Sept. 21, 1996 – Away – Spartan Stadium – East Lansing, Mich. – Attendance 70,311
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Michigan State | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 10:57 | Sam Madison 51-yard pass from Chris Redman (David Akers kick blocked), 1-51, 00:07 |
| 3rd | 08:01 | Donnell Gordon 45-yard pass from Chris Redman (Chris Redman pass to Miguel Montano), 4-62, 00:41 |
| 4th | 13:28 | Ibn Green 1-yard pass from Chris Redman (David Akers kick), 5-68, 02:01 |
| 4th | 03:10 | Safety |
| 4th | 02:02 | Donnell Gordon 7-yard rush (David Akers kick), 4-27, 01:08 |
| Louisville | Michigan State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 20 |
| Rushing | 5 | 4 |
| Passing | 9 | 12 |
| Penalty | 0 | 4 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 52 | 70 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 40 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 111 | 115 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 59 | 45 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 348 | 237 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-32-0 | 21-37-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.9 | 6.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.6 | 11.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 400 | 307 |
| Total offense plays | 68 | 77 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.9 | 4.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 14-135 | 7-29 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-400 | 9-340 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.0 | 37.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-18-0 | 3-11-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-27-0 | 4-60-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-38-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-33-1 |
| Possession Time | 27:10 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 3-14 | 4-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 4-29 | 4-37 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-3 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Donnell Gordon | 23 | 97 | 14 | 83 | 1 | 18 | 3.6 |
| Otis Floyd | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Tendai Charasika | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.7 |
| Jason Payne | 1 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0 | 0 | -11.0 |
| Chris Redman | 5 | 0 | 34 | -34 | 0 | -14 | -6.8 |
| Totals | 36 | 111 | 59 | 52 | 1 | 18 | 1.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 18-27-0 | 325 | 3 | 71 | 3 |
| Jason Payne | 3-5-0 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Totals | 21-32-0 | 348 | 3 | 71 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Sam Madison | 2 | 122 | 1 | 71 | ||
| Donnell Gordon | 6 | 84 | 1 | 45 | ||
| Ibn Green | 5 | 60 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Miguel Montano | 4 | 32 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Mike Bogan | 2 | 32 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Otis Floyd | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Dar-Shay Purry | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 348 | 3 | 71 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 10 | 400 | 40.0 | 50 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 400 | 40.0 | 50 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Tony Esters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38 |
| Tendai Charasika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Mosby | 3 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rico Clark | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Bethel | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 38 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Donnell Gordon | 83 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
| Sam Madison | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Tony Esters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Miguel Montano | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Mike Bogan | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Tendai Charasika | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Otis Floyd | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Danny Mosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Rico Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Dar-Shay Purry | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jason Payne | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
| Tony Bethel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 0 | -11 |
| Chris Redman | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -34 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Tendai Charasika 1-1, Miguel Montano 1-1, Danny Mosby 1-0, Chris Redman 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Tyrus McCloud | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Rice-Locket | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2.0-13 | 2.0-13 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rico Clark | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Esters | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Bethel | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Madison | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Powell | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0-11 | 1.0-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kendrick Gholston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leland Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Wyatt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Conway | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Courtney Dinkins | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Beach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Gantous | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Gwinner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Bibb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 65 | 11 | 76 | 4.0-29 | 11.0-45 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| TE | Mike Bogan | |
| LT | Matt Conway | |
| TB | Donnell Gordon | |
| FB | Ibn Green | |
| C | Graig Hoffman | |
| WR | Miguel Montano | |
| QB | Jason Payne | |
| WR | Dar-Shay Purry | |
| RT | Leland Taylor | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| CB | Tony Bethel | |
| FS | Rico Clark | |
| SS | John Fuqua | |
| CB | Sam Madison | |
| MLB | Tyrus McCloud | |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| ST | Matt Johnson (2) | |
| SLB | Tony Esters | |
| RE | Kendrick Gholston | |
| WT | Steve Misetic | |
| SG | Rick Nord | |
| LE | Carl Powell | |
| WLB | Terry Rice-Locket | |
| WG | Jon Suski | |
David Akers, Robert Bates, Chad Beach, Ivan Bennette, Don Bibb, Cordell Blair, Jeremy Borseth, D.J. Brown, Jason Caswell, Tendai Charasika, Courtney Dinkins, Otis Floyd, Mike Gantous, Casswell Goodman, Dwayne Gwinner, Derrick Kennedy, Andrew Loesch, Danny Mosby, Chris Redman, Rich Renner, Touche', Ryan Wade, Yeasive Ware, David Washington, Reggie White, Deran Wiley, Jason Wyatt