)
Red Zone TD Conversion % 60.00% (82nd) 53.85% (102nd)
Red Zone Trips 10 (108th) 13 (74th)
Opponent Red Zone Conversion % 75.00% (33rd) 76.47% (42nd)
Opponent Red Zone TD Conversion % 56.25% (50th) 41.18% (14th)
Opponent Red Zone Trips 16 (100th) 17 (109th)
Kickoffs (ypk) 61.5 (78th) 64.88 (3rd)
Plays 241 (99th) 293 (32nd)
Yards Per Play 4.72 (119th) 5.1 (105th)
Plays +10 Yards 46 (100th) 57 (56th)
Plays +20 Yards 10 (121st) 20 (51st)
Plays +30 Yards 5 (101st) 9 (51st)
Plays +40 Yards 1 (122nd) 2 (105th)
Opponent Plays +10 Yards 48 (61st) 54 (83rd)
Opponent Plays +20 Yards 17 (65th) 19 (87th)
Opponent Plays +30 Yards 8 (65th) 7 (49th)
Opponent Plays +40 Yards 2 (40th) 6 (92nd)
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