Wake Forest upsets No. 16 Louisville 30-27 at L&N Stadium

No. 16 Louisville lost to Wake Forest at L&N Stadium.

Wake Forest played No. 16 Louisville at L&N Stadium.

Wake Forest’s double-digit lead did not last long.

The 24-14 hole was Louisville’s largest deficit since trailing Ole Miss by 14 in the opener.

Wake Forest improved to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the ACC.

The game was in Louisville, and Louisville had one more chance.

Louisville tied the game twice in the third quarter.

Connor Calvert answered both third-quarter ties with a field goal.

Wake Forest gained seven yards on three plays and punted back to Louisville with 1:54 left.

Louisville reached the Wake Forest 40 and then faced fourth-and-20.

Wake Forest had nine tackles for loss and four sacks, and Gabe Kirschke had two of the sacks.

Louisville missed one field goal and had another blocked in the final 6 1/2 minutes.

No. 16 Louisville fell to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the ACC.

An unexpected loss to an underdog after a big win has now happened in all four of Jeff Brohm’s Louisville seasons.

Louisville was a two-touchdown favorite.

A photo from Saturday’s game in Louisville shows Vinnie Firenze bringing down Treyshun Hurry.

A second-half photo shows Keyjuan Brown trying to outrun Davaughn Patterson.

Louisville had just beaten then-No. 16 SMU.

The win was Wake Forest’s first back-to-back road wins since 1946.

Louisville lost 41-38 to Ole Miss on a last-second kick and then beat SMU.

A trio of Wake Forest players blocked the low kick with 22 seconds left.

Wake Forest gained 177 rushing yards, averaging 4.2 a carry.

Wake Forest beat Purdue 38-36 in overtime on Sept. 12.

After Wake Forest went three-and-out with 1:54 left, Louisville drove to a first down at the Wake 30.

Louisville’s flags included 15-yarders for roughing the passer, a personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct.

Louisville drew another critical penalty on its final series.

The teams were separated by no more than four points for all but five minutes, with four lead changes, two ties, and 35 combined second-quarter points.

The crowd was 46,042.

Antonio Watts is a fifth-year senior who has played his whole Louisville career at the STAR position.

Antonio Watts had started all three games, with seven tackles and a pass breakup.

Last year Antonio Watts was honorable-mention All-ACC with 42 tackles, 6.5 for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles and three interceptions.

Antonio Watts suffered a knee injury against Clemson, sat out the rest of that season and missed spring practice.

Antonio Watts has played in 40 career games with 130 tackles.

No. 16 Louisville came into Saturday’s game with Wake Forest riding a high.

Gio Lopez hit Carlos Hernandez for 31 yards to set up Ty Clark III’s 6-yard touchdown run.

Wake Forest’s next drive went 38 yards and ended in a field goal.

Keyjuan Brown was named National Running Back of the Week and Kaleb Beasley National Defensive Back of the Week.

Both teams entered in the bottom five of the FBS in penalty yards per game.

This was the first time Jeff Brohm faced Wake Forest as Louisville’s head coach.

The second quarter produced 35 combined points and 10 penalties after a 10-point, one-penalty first quarter.

The game was tied 27-27 going into the fourth quarter.

By halftime Gio Lopez had found Carlos Hernandez six times for 170 yards and a score.

Wake Forest stacked the left side and blocked Nick Keller’s attempt.

Louisville answered with an 11-play drive.

Wake Forest knelt out a 30-27 win, its first in Louisville since 2018.

Louisville managed two Carson Hilbert field goals in the third quarter from five possessions and one red-zone trip.

Lawayne McCoy was banged up and Treyshun Hurry caught two passes in relief.

Louisville’s defense held Wake Forest to six second-half points, a field goal in the third and the fourth.

Wake Forest had 292 yards at halftime to Louisville’s 239.

Ben Perry forced a fumble at the Wake Forest 29, but an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty pushed Louisville back to the 44.

The Browns, Lincoln Kienholz and Braxton Jennings combined for 20 carries and 63 yards.

Lincoln Kienholz and Lawayne McCoy connected twice for 40 yards, Louisville’s only second-half red-zone trip.

A sack on third down at the Wake Forest 14 pushed Louisville back to the 25.

