Sept. 20, 1997 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 39,826
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Penn State | 14 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13:56 | Arnold Jackson 65-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 3-80, 01:04 |
| 2nd | 04:44 | Ibn Green 14-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 5-80, 02:02 |
| 3rd | 03:18 | Miguel Montano 15-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 12-71, 05:22 |
| Louisville | Penn State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 22 |
| Rushing | 8 | 12 |
| Passing | 12 | 10 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 89 | 259 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 40 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.8 | 6.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 131 | 270 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 42 | 11 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 315 | 306 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 24-38-1 | 14-27-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.3 | 11.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.1 | 21.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 404 | 565 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 67 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.8 | 8.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-33 | 5-35 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-355 | 6-253 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 44.4 | 42.2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-34-0 | 6-69-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.0 | 11.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-59-0 | 2-94-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.8 | 47.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-57-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 32:18 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-15 | 6-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 4-33 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 7-8 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Otis Floyd | 10 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 10 | 6.3 |
| Frank Moreau | 8 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 |
| Donnell Gordon | 5 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 3.8 |
| Mike Watkins | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Antonio Roundtree | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Chris Redman | 5 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 0 | 6 | -5.4 |
| Totals | 32 | 131 | 42 | 89 | 0 | 14 | 2.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 24-38-1 | 315 | 3 | 65 | 4 |
| Totals | 24-38-1 | 315 | 3 | 65 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Miguel Montano | 8 | 130 | 1 | 47 | ||
| Arnold Jackson | 2 | 80 | 1 | 65 | ||
| Ibn Green | 6 | 59 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Frank Moreau | 3 | 22 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Donnell Gordon | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Charles Sheffield | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Danny Mosby | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Otis Floyd | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 315 | 3 | 65 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 8 | 355 | 44.4 | 55 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 355 | 44.4 | 55 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Arnold Jackson | 2 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 59 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 80 | 27 | 34 | 0 | 141 |
| Miguel Montano | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| Otis Floyd | 63 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Frank Moreau | 34 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Donnell Gordon | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Antonio Roundtree | -4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| David Washington | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Danny Mosby | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mike Watkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Redman | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -27 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Chris Redman 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 35 | Terry Rice-Locket | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | John Fuqua | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Ramon Brayan | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Deran Wiley | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Don Bibb | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Kendrick Gholston | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | David Washington | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Chad Beach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Lavell Boyd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | James Dennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Rondel Marsh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Chris Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Brett Shively | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Chris Redman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 17 | 71 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-11 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
3-Deran Wiley, 7-Chris Redman, 19-Courtney Dinkins, 20-Bud Herring, 24-John Fuqua, 27-Don Bibb, 35-Terry Rice-Locket, 40-David Washington, 45-Brett Shively, 49-Chris Scott, 52-Rashad Harris, 57-Ramon Brayan, 60-Chad Beach, 74-Mike Gantous, 82-Lavell Boyd, 90-Kendrick Gholston, 94-James Dennis, 95-Rondel Marsh, 96-Derrick Kennedy, Jeremy Borseth, Otis Floyd, Donnell Gordon, Ibn Green, Jon Hilbert, Arnold Jackson, Miguel Montano, Frank Moreau, Danny Mosby, Antonio Roundtree, Charles Sheffield, Mike Watkins