Sept. 9, 2000 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 41,227
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
| Grambling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 06:26 | Zek Parker 50-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Wade Tydlacka kick), 4-74, 01:53 |
| 1st | 00:57 | Deion Branch 37-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Wade Tydlacka kick), 1-32, 00:10 |
| 2nd | 12:30 | Richard Owens 10-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Wade Tydlacka kick), 4-29, 01:31 |
| 2nd | 10:10 | Wade Tydlacka 40-yard field goal, 4--1, 01:21 |
| 2nd | 02:53 | Deion Branch 26-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Wade Tydlacka kick), 7-46, 02:40 |
| 2nd | 00:11 | Tony Stallings 26-yard rush (Wade Tydlacka kick), 3-35, 00:35 |
| 3rd | 00:04 | Mike Watkins 1-yard rush (Wade Tydlacka kick), 1-1, 00:02 |
| 4th | 03:32 | Mike Watkins 2-yard rush (Wade Tydlacka kick), 9-82, 03:50 |
| Louisville | Grambling | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 10 |
| Rushing | 8 | 2 |
| Passing | 8 | 6 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 226 | -56 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 37 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.8 | -1.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 239 | 64 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 13 | 120 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 202 | 116 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 15-26-1 | 13-33-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.8 | 3.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.5 | 8.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 428 | 60 |
| Total offense plays | 65 | 70 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.6 | 0.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 15-132 | 7-39 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-149 | 8-259 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 29.8 | 32.4 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 31.2 | 23.5 |
| Inside 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 1 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 9-539 | 1-65 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 59.9 | 65.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 44.3 | 65.0 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 6-51-0 | 1--7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.5 | -7.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 9-140-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.6 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-44-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-17-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 30 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 26:57 | 33:03 |
| 1st Quarter | 05:05 | 09:55 |
| 2nd Quarter | 08:09 | 06:51 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:09 | 08:51 |
| 4th Quarter | 07:34 | 07:26 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-13 | 3-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 0-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 10-81 | 1-9 |
| PAT Kicks | 7-7 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Henry Miller | 5 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 46 | 12.6 |
| Tony Stallings | 11 | 56 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 26 | 4.8 |
| Chris Lester | 7 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 5.0 |
| T.J. Patterson | 3 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 7.3 |
| Dave Ragone | 3 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 6.7 |
| Kyle Samons | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 5.3 |
| Dewayne Taylor | 3 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3.7 |
| Mike Watkins | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Totals | 39 | 239 | 13 | 226 | 3 | 46 | 5.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dave Ragone | 12-21-1 | 177 | 4 | 50 | 1 |
| Mike Watkins | 3-4-0 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerry Ahrens | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-26-1 | 202 | 4 | 50 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Deion Branch | 3 | 73 | 2 | 37 | ||
| Zek Parker | 2 | 67 | 1 | 50 | ||
| Arnold Jackson | 4 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||
| T.J. Patterson | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Richard Owens | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Damien Dorsey | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Michael Brown | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tony Stallings | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 202 | 4 | 50 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Chris Sivori | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 44 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 44 | 2 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Arnold Jackson | 5 | 44 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Everett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 51 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 10:10 | 40 | Good |
| 40 | Missed | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 9 | 539 | 59.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 539 | 59.9 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deion Branch | 0 | 73 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 80 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Henry Miller | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 16 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 60 |
| Tony Stallings | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Chris Lester | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| T.J. Patterson | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Dave Ragone | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Kyle Samons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Dewayne Taylor | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Richard Owens | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Damien Dorsey | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Mike Watkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Michael Brown | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Zek Parker 1-1, T.J. Patterson 1-1 Grambling – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 35 | Michael Brown | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Donovan Arp | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.0-27 | 5.0-33 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Michael Josiah | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4.0-38 | 4.0-38 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Michael Everett | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-2 | 1.0-2 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Justin Thomas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Dewayne White | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-12 | 2.0-15 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 | Jeromy Freitag | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Rashad Holman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Erin Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Mike White | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Curry Burns | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Koby Clark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-2 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Anthony Floyd | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Jeremy Collins | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chad Lee | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0-17 | 1.0-17 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Jeff Brunelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Toby Dawson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Ronnie Ghent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Dave Ragone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Ariel Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | B.J. Steele | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Devon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Wade Tydlacka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 26 | 78 | 10.0-98 | 17.0-110 | 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 9 | 1 | 20 | |
2-Rashad Holman, 3-Antonio Roundtree, 4-Brian Gaines, 5-Josh Minkins, 6-Damien Dorsey, 8-Gerry Ahrens, 9-Deion Branch, 10-Arnold Jackson, 11-Mike Watkins, 12-Curry Burns, 15-Dave Ragone, 18-Jeff Brunelli, 23-Mike White, 24-Anthony Floyd, 27-Tony Stallings, 28-Dewayne Taylor, 30-T.J. Patterson, 32-Chris Lester, 35-Michael Brown, 36-Wade Tydlacka, 37-Michael Everett, 40-Rod Day, 43-Chris Sivori, 44-Henry Miller, 45-Chip Mattingly, 47-Justin Thomas, 49-Kyle Samons, 50-Koby Clark, 51-Jeromy Freitag, 52-Rashad Harris, 53-Jeremy Collins, 55-B.J. Steele, 59-Matt Sexton, 61-Aaron Dardzinski, 64-Antoine Sims, 67-Michael Bowers, 69-Jason Hilliard, 72-Ariel Rodriguez, 73-Jason Padget, 74-Jason Weathers, 75-Scott Graham, 76-Rob Eble, 77-Joe O'Shaughnessy, 78-Brian Devine, 79-Donovan Arp, 80-Zek Parker, 83-Stewart Spalding, 84-Allen Carroll, 86-Ronnie Ghent, 87-Erin Smith, 88-Victor Glenn, 89-Richard Owens, 90-Scott Lopez, 92-Michael Josiah, 95-Devon Thomas, 96-Derrick Kennedy, 97-Toby Dawson, 98-Chad Lee, 99-Dewayne White