Nov. 1, 1997 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 12,850
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| East Carolina | 7 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 45 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:22 | Jon Hilbert 32-yard field goal, 11-58, 04:49 |
| 2nd | 14:57 | Frank Moreau 1-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 12-57, 05:56 |
| 2nd | 09:07 | Frank Moreau 3-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 4-17, 01:51 |
| 2nd | 07:00 | Frank Moreau 8-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 4-28, 01:15 |
| 2nd | 00:36 | Frank Moreau 2-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 6-80, 02:23 |
| Louisville | East Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 16 |
| Rushing | 9 | 7 |
| Passing | 14 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 149 | 97 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 33 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 175 | 130 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 26 | 33 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 270 | 186 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 23-51-2 | 16-32-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.7 | 11.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 419 | 283 |
| Total offense plays | 88 | 65 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-45 | 6-74 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-229 | 6-261 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.7 | 43.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-10-0 | 3-62-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.3 | 20.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-149-0 | 5-66-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.8 | 13.2 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-48-0 | 2-111-2 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-4-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 33:08 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-18 | 3-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-24 | 1-18 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Frank Moreau | 33 | 147 | 8 | 139 | 4 | 23 | 4.2 |
| Donnell Gordon | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4.5 |
| Chris Redman | 2 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.5 |
| Totals | 37 | 175 | 26 | 149 | 4 | 23 | 4.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 21-47-2 | 234 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Mike Watkins | 2-4-0 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-51-2 | 270 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Miguel Montano | 7 | 108 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ibn Green | 6 | 75 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Arnold Jackson | 5 | 41 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Antonio Roundtree | 3 | 28 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Donnell Gordon | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 270 | 0 | 35 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 7 | 229 | 32.7 | 43 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 229 | 32.7 | 43 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 48 |
| Rico Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Montano | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Rice-Locket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 149 | 44 | 2 | 48 | 48 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 07:22 | 32 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 28 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
| Frank Moreau | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 |
| Miguel Montano | 0 | 108 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 112 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Bud Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 47 |
| Donnell Gordon | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Rico Williams | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Chris Redman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Miguel Montano 1-1, Chris Redman 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 35 | Terry Rice-Locket | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Xavier Burrell | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Don Bibb | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Otis Floyd | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Kendrick Gholston | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2.0-14 | 2.0-14 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Ramon Brayan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Matt Conway | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Brett Shively | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Dar-Shay Purry | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Deran Wiley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Ryan Wade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | John Fuqua | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 12 | 62 | 5.0-24 | 8.0-29 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
3-Deran Wiley, 14-Dar-Shay Purry, 17-Otis Floyd, 19-Courtney Dinkins, 20-Bud Herring, 24-John Fuqua, 27-Don Bibb, 35-Terry Rice-Locket, 41-Xavier Burrell, 44-Ryan Wade, 45-Brett Shively, 52-Rashad Harris, 57-Ramon Brayan, 74-Mike Gantous, 90-Kendrick Gholston, 92-Matt Conway, Jeremy Borseth, Donnell Gordon, Ibn Green, Jon Hilbert, Arnold Jackson, Miguel Montano, Frank Moreau, Chris Redman, Antonio Roundtree, Mike Watkins, Rico Williams