Louisville overcomes mistakes to win 24-13 over Wake Forest in Orange Bowl

Recap:  For much of the Orange Bowl, the high-powered Louisville Cardinals were stalled in neutral.

They blew a field goal, lost two fumbles and dropped a potential touchdown pass. But despite the rash of mistakes, there was no stopping the Cardinals from their first major-bowl victory in 15 years.

Anthony Allen scored two touchdowns, one on a trick play, and Brian Brohm threw for 311 yards to lead Louisville past Wake Forest 24-13 Tuesday night.

The Cardinals averaged 39 points and ranked second in the nation in total offense this season, but fell behind 13-10 in the final period before their offense went into high gear. Touchdown drives of 81 and 71 yards on consecutive possessions sealed their first win in a major bowl since the 1991 Fiesta Bowl.....more

Scoring Summary  SECOND QUARTER  WAK FG 14:17 Sam Swank 44 yard (Demon Deacons 3, Cardinals 0)    LOU FG 8:30 Art Carmody 41 yard (Cardinals 3, Demon Deacons 3)    LOU TD 5:53 Anthony Allen 21 yard pass from Patrick Carter (Cardinals 9, Demon Deacons 3)    LOU PAT 5:53 Art Carmody kick (Cardinals 10, Demon Deacons 3)    THIRD QUARTER  WAK TD 11:34 Nate Morton 30 yard pass from Riley Skinner (Cardinals 10, Demon Deacons 9)    WAK PAT 11:34 Sam Swank kick (Cardinals 10, Demon Deacons 10)    FOURTH QUARTER  WAK FG 14:46 Sam Swank 36 yard (Demon Deacons 13, Cardinals 10)    LOU TD 12:31 Anthony Allen 1 yard run (Cardinals 16, Demon Deacons 13)    LOU PAT 12:31 Art Carmody kick (Cardinals 17, Demon Deacons 13)    LOU TD 4:57 Brock Bolen 18 yard run (Cardinals 23, Demon Deacons 13)    LOU PAT 4:57 Art Carmody kick (Cardinals 24, Demon Deacons 13)      Statistics  Louisville Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Brian Brohm 24/34 311 50 0 0   Patrick Carter 1/1 21 21 1 0   Team 25/35 332 50 1 0    Wake Forest Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Riley Skinner 21/33 271 30 1 1   Team 21/33 271 30 1 1  Louisville Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Brian Brohm 6 3 0.5 0 7   Anthony Allen 7 11 1.6 1 5   Brock Bolen 4 28 7.0 1 18   George Stripling 4 1 0.3 0 4   Kolby Smith 16 82 5.1 0 17   Team 37 125 3.4 2 18    Wake Forest Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG De'Angelo Bryant 3 23 7.7 0 13   Kevin Marion 3 17 5.7 0 16   Kenneth Moore 12 73 6.1 0 35   Willie Idlette 2 -27 -13.5 0 0   Riley Skinner 4 -21 -5.3 0 0   Richard Belton 5 46 9.2 0 15   Team 29 111 3.8 0 35  Louisville Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Gary Barnidge 2 13 6.5 0 11   Jimmy Riley 2 21 10.5 0 11   Anthony Allen 1 21 21.0 1 21   Brock Bolen 2 34 17.0 0 21   George Stripling 1 0 0.0 0 0   Harry Douglas 10 165 16.5 0 50   Kolby Smith 2 34 17.0 0 25   Mario Urrutia 5 44 8.8 0 17   Team 25 332 13.3 1 50    Wake Forest Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG De'Angelo Bryant 1 9 9.0 0 9   Nate Morton 4 62 15.5 1 30   Kevin Marion 4 63 15.8 0 23   Kenneth Moore 2 25 12.5 0 23   Willie Idlette 6 91 15.2 0 26   John Tereshinski 3 22 7.3 0 13   Richard Belton 1 -1 -1.0 0 0   Team 21 271 12.9 1 30  Team Stat Comparison   LOU WAK  Passing attempts - completions 35-25 33-21    Gross passing yards 332 271    Rushing attempts - yards 37-125 29-111    First downs 23 18    Punts - average 4-34.0 5-38.6    Return yards -1 8    Fumbles - lost 2-2 3-2    Penalties - yards 1-5 3-30    Time of possession 32:24 27:36

SMART CHART WAKE   TEAM   LOUISV 23.3   PTS FOR 38.9 15.4 PTS AGNST   16.6 7.9   DIFF. 22.3 143.9   PASS YDS 286.5 158.1   RUSH YDS 190.3 214.4   PASS D 211.1 101.1 RUSH D   104.3 -1.0   TO DIFF 0.0

POWER STATS YARDS PER POINT TEAM OFF DEF DIFF WAKE 12.9 20.5 -7.5 LOUISV 12.3 19.0 -6.8 YARDS PER PASS TEAM OFF DEF DIFF WAKE 7.5 6.8 0.8 LOUISV 9.8 6.6 3.2 YARDS PER RUSH TEAM OFF DEF DIFF WAKE 4.0 3.0 1.0 LOUISV 5.1 3.3 1.8