Nov. 18, 2000 – Away – Robertson Stadium – Houston, Texas – Attendance 3,006
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| Houston | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 11:51 | Nate Smith 41-yard field goal, 7-30, 01:49 |
| 1st | 04:46 | Nate Smith 33-yard field goal, 8-65, 01:24 |
| 2nd | 12:34 | Tony Stallings 43-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Dave Ragone pass failed), 6-69, 02:07 |
| 2nd | 01:09 | Nate Smith 34-yard field goal, 8-33, 02:11 |
| 3rd | 00:24 | Dave Ragone 2-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 3-33, 00:57 |
| 4th | 10:20 | Deion Branch 29-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Nate Smith kick), 8-51, 03:57 |
| 4th | 08:01 | Nate Smith 24-yard field goal, 4-18, 02:10 |
| Louisville | Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 11 |
| Rushing | 9 | 4 |
| Passing | 9 | 4 |
| Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 156 | 29 |
| Rushing Attempts | 49 | 29 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.2 | 1.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 196 | 73 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 40 | 44 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 216 | 147 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-34-1 | 14-34-5 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.6 | 10.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 372 | 176 |
| Total offense plays | 83 | 63 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-79 | 5-42 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-326 | 10-386 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 36.2 | 38.6 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 35.9 | 35.1 |
| Inside 20 | 4 | 2 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 8-405 | 3-144 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 50.6 | 48.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 41.5 | 23.7 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-35-0 | 2-3-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | 1.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-73-0 | 7-73-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.3 | 10.4 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 5-19-0 | 1-28-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-18-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 34:45 | 25:15 |
| 1st Quarter | 07:02 | 07:58 |
| 2nd Quarter | 08:52 | 06:08 |
| 3rd Quarter | 08:01 | 06:59 |
| 4th Quarter | 10:50 | 04:10 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-19 | 2-15 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-19 | 4-26 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Tony Stallings | 30 | 117 | 9 | 108 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 |
| Zek Parker | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 |
| Dave Ragone | 13 | 46 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1.5 |
| T.J. Patterson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Chris Lester | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Totals | 49 | 196 | 40 | 156 | 1 | 26 | 3.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dave Ragone | 13-34-1 | 216 | 2 | 46 | 4 |
| Totals | 13-34-1 | 216 | 2 | 46 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Deion Branch | 5 | 72 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Zek Parker | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Tony Stallings | 1 | 43 | 1 | 43 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 3 | 22 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Damien Dorsey | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Arnold Jackson | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 216 | 2 | 46 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Chris Sivori | 9 | 326 | 36.2 | 63 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 326 | 36.2 | 63 | 4 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 |
| Rashad Holman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Kyle Samons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Floyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 5 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 73 | 38 | 5 | 19 | 9 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 11:51 | 41 | Good |
| 1st | 04:46 | 33 | Good |
| 2nd | 01:09 | 34 | Good |
| 4th | 08:01 | 24 | Good |
| 41 | Missed | ||
| 33 | Missed | ||
| 34 | Missed | ||
| 24 | Missed | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 8 | 405 | 50.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 405 | 50.6 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Tony Stallings | 108 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
| Zek Parker | 26 | 46 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| Deion Branch | 0 | 72 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 87 |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 36 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Dave Ragone | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Damien Dorsey | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Michael Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Rashad Holman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Kyle Samons | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Anthony Floyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T.J. Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Lester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – T.J. Patterson 1-1, Dave Ragone 1-0, Tony Stallings 1-0 Houston – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 99 | Dewayne White | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.0-8 | 3.0-13 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Curry Burns | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Donovan Arp | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0-11 | 1.0-11 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Anthony Floyd | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rashad Holman | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Michael Brown | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeromy Freitag | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chad Lee | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael Everett | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Kyle Samons | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Toby Dawson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Damien Dorsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Justin Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Koby Clark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0-2 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Matt Sexton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 34 | 65 | 4.0-21 | 12.0-60 | 2 | 1-0 | 5-19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | 9 | Deion Branch |
| WR | 10 | Arnold Jackson |
| TE | 89 | Richard Owens |
| C | 73 | Jason Padget |
| WR | 80 | Zek Parker |
| QB | 15 | Dave Ragone |
| RB | 27 | Tony Stallings |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| DT | 79 | Donovan Arp |
| S | 12 | Curry Burns |
| S | 24 | Anthony Floyd |
| LB | 51 | Jeromy Freitag |
| LB | 52 | Rashad Harris |
| CB | 2 | Rashad Holman |
| DE | 92 | Michael Josiah |
| DT | 96 | Derrick Kennedy |
| CB | 3 | Antonio Roundtree |
| DE | 99 | Dewayne White |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| ST | 67 | Michael Bowers |
| BAN | 35 | Michael Brown |
| WG | 61 | Aaron Dardzinski |
| WT | 76 | Rob Eble |
| SG | 77 | Joe O'Shaughnessy |
4-Brian Gaines, 5-Josh Minkins, 6-Damien Dorsey, 14-Nate Smith, 23-Mike White, 28-Dewayne Taylor, 30-T.J. Patterson, 32-Chris Lester, 36-Wade Tydlacka, 37-Michael Everett, 40-Rod Day, 41-Koby Clark, 43-Chris Sivori, 44-Henry Miller, 47-Justin Thomas, 49-Kyle Samons, 53-Jeremy Collins, 55-B.J. Steele, 59-Matt Sexton, 64-Antoine Sims, 69-Jason Hilliard, 72-Ariel Rodriguez, 74-Jason Weathers, 84-Allen Carroll, 86-Ronnie Ghent, 87-Erin Smith, 88-Victor Glenn, 95-Devon Thomas, 97-Toby Dawson, 98-Chad Lee