Nov. 16, 1996 – Away – Astrodome – Houston, Texas – Attendance 19,651
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Houston | 17 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 00:39 | Ibn Green 56-yard pass from Chris Redman (David Akers kick), 2-63, 00:53 |
| Louisville | Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 8 | 23 |
| Rushing | 4 | 7 |
| Passing | 3 | 13 |
| Penalty | 1 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 83 | 132 |
| Rushing Attempts | 25 | 50 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 93 | 171 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 10 | 39 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 103 | 220 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-29-2 | 20-27-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 3.6 | 8.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 11.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 186 | 352 |
| Total offense plays | 54 | 77 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-93 | 7-58 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-366 | 6-227 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.7 | 37.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-10-0 | 2-38-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.0 | 19.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-135-0 | 1-28-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.5 | 28.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-18-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 21:49 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 2-13 | 6-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-9 | 2-10 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Tendai Charasika | 13 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 4.2 |
| Otis Floyd | 9 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 3.9 |
| Chris Redman | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 |
| Jason Payne | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 3 | -2.0 |
| Totals | 25 | 93 | 10 | 83 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 9-28-2 | 103 | 1 | 56 | 1 |
| Jason Payne | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 9-29-2 | 103 | 1 | 56 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ibn Green | 4 | 66 | 1 | 56 | ||
| Robert Bates | 2 | 23 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Miguel Montano | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rico Williams | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 103 | 1 | 56 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 9 | 366 | 40.7 | 51 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 366 | 40.7 | 51 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Rico Clark | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 135 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 135 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Rico Clark | 0 | 0 | 135 | 10 | 0 | 145 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Tendai Charasika | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Otis Floyd | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Robert Bates | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Miguel Montano | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rico Williams | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chris Redman | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Jason Payne | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Otis Floyd 1-1 Houston – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 21 | Tony Esters | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Don Bibb | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sam Madison | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Tyrus McCloud | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Terry Rice-Locket | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rico Clark | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Jason Wyatt | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Rondel Marsh | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Kendrick Gholston | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-6 | 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 |
| 39 | David Akers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Robert Bates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Carl Powell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Rich Renner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Leland Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Deran Wiley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 18 | 69 | 1.0-9 | 11.0-31 | 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| TE | Gary Croley | |
| RB | Otis Floyd | |
| FB | Ibn Green | |
| C | Graig Hoffman | |
| WR | Miguel Montano | |
| QB | Chris Redman | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| CB | 27 | Don Bibb |
| SS | 1 | Rico Clark |
| DT | 92 | Matt Conway |
| FS | 19 | Courtney Dinkins |
| DE | 90 | Kendrick Gholston |
| CB | 13 | Sam Madison |
| MLB | 52 | Tyrus McCloud |
| DE | 51 | Carl Powell |
| DT | 56 | Leland Taylor |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| ST | Matt Johnson (2) | |
| WG | Anthony Byrd | |
| SLB | 21 | Tony Esters |
| WT | Steve Misetic | |
| SG | Rick Nord | |
| WLB | 35 | Terry Rice-Locket |
3-Deran Wiley, 29-Jason Wyatt, 39-David Akers, 49-Rich Renner, 74-Mike Gantous, 83-Robert Bates, 95-Rondel Marsh, 96-Derrick Kennedy, Jeremy Borseth, Tendai Charasika, Jason Payne, Andy Peak, Dar-Shay Purry, Rico Williams