Stanford took advantage of two Louisville penalties in the final second to kick a 52-yard field goal and upset the Cardinals 38-35.

In a game where ESPN BET had them favored to win by 20.5 points, No. 19 Louisville suffered a heartbreaking 38-35 loss to an unranked Stanford team on Saturday.

Following a bit of a midseason slump where they dropped three games in a four-game span, the Cardinals are starting to surge in a positive direction. They were able to mount a 20-point comeback at Boston College for a 31-27 win, then most recently took down Clemson 33-21 in Death Valley for their first ever win over the Tigers.

Takeaways Louisville: For most of the afternoon, the Cardinals looked a lot like the team that knocked off No. 11 Clemson two weeks ago. But the offense went silent and the defense made the two critical late penalties, Stanford: Coach Troy Taylor's team ...

This is the fourth time this season that Stanford will be playing an opponent for the first time (Cal Poly, Syracuse, N.C. State). Louisville’s only previous regular-season game in California was at San Jose State in 1990.

With a performance like this, how did Louisville's players grade out over on the analytical site Pro Football Focus? Below are all the individual offensive and defensive grades from their matchup against Clemson: As a reminder,

It’s safe to say we won’t be seeing a top-25 Louisville Cardinals team come to Kroger Field in the regular-season finale. The 19th-ranked Cards entered Saturday as 20-point favorites over the lowly 3-7 Stanford Cardinal,