No. 12 Louisville rolls past TCU



The Cardinals amassed 587 yards in a 55-28 win to stay unbeaten in CUSA.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Louisville scored on its first three possessions and had a 17-0 lead before TCU even had a first down.
At the end of the half, the Cardinals led 27-7 and had 312 yards.
Yet, coach Bobby Petrino still wasn't satisfied with his offense in the first half of the Cardinals' 55-28 victory Wednesday night.
"I got after our offense a little bit at halftime because I felt like we could be doing more," Petrino said.
The 12th-ranked Cardinals (7-1, 5-0 Conference USA) moved the ball just as easily in the second half, finishing with 587 yards.
"We did do some good things and ended up playing pretty well," he said.
Stefan LeFors threw three touchdown passes to help Louisville beat TCU for the first time in four meetings since 2001. LeFors, completing 75 percent of his passes coming into the game, went 13-for-21 for 275 yards and became the sixth Louisville quarterback to go over 5,000 career passing yards.
"There was no pressure. It was fun," LeFors said.
J.R. Russell and Broderick Clark had two touchdown catches.
"If we come out and do what we do, we can't be stopped," Russell said. "We came out and took it to them."
TCU defense porous
TCU (4-5, 2-4) allowed at least 40 points for the fifth time this season after giving up 40 points only five times in the previous six seasons.
Louisville topped 50 points for the fourth time this season and went over 40 points for the ninth time in 21 games under Petrino, in his second year.
The Cardinals, leading the nation with 542 yards per game, raced to a 17-0 lead in the opening 6:53.
"We were able to get on them early and gain some momentum," Petrino said. "Once we got control and got in front of them, they didn't really feel like they could catch us."
LeFors started 4-for-4, then misfired on five straight passes before consecutive completions to Tinch and Russell. Clark caught LeFors' next pass and outran a defender for a 42-yard touchdown play, Louisville's longest scoring reception of the season.
"We understood what they were going to do," TCU coach Gary Patterson said. "We just didn't make plays. At some point, you've just got to do your job."
The Cardinals' only early miscue came late in the first quarter, when Rodgers sneaked behind Louisville's Kerry Rhodes and caught a 72-yard touchdown pass from Tye Gunn.