Louisville & North Carolina will sqaure off Saturday inside Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels fell to the Cal Bears in Week 1 while the Cards took down the Purdue Boilermakers by a touchdown. Let’s take a look at how Larry Fedora’s squad matches up against Bobby Petrino’s statistically:
| Louisville | North Carolina | |
| Strength of Schedule | – | – |
| Scoring Offense (ppg) | 35.0 (53rd) | 30.0 (69th) |
| Total Offense (ypg) | 524.0 (27th) | 444.0 (54th) |
| Passing Offense (ypg) | 378.0 (12th) | 221.0 (65th) |
| Rushing Offense (ypg) | 146.0 (72nd) | 219.00 (44th) |
| Scoring Defense (ppg) | 28.0 (81st) | 35.0 (96th) |
| Total Defense (ypg) | 344.0 (56th) | 469.0 (96th) |
| Passing Defense (ypg) | 293.0 (96th) | 363.0 (112th) |
| Rushing Defense (ypg) | 51.0 (15th) | 106.0 (56th) |
| Punt Returns (ypr) | 13.0 (21st) | 17.0 (15th) |
| Kickoff Returns (ypr) | 31.0 (15th) | 22.67 (43rd) |
| Opponent Punt Returns (ypr) | 4.5 (35th) | – |
| Opponent Kickoff Return (ypr) | 13.33 (10th) | 16.67 (34th) |
| Punting (ypp) | 39.75 (83rd) | 41.50 (65th) |
| Field Goal % | 100% (1st) | 50.0% (67th) |
| Opponent FG % | 0% (1st) | 0% (1st) |
| First Downs (per game) | 27.0 (20th) | 28.0 (16th) |
| Opponent First Downs (per game) | 25.0 (94th) | 20.0 (65th) |
| Penalties (ypg) | 110.0 (121st) | 50.0 (57th) |
| Turnover Margin (season) | 1 (30th) | -1 (83rd) |
| Time of Possession | 31:51 (43rd) | 30:13 (63rd) |
| Sacks (Per Game) | 4.0 (17th) | 1.0 (73rd) |
| Tackles for Loss (Per Game) | 7.0 (53rd) | 6.0 (66th) |
| Sacks Allowed (Per Game) | 0 (1st) | 2.0 (66th) |
| Tackles for Loss Allowed (Per Game) | 1.0 (1st) | 4.0 (28th) |
| Interceptions (season) | 3 (4th) | 2 (9th) |
| Passes Defended (per game) | 11 (5th) | 6 (33rd) |
| Fumbles Recovered (season) | 1 (22nd) | 0 (128th) |
| Fumbles Forced (season) | 1 (29th) | 0 (128th) |
| Fumbles Lost (season) | 3 (113th) | 1 (66th) |
| Kick/Punts Blocked (season) | 1 (5th) | – |
| 3rd Down Conversion % | 43.75% (54th) | 43.75% (54th) |
| 4th Down Conversion % | – | 50% (48th) |
| Opponent 3rd Down Conversion % | 35.71% (66th) | 44.44% (87th) |
| Opponent 4th Down Conversion % | 66.67% (63rd) | 100% (128th) |
| Red Zone Conversion % | 75.0% (88th) | 100% (1st) |
| Red Zone TD Conversion % | 37.5% (100th) | 100% (1st) |
| Opponent Red Zone Conversion % | 100% (128th) | 100% (128th) |
| Opponent Red Zone TD Conversion % | 100% (128th) | 100% (128th) |
| Kickoffs (ypk) | 63.0 (60th) | 62.80 (66th) |
| Plays | 79 (34th) | 89 (15th) |
| Yards Per Play | 6.63 (38th) | 4.94 (86th) |
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