Sept. 22, 2001 – Away – Memorial Stadium – Champaign, Ill. – Attendance 43,232
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:40 | Ronnie Ghent 3-yard pass from Dave Ragone (Nate Smith kick), 6-72, 02:31 |
| 2nd | 04:15 | Nate Smith 43-yard field goal, 6-38, 03:02 |
| Louisville | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 23 |
| Rushing | 1 | 10 |
| Passing | 12 | 10 |
| Penalty | 0 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 29 | 203 |
| Rushing Attempts | 25 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 76 | 207 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 47 | 4 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 309 | 301 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 22-39-3 | 18-39-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.9 | 7.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.0 | 16.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 338 | 504 |
| Total offense plays | 64 | 81 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 13-111 | 4-30 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-270 | 3-144 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.6 | 48.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 31.4 | 49.0 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 3-195 | 7-406 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 65.0 | 58.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 51.7 | 43.3 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2--3-0 | 6-50-0 |
| Average Per Return | -1.5 | 8.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-103-0 | 2-40-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.2 | 20.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-32-0 | 3-33-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 27:13 | 32:47 |
| 1st Quarter | 09:18 | 05:42 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:42 | 07:18 |
| 3rd Quarter | 05:26 | 09:34 |
| 4th Quarter | 04:47 | 10:13 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-15 | 6-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 1-1 | 4-7 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Field goals | 0 | 2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 3-29 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 2-5 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Tony Stallings | 8 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 3.8 |
| T.J. Patterson | 7 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1.0 |
| Henry Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dave Ragone | 9 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 0 | 14 | -0.9 |
| Totals | 25 | 76 | 47 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 1.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dave Ragone | 22-39-3 | 309 | 1 | 70 | 3 |
| Totals | 22-39-3 | 309 | 1 | 70 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Deion Branch | 9 | 174 | 0 | 70 | ||
| Damien Dorsey | 5 | 82 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 5 | 34 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Zek Parker | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Ragone | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| T.J. Patterson | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 22 | 309 | 1 | 70 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 57 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 57 | 1 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curry Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 32 |
| Deion Branch | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | -3 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 32 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 04:15 | 43 | Good |
| 43 | Missed | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 3 | 195 | 65.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 195 | 65.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deion Branch | 0 | 174 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 171 |
| Damien Dorsey | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Michael Brown | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Curry Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| Tony Stallings | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| T.J. Patterson | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Dave Ragone | -8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Damien Dorsey 1-1, Dave Ragone 2-1 Illinois – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 24 | Anthony Floyd | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chad Lee | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Curry Burns | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeromy Freitag | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Dewayne White | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Michael Brown | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Laroni Gallishaw | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | James Greene | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Devon Thomas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 91 | Keeshan Lowe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Chip Mattingly | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Chad Pinkston | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael Everett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Michael Josiah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | J.R. Russell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Deion Branch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tiger Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 33 | 88 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-3 | 1 | 0-0 | 2-32 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | 9 | Deion Branch |
| WR | 6 | Damien Dorsey |
| WR | 2 | Tiger Jones |
| WR | 80 | Zek Parker |
| QB | 15 | Dave Ragone |
| C | 72 | Ariel Rodriguez |
| FL | 82 | J.R. Russell |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LB | 35 | Michael Brown |
| SS | 12 | Curry Burns |
| FS | 24 | Anthony Floyd |
| LB | 51 | Jeromy Freitag |
| CB | 42 | Laroni Gallishaw |
| CB | 31 | J.T. Haskins |
| DE | 92 | Michael Josiah |
| LB | 98 | Chad Lee |
| DT | 48 | Bobby Leffew |
| DT | 90 | Scott Lopez |
| DE | 99 | Dewayne White |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WG | 61 | Aaron Dardzinski |
| ST | 76 | Rob Eble |
| SG | 64 | Antoine Sims |
| WT | 63 | Jon'ta Woodard |
4-Brian Gaines, 14-Nate Smith, 17-Stefan LeFors, 18-Jeff Brunelli, 25-Antoine Harris, 27-Tony Stallings, 28-T.J. Patterson, 30-Brent Johnson, 33-Chris Johnson, 36-Wade Tydlacka, 37-Michael Everett, 40-Rod Day, 44-Henry Miller, 45-Chip Mattingly, 49-James Greene, 52-Jonathan Jackerson, 54-Robert McCune, 55-B.J. Steele, 56-Marcus Jones, 67-Michael Bowers, 69-Jason Hilliard, 71-Chris Thigpen, 74-Jason Weathers, 77-Brian Devine, 86-Ronnie Ghent, 89-Richard Owens, 91-Keeshan Lowe, 94-Chad Pinkston, 95-Devon Thomas