Nov. 22, 2003 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 33,268
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 66 |
| Houston | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:42 | Lionel Gates 6-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 10-80, 02:18 |
| 1st | 07:41 | Michael Bush 10-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 10-80, 03:27 |
| 2nd | 09:28 | Lionel Gates 1-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 7-75, 01:44 |
| 2nd | 08:54 | Robert Haskins 64-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 1-64, 00:20 |
| 2nd | 00:49 | Ronnie Ghent 5-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick blocked), 9-77, 02:10 |
| 3rd | 11:58 | J.R. Russell 38-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 4-51, 01:13 |
| 3rd | 08:56 | Nate Smith 47-yard field goal, 7-29, 02:29 |
| 3rd | 07:21 | Lionel Gates 4-yard rush (Stefan LeFors pass to J.R. Russell), 3-49, 01:31 |
| 4th | 10:05 | Lionel Gates 1-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 6-79, 02:32 |
| 4th | 09:14 | Michael Bush 30-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 2-35, 00:42 |
| Louisville | Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 37 | 25 |
| Rushing | 21 | 18 |
| Passing | 15 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 445 | 229 |
| Rushing Attempts | 52 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 8.6 | 4.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 7 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 448 | 248 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 3 | 19 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 334 | 224 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 24-31-0 | 21-27-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.8 | 8.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.9 | 10.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 779 | 453 |
| Total offense plays | 83 | 75 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 9.4 | 6.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-37 | 4-29 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-81 | 3-166 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.5 | 55.3 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 30.5 | 39.0 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 2 |
| Touchbacks | 1 | 1 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 11-562 | 7-400 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 51.1 | 57.1 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 26.9 | 47.7 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-29-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 14.5 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-66-0 | 9-266-1 |
| Average Per Return | 13.2 | 29.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-5-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 29:42 | 30:18 |
| 1st Quarter | 07:25 | 07:35 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:06 | 07:54 |
| 3rd Quarter | 07:27 | 07:33 |
| 4th Quarter | 07:44 | 07:16 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-10 | 7-15 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 6-7 | 4-5 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 4 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-17 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 7-8 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Points off Turnover | 10 | 0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Lionel Gates | 23 | 141 | 1 | 140 | 4 | 26 | 6.1 |
| Michael Bush | 15 | 138 | 1 | 137 | 2 | 38 | 9.1 |
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 64 | 33.5 |
| T.J. Patterson | 5 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 11.2 |
| Kolby Smith | 3 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 8.0 |
| Stefan LeFors | 3 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 7.3 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Totals | 52 | 448 | 3 | 445 | 7 | 64 | 8.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 24-31-0 | 334 | 2 | 69 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-31-0 | 334 | 2 | 69 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 9 | 111 | 1 | 38 | ||
| Lionel Gates | 2 | 91 | 0 | 69 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 4 | 65 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Richard Owens | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Broderick Clark | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Victor Glenn | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Tiger Jones | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kolby Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 334 | 2 | 69 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 66 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 08:56 | 47 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Nate Smith | 9 | 438 | 48.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Tydlacka | 2 | 124 | 62.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 562 | 51.1 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Lionel Gates | 140 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 |
| Michael Bush | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Robert Haskins | 67 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 111 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| T.J. Patterson | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Kolby Smith | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Stefan LeFors | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Richard Owens | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Victor Glenn | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Tiger Jones | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Stefan LeFors 1-0 Houston – 2-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.0-7 | 2.0-11 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-5 | 2.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Tyrone Saterfield | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | William Gay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Abe Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | James Greene | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Deriontae Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Amobi Okoye | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Victor Glenn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 16 | 77 | 3.0-17 | 6.0-24 | 2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RB | Michael Bush | |
| WR | Broderick Clark | |
| RT | Renardo Foster | |
| TE | Ronnie Ghent | |
| C | Dan Koons | |
| RT | 48 | Bobby Leffew |
| LT | Travis Leffew | |
| QB | Stefan LeFors | |
| LT | 90 | Scott Lopez |
| TE | Richard Owens | |
| WR | J.R. Russell | |
| RG | Jerry Spencer | |
| LG | Jason Spitz | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LB | 40 | Rod Day |
| LB | 21 | William Gay |
| CB | 25 | Antoine Harris |
| SS | 30 | Brent Johnson |
| LB | 54 | Robert McCune |
| CB | 5 | Josh Minkins |
| FS | 1 | Kerry Rhodes |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RE | 56 | Marcus Jones |
| LE | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
31-J.T. Haskins, 43-Abe Brown, 47-Deriontae Taylor, 49-James Greene, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 88-Victor Glenn, 91-Amobi Okoye, 93-Tyrone Saterfield, 97-Brandon Johnson, Lionel Gates, Robert Haskins, Tiger Jones, Brent Moody, T.J. Patterson, Kolby Smith, Nate Smith, Joshua Tinch, Wade Tydlacka