Jackson breaks Louisville single-game touchdown record in first half
Jackson’s performance was an impressive follow-up to his breakout freshman season in which he combined for 2,800 yards and 23 touchdowns, including 960 yards rushing to break school season and career marks by a quarterback. Olsen made five starts at Riverside City (Calif.) College last season, and at 6-foot-3 and almost 200 pounds with a big arm, maybe he can bring some hope to a program that won just two games a season ago. All of that statistical output was posted in the first half, as Louisville scored 28 points in each of the first two quarters.
Lamar Jackson eludes a would-be tackler en route to his first touchdown in the 2016 opener. 1, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. He hit six receivers with touchdowns long and short, and the 49ers could do nothing to stop them.
Jackson now has over 400 total yards and has accounted for all of the Cardinals’ eight touchdowns.
Charlotte coach Brad Lambert is 12-22 entering his fourth season leading the program. “He can make you look bad”. Rodney Smith put them in front with one of his two touchdowns (125 rushing yards), and quarterback Mitch Leidner added one late, also one of two rushing touchdowns for him.
Cam Sutton fumbled on a punt return and Appalachian State’s Alex Gray recovered at Tennessee’s 36 to set up the first touchdown, a 5-yard keeper from Taylor Lamb barely four minutes into the game. Despite the Cardinals offensive line not exactly doing great initially and once again looking like the team’s weak spot, the first team offense and defense were ideal going by the score. “After getting the ball back and having that two-minute drive, we said let’s get the 2s (second-teamers) out there”, Petrino said.
CHARLOTTE: The 49ers open at home against FCS Elon, looking to end an 11-game losing streak. The other two took six and eight plays.