Miller Moss passed for 182 yards and three touchdowns, Shaun Boykins Jr. rushed for a career-high 101 yards and a touchdown and host Louisville blanked Kentucky 41-0 for its second straight Governor’s Cup rivalry victory on Saturday.
Freshman Braxton Jennings had a career-high 113 rushing yards, and Moss also ran for a score as the Cardinals (8-4) rolled up 440 yards of total offense, 258 of which came on the ground.
Moss, who started the first 10 games, completed 12 of 20 passes without an interception after missing a 38-6 loss at SMU last week due to a reported foot injury sustained in a weight room accident.
He threw fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Dacari Collins and Jaleel Skinner.
Cutter Boley completed 14 of 27 passes for 107 yards and two interceptions for Kentucky (5-7), which failed to gain postseason eligibility for the second straight season after making eight straight bowls from 2016-23.
It was the first Governor’s Cup shutout since Louisville’s 28-0 victory in 2004.
Louisville’s Cooper Ranvier made two field goals to tie the school season record with 21.
The Cardinals broke a three-game losing streak. Kentucky had won three of four.
Kentucky had 147 yards of total offense, 40 rushing. Boley was sacked six times, two apiece by Clev Lubin and T.J. Quinn. Tayon Holloway had first two career interceptions.
Louisville established its dominance early, scoring on four of its first five drives for a 20-0 halftime lead.
Eric Hazzard blocked a punt to set the Cardinals up on the Wildcats’ 10-yard line, and Moss scored on a fourth-and-1 keeper for a 7-0 lead. Ranvier’s 34-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter made it 10-0.
Moss struck again on fourth down on the Cardinals’ next drive with a 43-yard touchdown pass to wide-open tight end Jacob Stewart with 8:18 left in the first half. It was Stewart’s fourth reception of the season and his first Louisville touchdown.
Ranvier’s 24-yard field goal made it 20-0 at half.
Boykins Jr. scored on a 5-yard run at 8:23 of the third quarter, two plays after Boley threw an incomplete pass when the Wildcats went for it on fourth-and-one from their 15.
–Field Level Media
