The Louisville Cardinals returned a blocked punt for a TD and returned afumble for a TD in a two-minute span in the second quarter and cruised pastKentucky in Commonwealth Stadium, 38-14.

The Wildcats looked to be in good shape late in the second half before the twoTDs. UK running back Ray McLaurin’s fumble led to the Cardinals secondsecond-quarter TD. A 7-3 Kentucky lead soon became a 17-7 disadvantage andthe Wildcats could not recover.

Wildcat fans were treated to an sneak preview of freshman quarterback TimCouch, the nation’s No. 1 football recruit. Couch threw a TD pass to IsaacCurtis on the final play of the third quarter, and finished the game 8-for-20 for101 yards and one TD. McLaurin’s 6-yard jaunt was the Wildcats’ only otherscore.