Oct. 4, 2003 – Away – Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, Fla. – Attendance 36,044
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| South Florida | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13:47 | Lionel Gates 67-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 3-80, 01:13 |
| 4th | 10:15 | Richard Owens 4-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 8-78, 04:02 |
| 4th | 08:19 | Stefan LeFors 5-yard pass from Michael Bush (Nate Smith kick), 3-66, 00:38 |
| OT | Stefan LeFors 1-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 7-25 |
| Louisville | South Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 21 |
| Rushing | 8 | 8 |
| Passing | 11 | 12 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 187 | 119 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 201 | 140 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 14 | 21 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 272 | 256 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-41-2 | 26-48-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.6 | 9.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 459 | 375 |
| Total offense plays | 83 | 86 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-45 | 11-88 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-319 | 7-327 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.9 | 46.7 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3--1-0 | 8-91-0 |
| Average Per Return | -0.3 | 11.4 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-42-0 | 4-86-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.0 | 21.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-0-0 | 2-70-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 31:18 | 20:38 |
| 1st Quarter | 06:24 | 08:36 |
| 2nd Quarter | 09:48 | 05:12 |
| 3rd Quarter | 08:10 | 06:50 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-20 | 4-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 3-4 | 2-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-18 | 2-11 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Lionel Gates | 11 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 67 | 8.0 |
| Eric Shelton | 17 | 60 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 11 | 3.4 |
| Stefan LeFors | 10 | 37 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 2.5 |
| Brent Moody | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Michael Bush | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Totals | 42 | 201 | 14 | 187 | 2 | 67 | 4.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 19-39-2 | 267 | 1 | 37 | 2 |
| Michael Bush | 1-2-0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-41-2 | 272 | 2 | 37 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 7 | 67 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 2 | 35 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Lionel Gates | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Michael Bush | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Richard Owens | 2 | 23 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Stefan LeFors | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 254 | 2 | 37 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Minkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 3 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 47 | Blocked | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Lionel Gates | 88 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Eric Shelton | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Robert Haskins | 7 | 32 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 38 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Stefan LeFors | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Michael Bush | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Richard Owens | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Brent Moody | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | 4 | Broderick Clark |
| RB | 23 | Lionel Gates |
| TE | 86 | Ronnie Ghent |
| C | Dan Koons | |
| QB | 17 | Stefan LeFors |
| WR | 3 | J.R. Russell |
| WR | 9 | Joshua Tinch |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| CB | 25 | Antoine Harris |
| SS | Brent Johnson | |
| DE | 56 | Marcus Jones |
| DT | 90 | Scott Lopez |
| MLB | 54 | Robert McCune |
| CB | 5 | Josh Minkins |
| FS | 1 | Kerry Rhodes |
| DT | 93 | Tyrone Saterfield |
| DE | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WLB | 40 | Rod Day |
| OT | 79 | Renardo Foster |
| SLB | 97 | Brandon Johnson |
| OT | 78 | Travis Leffew |
| OG | 66 | Jerry Spencer |
| OG | 59 | Jason Spitz |
10-Domonique Dunbar, 14-Nate Smith, 15-Brent Moody, 19-Michael Bush, 20-Robert Haskins, 21-William Gay, 27-Gavin Smart, 31-J.T. Haskins, 32-Eric Shelton, 41-D.J. Kamer, 48-Bobby Leffew, 49-James Greene, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 52-Jonathan Jackerson, Richard Owens