Louisville’s defense forced a three-and-out and got the ball at its 31 with 1:52 left.

Louisville turned the ball over on downs when Lincoln Kienholz could not find Lawayne McCoy.

Louisville had two more chances in the closing six minutes.

Ty Clark III scored two touchdowns on 21 carries for 91 yards.

Wake Forest finished with 402 yards to Louisville’s 399.

Keyjuan Brown led Louisville with 49 yards on 12 carries.

Sports Illustrated wrote that Stanquan Clark and T.J. Capers led Louisville with 12 and 10 sacks.

Ben Perry, Clev Lubin and Jerod Smith each finished with a sack.

Louisville at NC State is set for 3:30 p.m. on ACC Network or ESPN2.

The Louisville Cardinal wrote that Wake Forest settled for a field goal from Caleb Carlson.

Gabe Kirschke sacked Lincoln Kienholz on second down and ended the drive.

A roughing-the-passer penalty on Benjamin Perry nearly put Wake Forest in the red zone.

Louisville’s opening drive ended in a three-and-out.

Lincoln Kienholz threw the ball away on third down and Louisville punted.

Wake Forest crossed midfield on the third play on Gio Lopez’s running.

Clev Lubin stopped Deuce Lawrence and set up third-and-long.

Capers limited Carlos Hernandez to a three-yard reception.

A photo shows Lawayne McCoy missing a catch against Wake Forest at L&N Stadium on Sept. 26.

Carson Hilbert’s 41-yard field goal tied the game early in the third quarter.

Lincoln Kienholz’s deep ball to Lawayne McCoy fell incomplete in double coverage.

Lawayne McCoy, Treyshun Hurry and Tre Richardson caught passes as Louisville’s passing game got going.

In the red zone, Lincoln Kienholz tripped and fell with an open lane to the end zone.

Two false starts left Wake Forest with first-and-20.

Carlos Hernandez’s 31-yard catch and runs of 10 and 20 by Deuce Lawrence and Ty Clark III moved Wake Forest.

A photo shows Jaleel Skinner running down the sideline for a touchdown against Wake Forest.

Jaleel Skinner, Treyshun Hurry and Keyjuan Brown each had gains of 10-plus yards.

A holding penalty on the kickoff started Wake Forest deep in Louisville territory, and Gio Lopez’s keeper moved the chains.

Clev Lubin’s sack finished a Wake Forest three-and-out and a punt.

Louisville and Wake Forest traded penalties after Louisville got the ball back.

Jerod Smith II recovered a Carlos Hernandez fumble on the first play of the fourth quarter.

A facemask on Clark and Deuce Lawrence’s 21-yard run helped Wake Forest reach the red zone.

Clev Lubin’s offsides gave Wake Forest’s drive new life after Louisville had forced a field-goal try near its 30.

Center Will Way’s unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty backed Wake Forest from a goal-line third down to fourth-and-long.

Lincoln Kienholz completed 7-yard passes to Tre Richardson and Treyshun Hurry.

Wake Forest got only a field goal on that drive.

Wake Forest took a field goal from Connor Calvert.

A 12-yard catch by Lawayne McCoy was followed by an intentional-grounding penalty that backed Louisville up.

Zach Lohavichan’s sack pushed Louisville out of the red zone after two catches by Lawayne McCoy.

Tre Richardson caught a 26-yard pass as Louisville moved the ball.

An unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty on Clark cost Louisville its field position.

Brian Blades II broke up a fourth-down pass and Wake Forest took over.

Clark stuffed Ty Clark III on third-and-one.

Somad Eaddy’s pass interference on Lawayne McCoy gave Louisville 15 yards.

Wake Forest got the ball back up three and Louisville used its remaining timeouts.

T.J. Banks chased Gio Lopez out of bounds and Jack Ploszay punted with just under two minutes left.

Lincoln Kienholz lost 19 yards on 13 carries despite scoring two rushing touchdowns.

A 19-yard completion to Tre Richardson got Louisville into Wake Forest territory.

A photo shows the Louisville student section during the Sept. 26 game at L&N Stadium.

The longest run of the game was Keyjuan Brown’s 12-yard carry.

Louisville has allowed at least one wide-open touchdown catch in every game this season.

Clark drew two 15-yard penalties.