Louisville sets school mark, rips Syracuse 41-17

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The 14 Louisville seniors hadn't lost a home game in two years. They weren't about to let Syracuse ruin their final bow at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
Montrell Jones caught six passes for a career-high 118 yards and two touchdowns, fellow senior Brandon Johnson made a key third-quarter interception and the Cardinals overcame the loss of quarterback Brian Brohm to win a school-record 12th straight home game, 41-17 on Saturday night.
The Cardinals (8-2, 4-2 Big East) held off a late rally by the Orange (1-10, 0-7), who finished with the first 10-loss season in the program's 110-year history.
"The seniors made sure we were going to finish that game with a win," Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino said.
Even if Petrino was just trying to finish the game as quickly as possible after Brohm suffered a right knee injury on a third-quarter scramble. On third-and-8 from the Louisville 21, Brohm dropped back to pass and ran to his right after the protection broke down before being tackled by Syracuse's Kellen Pruitt.
Brohm awkwardly rolled over his right knee as he fell and lay on the turf for several minutes before being helped to the sideline. He will have an MRI exam on Monday and his status for next Saturday's game at Connecticut is uncertain.
Brohm finished with 219 yards and two touchdowns but also threw two interceptions, twice as many as he'd thrown in Louisville's first five home games this season.