Sept. 7, 1996 – Away – Beaver Stadium – University Park, Pa. – Attendance 95,670
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Penn State | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 09:15 | Ibn Green 3-yard pass from Jason Payne (David Akers kick), 9-80, 04:25 |
| Louisville | Penn State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 17 |
| Rushing | 3 | 9 |
| Passing | 10 | 6 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 50 | 142 |
| Rushing Attempts | 31 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.6 | 3.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 83 | 174 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 33 | 32 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 217 | 118 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-40-3 | 11-33-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.3 | 10.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 267 | 260 |
| Total offense plays | 71 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-79 | 4-24 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-268 | 7-274 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.3 | 39.1 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-5-0 | 5-42-1 |
| Average Per Return | 2.5 | 8.4 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-51-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.0 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-6-0 | 3-27-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:01 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-18 | 4-18 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-15 | 3-24 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Otis Floyd | 18 | 42 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 2.0 |
| Donnell Gordon | 3 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 7.7 |
| Tendai Charasika | 5 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Chris Redman | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Jason Payne | 4 | 0 | 24 | -24 | 0 | -11 | -6.0 |
| Totals | 31 | 83 | 33 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 1.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jason Payne | 16-32-3 | 151 | 1 | 41 | 3 |
| Chris Redman | 4-6-0 | 59 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jeremy Borseth | 1-2-0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-40-3 | 217 | 1 | 41 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mike Bogan | 5 | 63 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Donnell Gordon | 3 | 43 | 0 | 41 | ||
| Robert Bates | 5 | 35 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Miguel Montano | 2 | 30 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Yeasive Ware | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Otis Floyd | 3 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Gary Croley | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ibn Green | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 217 | 1 | 41 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 6 | 268 | 44.7 | 51 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 268 | 44.7 | 51 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Rico Clark | 1 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Butler | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Terry Rice-Locket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Donnell Gordon | 23 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Mike Bogan | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Otis Floyd | 36 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Robert Bates | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Miguel Montano | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Rico Clark | 0 | 0 | 37 | -8 | 0 | 29 |
| Yeasive Ware | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| D.J. Brown | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Zach Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Tendai Charasika | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Chris Redman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gary Croley | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sam Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Rice-Locket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Payne | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -24 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Rico Clark 1-1, Jason Payne 1-0 Penn State – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Tyrus McCloud | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Rice-Locket | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2.0-15 | 3.0-16 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Bethel | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rico Clark | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leland Taylor | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kendrick Gholston | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ramon Brayan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Beach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Courtney Dinkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donnell Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Powell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Suski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deran Wiley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Touche' | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 41 | 18 | 59 | 2.0-15 | 8.0-28 | 1 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | Robert Bates | |
| TE | Mike Bogan | |
| FB | Gary Croley | |
| RB | Otis Floyd | |
| C | Graig Hoffman | |
| WR | Miguel Montano | |
| QB | Jason Payne | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| CB | Tony Bethel | |
| FS | Rico Clark | |
| DT | Matt Conway | |
| SS | John Fuqua | |
| DE | Kendrick Gholston | |
| CB | Sam Madison | |
| MLB | Tyrus McCloud | |
| DE | Carl Powell | |
| DT | Leland Taylor | |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| ST | Matt Johnson (2) | |
| SLB | Ramon Brayan | |
| WT | Steve Misetic | |
| SG | Rick Nord | |
| WLB | Terry Rice-Locket | |
| WG | Jon Suski | |
David Akers, Chad Beach, Jeremy Borseth, D.J. Brown, Zach Butler, Tendai Charasika, Courtney Dinkins, Donnell Gordon, Ibn Green, Danny Mosby, Chris Redman, Touche', Yeasive Ware, Deran Wiley