Sept. 9, 1995 – Away – Huskie Stadium – Dekalb, Ill. – Attendance 22,357
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:38 | Calvin Arrington 6-yard rush (David Akers kick), 3-31, 01:13 |
| 1st | 09:31 | Robert Bates 54-yard pass from Marty Lowe (David Akers kick), 2-63, 00:23 |
| 2nd | 12:32 | Coswell Sims 14-yard pass from Marty Lowe (David Akers kick), 11-91, 04:52 |
| 2nd | 05:04 | David Akers 36-yard field goal, 11-65, 02:34 |
| 2nd | 00:00 | David Akers 29-yard field goal, 11-72, 02:03 |
| 3rd | 06:58 | Calvin Arrington 1-yard rush (David Akers kick), 1-1, 00:06 |
| Louisville | Northern Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 17 |
| Rushing | 4 | 8 |
| Passing | 15 | 6 |
| Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 144 | 105 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.1 | 2.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 164 | 169 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 20 | 64 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 264 | 190 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 18-39-1 | 18-40-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.8 | 4.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.7 | 10.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 408 | 295 |
| Total offense plays | 74 | 89 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.5 | 3.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-2 | 4-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-79 | 7-82 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-274 | 8-315 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.1 | 39.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-1-0 | 4-41-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.5 | 10.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-61-0 | 5-119-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.3 | 23.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-24-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 25:48 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-13 | 8-22 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-7 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-19 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Arrington | 29 | 140 | 7 | 133 | 2 | 34 | 4.6 |
| Marty Lowe | 3 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 5.3 |
| Kaaba Majeed | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Corey Sallee | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 |
| Jason Payne | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -5.0 |
| Totals | 35 | 164 | 20 | 144 | 2 | 34 | 4.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Marty Lowe | 18-37-0 | 264 | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Jason Payne | 0-2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-39-1 | 264 | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Miguel Montano | 6 | 103 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Robert Bates | 2 | 64 | 1 | 54 | ||
| Coswell Sims | 4 | 35 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Casswell Goodman | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Mike Bogan | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Calvin Arrington | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | ||
| John Bell | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 264 | 2 | 54 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 48 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 48 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Coswell Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Campos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Tony Bethel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 24 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 05:04 | 36 | Good |
| 2nd | 00:00 | 29 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Arrington | 133 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| Miguel Montano | 0 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Coswell Sims | 0 | 35 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Robert Bates | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Alan Campos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Casswell Goodman | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Marty Lowe | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Mike Bogan | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| John Bell | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Kaaba Majeed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony Bethel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Corey Sallee | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Jason Payne | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Calvin Arrington 1-1, Corey Sallee 1-1, Coswell Sims 2-1 Northern Illinois – 4-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 24 | John Fuqua | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Tyrus McCloud | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rico Clark | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Alan Campos | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 2 | 1-0 | 1-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sam Madison | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Carl Powell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.0-19 | 2.0-19 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Tony Bethel | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Johnny Frost | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Kendrick Gholston | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Alton Jones | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Matt Conway | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Terry Rice-Locket | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Frank Fountain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Cordell Blair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Antonio Bradwell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Ramon Brayan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Tony Esters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Roper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Deran Wiley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Akers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casswell Goodman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | Mike Scott | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 15 | 73 | 2.0-19 | 11.0-44 | 2 | 1-0 | 2-24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Rico Clark, 3-Deran Wiley, 13-Sam Madison, 21-Tony Esters, 24-John Fuqua, 30-Cordell Blair, 35-Terry Rice-Locket, 36-Frank Fountain, 46-Tony Bethel, 51-Carl Powell, 52-Tyrus McCloud, 56-Johnny Frost, 57-Ramon Brayan, 59-Alan Campos, 90-Kendrick Gholston, 92-Matt Conway, 93-Mike Scott, 96-Antonio Bradwell, 99-Alton Jones, David Akers, Calvin Arrington, Robert Bates, John Bell, Mike Bogan, Jeremy Borseth, Casswell Goodman, Derrick Lillard, Marty Lowe, Kaaba Majeed, Miguel Montano, Jason Payne, Ricky Roper, Corey Sallee, Coswell Sims, Touche'