Oct. 19, 2000 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,024
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| East Carolina | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 03:41 | Damien Dorsey 9-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Wade Tydlacka kick), 9-70, 05:13 |
| 2nd | 03:43 | Wade Tydlacka 25-yard field goal, 9-27, 03:58 |
| 3rd | 02:30 | Mike Watkins 6-yard rush (Wade Tydlacka kick), 10-59, 02:55 |
| 4th | 08:00 | Mike Watkins 8-yard rush (Mike Watkins pass to Arnold Jackson), 3-54, 00:50 |
| Louisville | East Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 19 |
| Rushing | 6 | 12 |
| Passing | 15 | 7 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 130 | 145 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 148 | 213 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 18 | 68 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 252 | 174 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 22-42-4 | 11-20-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.0 | 8.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.5 | 15.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 382 | 319 |
| Total offense plays | 80 | 68 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-35 | 6-53 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-150 | 7-319 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.5 | 45.6 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 36.5 | 36.3 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 1 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 5-294 | 5-244 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 58.8 | 48.8 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 38.0 | 27.0 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-45-0 | 2-4-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.3 | 2.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-109-0 | 5-104-0 |
| Average Per Return | 27.3 | 20.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-1-0 | 4-39-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 30:26 | 29:34 |
| 1st Quarter | 09:13 | 05:47 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:59 | 07:01 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:39 | 08:21 |
| 4th Quarter | 06:35 | 08:25 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-17 | 7-15 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 6-48 | 3-10 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Tony Stallings | 26 | 91 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 18 | 3.4 |
| Mike Watkins | 8 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 2.9 |
| Dave Ragone | 4 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 4.8 |
| Totals | 38 | 148 | 18 | 130 | 2 | 18 | 3.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Mike Watkins | 14-24-1 | 159 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Dave Ragone | 8-17-3 | 93 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Totals | 22-41-4 | 252 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Deion Branch | 8 | 131 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Arnold Jackson | 3 | 35 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Tony Stallings | 6 | 32 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Zek Parker | 3 | 31 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Damien Dorsey | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 22 | 252 | 1 | 26 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Chris Sivori | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 4 | 45 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashad Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthony Floyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 109 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 03:43 | 25 | Good |
| 38 | Missed | ||
| 25 | Missed | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 5 | 294 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 294 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deion Branch | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
| Tony Stallings | 88 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 31 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 35 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 80 |
| Justin Thomas | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Mike Watkins | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Dave Ragone | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Damien Dorsey | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Rashad Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Mike Watkins 2-0 East Carolina – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 12 | Curry Burns | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeromy Freitag | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Dewayne White | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3.0-25 | 3.0-25 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 24 | Anthony Floyd | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Michael Josiah | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Donovan Arp | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Michael Brown | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rashad Holman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael Everett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Arnold Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chad Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Chip Mattingly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Tony Stallings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 32 | 92 | 7.0-54 | 10.0-67 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
2-Rashad Holman, 3-Antonio Roundtree, 4-Brian Gaines, 5-Josh Minkins, 6-Damien Dorsey, 9-Deion Branch, 10-Arnold Jackson, 11-Mike Watkins, 12-Curry Burns, 15-Dave Ragone, 18-Jeff Brunelli, 21-Brad Shushman, 23-Mike White, 24-Anthony Floyd, 27-Tony Stallings, 28-Dewayne Taylor, 30-T.J. Patterson, 35-Michael Brown, 36-Wade Tydlacka, 37-Michael Everett, 40-Rod Day, 41-Koby Clark, 43-Chris Sivori, 44-Henry Miller, 45-Chip Mattingly, 47-Justin Thomas, 49-Kyle Samons, 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, 76-Rob Eble, 77-Joe O'Shaughnessy, 79-Donovan Arp, 80-Zek Parker, 84-Allen Carroll, 86-Ronnie Ghent, 89-Richard Owens, 90-Scott Lopez, 92-Michael Josiah, 95-Devon Thomas, 96-Derrick Kennedy, 97-Toby Dawson, 98-Chad Lee, 99-Dewayne White