TAMPA (AP) -B.J. Daniels rebounded from the worst game of his young career to throw for 304 yards and run for 141 more in the University of USF's football team's 34-22 victory over struggling Louisville on Saturday.

Daniels, shut down in a 31-0 loss to Rutgers last week, threw for one touchdown and ran for two others while leading four scoring drives of at least 75 yards. With a combined 445 yards, the red-shirt freshman finished 12 shy of the school record set by Big East career total offense leader Matt Grothe in 2007.

USF (7-3, 3-3) was limited to 159 yards against Rutgers, with Daniels going 7 of 17 for 129 yards and two interceptions passing and rushing for just 11 yards on 15 attempts. He was 20 of 34 passing Saturday and compiled his fourth 100-yard game rushing on 22 carries.

Louisville (4-7, 1-5) lost for the ninth straight time on the road. The Cardinals assured themselves a second straight losing season under coach Steve Kragthorpe, who has a three-year record of 15-20.

Daniels threw a 16-yard TD pass to Dontavia Bogan on USF's first drive of the game and later scored on runs of 1 and 20 yards. Mo Plancher had a 2-yard scoring run and Eric Schwartz kicked field goals of 22 and 44 yards.

Adam Froman threw for 232 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Louisville, which erased an early 14-point deficit but couldn't manage much offense after halftime. Scott Long had a 20-yard TD reception, Trent Guy scored on a 60-yard punt return, and Darius Ashley's 1-yard run trimmed USF's lead to 27-22 on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Daniels put it out of reach, leading a 75-yard march that he finished with his second touchdown.

Midseason slides have knocked USF out of the Top 25 each of the past three years after 5-0 starts. The Bulls had dropped three of their previous four games, losing to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Rutgers by a combined 106-31.

Louisville, coming off an ugly 10-9 victory over Syracuse that stopped a nine-game conference losing streak, dropped to 3-13 on the road in three seasons under Kragthrope. The Cardinals finish 0-6 away from home this year and were outscored 191-107, including 59-7 in the opening quarter.

USF surpassed last week's production against Rutgers its first two possessions alone.

In the opening half, Daniels threw for 149 yards and ran for 85 more, including a pair of 18-yard scampers that set up Schwartz's 22-yard field goal for a 17-16 lead on the last play of the second quarter.

Daniels opened the second half with another 80-yard drive, covering the final 20 yards on a nifty run that put him over 100 rushing for the fourth time. He's the first USF quarterback to top the century mark rushing and throw for 300 in the same game.


USF Football Post Game Notes

Team Notes
-USF's win over Louisville improves the Bulls' record to 7-3 for the fifth time in the program's 13-year history ... USF was also 7-3 through 10 games during the 1998, 1999, 2006 and 2008 seasons.

-The Bulls' victory improves their all-time record over Louisville to 4-3 ... USF has won two of its last three games against the Cardinals and thee of its last five ... In addition, the Bulls are now 4-0 against UofL at Raymond James Stadium.

-This season, USF will honor former player Keeley Dorsey by wearing his No. 10  jersey ... Senior QB Matt Grothe donned the jersey ... Dorsey passed away after a team conditioning workout on Jan. 17, 2007 ... This season would have been his senior year.

-After a 12-game streak of 40,000 or more fans coming through the turnstiles at Raymond James Stadium to see the Bulls play was snapped against Charleston Southern on Sept. 19 (39,798), today's attendance of  49,388 marks the third consecutive home game of better than 40,000.

B.J. Daniels Notes
-Daniels had 445 yards of total offense (304 passing, 104 rushing) on the day ... Daniels' total outgained Louisville as a team, which had 313 yards on the day. 

- Redshirt-freshman B.J. Daniels became the first quarterback in school history to surpass the 300-yard passing and the 100-yard rushing marks in a single game... He is the first Big East player with 300 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in the same game and the the 28th player in FBS history to do so.

- QB B.J. Daniels ran for a 20-yard touchdown with 9:30 left in the third quarter ... The run put Daniels over 100 yards (103 yards at the time of the score) for the fourth time this season ... In addition to today, Daniels also reached the century yard mark against Charleston Southern (105) on Sept. 19, Florida State (126) on Sept. 26 and West Virginia (104) on Oct. 30.

-Daniels recorded his second touchdown of the afternoon on a one-yard run with 5:09 left in the game ... It was his sixth TD of the season and career. He now leads the team with six rushing touchdowns in 2009, one better than Mo Plancher's five.

Individual Notes
-RB Mo Plancher, S Nate Allen, LB Kion Wilson, DE George Selvie and QB Matt Grothe were USF's captains for today's game ... Captains will be announced throughout the season by coach Jim Leavitt on a game-by-game basis.

-Today's offensive starters were: LT Jamar Bass, LG Jeremiah Warren, C Sampson Genus, RG Chaz Hine, RT Jacob Sims, TE Andrew Ketchel, WR Dontavia Bogan, WR A.J. Love, WR Sterling Griffin, QB B.J. Daniels, RB Moise Plancher

-Today's defensive starters were: LE David Bedford, NT Terrell McClain, DT Keith McCaskill, RE George Selvie, LB A.J. LoveLB Kion Wilson, LB Chris Robinson, LCB Carlton Mitchell, SS Jason Sherman, FS Lindsey Lamar, RCB Moise Plancher

-QB B.J. Daniels threw his 11^th touchdown pass of the season - and the 11^th of his career - with a 16-yard connection to WR Dontavia Bogan with 9:56 left in the first quarter.

-WR Dontavia Bogan's 16-yard touchdown reception from QB B.J. Daniels with 9:56 left in the first quarter was Bogan's fourth TD catch of the season, and the sixth of his career.

-RB Mo Plancher rushed for his fifth touchdown of the season and the 11^th of his career with a two-yard scamper with 19 seconds left in the first quarter.

-With his third catch of the game, Jessie Hester became the fifth play in school history with 100 career receptions ... Hester is currently fifth on USF's career receptions list with 102. Hester had five catches for 43 yards.

-FS Nate Allen picked off his fourth pass of the season and the ninth of his career with 7:14 left in the third quarter.

-K Eric Schwartz went 2-3 today on field goal attempts including a 44-yard boot with 7:14 left in the third quarter. 

- WR A.J. Love surpassed the 100-yard reception plateau today with 121 yards on 4 receptions ... That marks a career-high for Love and the first time he has recorded 100 yards or more.  He previous high was 83 against Kansas in 2008 and his previous season high was 80 against Rutgers on Nov. 12.

- Senior LB Kion Wilson led the Bulls in tackles for the fourth consecutive week with 12 tackles (6 solo, 6 assists) ... Wilson now has a team best 91 tackles in 2009.