Oct. 17, 2003 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,119
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 47 |
| Tulane | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 08:05 | Eric Shelton 8-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 6-84, 02:00 |
| 2nd | 14:55 | Michael Bush 14-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 6-80, 02:10 |
| 2nd | 11:28 | Eric Shelton 11-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 4-28, 01:28 |
| 2nd | 01:10 | Nate Smith 29-yard field goal, 11-62, 04:46 |
| 3rd | 12:50 | Nate Smith 29-yard field goal, 4-3, 01:24 |
| 4th | 13:19 | Eric Shelton 14-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 7-57, 02:34 |
| 4th | 13:02 | Kerry Rhodes 33-yard interception return (Nate Smith kick) |
| 4th | 08:01 | Michael Bush 22-yard rush (Nate Smith kick missed), 8-79, 03:28 |
| Louisville | Tulane | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 24 |
| Rushing | 13 | 12 |
| Passing | 7 | 11 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 288 | 160 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.9 | 3.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 5 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 296 | 213 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 8 | 53 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 212 | 243 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-28-0 | 16-29-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.6 | 8.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.5 | 15.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 500 | 403 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.1 | 5.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-71 | 0-0 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-259 | 7-310 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.0 | 44.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-30-0 | 5-9-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.5 | 1.8 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-94-0 | 8-114-0 |
| Average Per Return | 23.5 | 14.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-33-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 32:42 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-13 | 5-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 6-6 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-27 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-6 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Eric Shelton | 19 | 130 | 2 | 128 | 3 | 36 | 6.7 |
| Stefan LeFors | 6 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 31 | 11.7 |
| Michael Bush | 9 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 22 | 7.3 |
| Lionel Gates | 4 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 4.8 |
| Kolby Smith | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| T.J. Patterson | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Totals | 42 | 296 | 8 | 288 | 5 | 36 | 6.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 16-27-0 | 188 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Justin Rascati | 1-1-0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-28-0 | 212 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 6 | 80 | 0 | 43 | ||
| Michael Bush | 3 | 43 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Tiger Jones | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Richard Owens | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Eric Shelton | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Lionel Gates | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 212 | 0 | 43 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 7 | 259 | 37.0 | 46 | 1 | |
| Totals | 7 | 259 | 37.0 | 46 | 1 | |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Rhodes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 33 |
| Robert Haskins | 4 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kolby Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 94 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 33 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 01:10 | 29 | Good |
| 3rd | 12:50 | 29 | Good |
| 29 | Missed | ||
| 29 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Shelton | 128 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| Michael Bush | 66 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Stefan LeFors | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Kerry Rhodes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Robert Haskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Lionel Gates | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Antoine Harris | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Tiger Jones | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Kolby Smith | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Richard Owens | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| T.J. Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Stefan LeFors 2-1 Tulane – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1.0-4 | 1.5-5 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.0-12 | 1.0-12 | 1 | 0-0 | 2-33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | William Gay | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-11 | 1.0-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Amobi Okoye | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Tyrone Saterfield | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Abe Brown | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kolby Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 20 | 76 | 3.0-27 | 6.0-35 | 4 | 2-0 | 2-33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | Broderick Clark | |
| RT | Renardo Foster | |
| TE | Ronnie Ghent | |
| C | Dan Koons | |
| LT | Travis Leffew | |
| QB | Stefan LeFors | |
| LT | 90 | Scott Lopez |
| WR | J.R. Russell | |
| RT | 93 | Tyrone Saterfield |
| RB | Eric Shelton | |
| RG | Jerry Spencer | |
| LG | Jason Spitz | |
| WR | Joshua Tinch | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LB | 40 | Rod Day |
| CB | 25 | Antoine Harris |
| LB | 97 | Brandon Johnson |
| 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 |
21-William Gay, 31-J.T. Haskins, 33-Kolby Smith, 35-Brandon Sharp, 43-Abe Brown, 48-Bobby Leffew, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 91-Amobi Okoye, Michael Bush, Ray Childs, Antwan Denson, Lionel Gates, Victor Glenn, James Greene, Brian Hall, Robert Haskins, Jason Hilliard, Jonathan Jackerson, Tiger Jones, D.J. Kamer, Brent Moody, Richard Owens, T.J. Patterson, Kurt Quarterman, Will Rabatin, Justin Rascati, Wayne Riles, Jimmy Riley, Jon Russell, Gavin Smart, Nate Smith, P.J. Tavarczky, Wade Tydlacka