Louisville stifles Georgia Tech in second half, storms back for key win in Jeff Brohm’s debut at alma mater

Louisville scored 26 unanswered issues in the second part, turning a 15-point halftime deficit right into a 39-34 win over Georgia Tech in Jeff Brohm’s head training debut at his alma mater. Louisville switch quarterback Jack Plummer finished 18 of 31 passes for 247 yards and 3 touchdowns in the victory. Before his one-year stint at Cal, Plummer performed at Purdue beneath Brohm for 3 seasons.

Georgia Tech had all of the momentum going into the locker room for halftime because of a robust early efficiency from Texas A&M switch Haynes King. King, who completed the sport with 313 yards and 3 touchdowns, helped lead the Yellow Jackets to twenty-eight issues in the second quarter to provide his staff a 28-13 halftime lead. 

The second part belonged to the Cardinals. Plummer led his staff to a box objective early in the 3rd quarter, then tossed a 5-yard landing cross to Jamari Thrash to chop the result in 28-23. Plummer attached with Thrash once more for a 20-yard rating to provide the Cardinals a 29-28 benefit with 8:06 to head in the sport.

With Georgia Tech threatening Louisville to retake the lead, Louisville’s Dezmond Tell compelled a strip sack on King that used to be recovered through the Cardinals. 

Shortly after that, Lousiville working back Jawhar Jordan burst in the course of the heart with a 74-yard landing to make it 36-28 with 3:41 ultimate. Jordan completed with a game-high 96 yards on handiest seven makes an attempt.

The Cardinals put the sport away with 2:35 left when Brock Travelstead nailed a his fourth box objective to increase the result in double-digits. The Yellow Jackets would rating a overdue landing, nevertheless it got here after the sport were determined. 

Brohm began 23 video games at quarterback for the Cardinals as a participant. He later started his faculty training profession at his alma mater, serving as an assistant from 2003-2008. After offensive coordinator stints at at Florida Atlantic, Illinois, UAB, and Western Kentucky, he landed the top activity at Purdue in 2017. Louisville introduced Brohm house this previous offseason after Scott Satterfield left for the top activity at Cincinnati.

The Cardinals transfer to 1-0 each general and in ACC play with non-conference showdown towards Indiana subsequent at the slate. The Yellow Jackets will attempt to jump back subsequent week towards South Carolina State.