In front of a sold-out crowd of 55,000 fans at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, the Charlotte 49ers (0-1) fell on the road 70-14 to the Louisville Cardinals Thursday night in the season opener, marking the 49ers first-ever game against a nationally-ranked FBS opponent.
“We ran into a really good football team tonight,” said Charlotte head coach Brad Lambert. “We had way too many mistakes in the first half. We were having a hard time handling Lamar Jackson. We helped them a lot and compounded things with penalties and mistakes. We will go back and look at the film and see how we can get better and go from there.