Oct. 25, 2003 – Away – Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium – Greenville, N.C. – Attendance 33,420
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 36 |
| East Carolina | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 03:17 | Eric Shelton 3-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 13-62, 05:09 |
| 2nd | 08:21 | Nate Smith 42-yard field goal, 8-30, 04:33 |
| 3rd | 07:23 | Nate Smith 29-yard field goal, 11-53, 04:27 |
| 4th | 14:51 | Nate Smith 31-yard field goal, 10-62, 03:46 |
| 4th | 06:47 | J.R. Russell 35-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 3-67, 01:20 |
| 4th | 02:18 | Lionel Gates 13-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 6-37, 03:01 |
| 4th | 00:00 | T.J. Patterson 42-yard rush, 3-50, 00:24 |
| Louisville | East Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 24 |
| Rushing | 16 | 7 |
| Passing | 8 | 15 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 305 | 166 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 37 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.8 | 4.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 310 | 168 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 5 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 187 | 291 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-28-0 | 24-42-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.0 | 12.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 492 | 457 |
| Total offense plays | 73 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-46 | 4-33 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-83 | 2-88 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.5 | 44.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 31.5 | 28.5 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 1 | 1 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 7-444 | 5-231 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 63.4 | 46.2 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 53.9 | 32.8 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-11-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-67-0 | 4-67-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.3 | 16.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 29:27 | 30:33 |
| 1st Quarter | 07:55 | 07:05 |
| 2nd Quarter | 05:52 | 09:08 |
| 3rd Quarter | 08:04 | 06:56 |
| 4th Quarter | 07:36 | 07:24 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-14 | 9-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-4 | 0-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 5-5 | 3-3 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Field goals | 3 | 1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| Points off Turnover | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Eric Shelton | 24 | 123 | 5 | 118 | 1 | 29 | 4.9 |
| T.J. Patterson | 3 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 42 | 16.7 |
| Stefan LeFors | 7 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 6.9 |
| Michael Bush | 5 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 23 | 6.6 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 |
| Lionel Gates | 5 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 5.2 |
| Totals | 45 | 310 | 5 | 305 | 3 | 42 | 6.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 17-27-0 | 187 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Michael Bush | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-28-0 | 187 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 5 | 77 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 3 | 31 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Tiger Jones | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Michael Bush | 3 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Richard Owens | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 187 | 1 | 35 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Michael Bush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 67 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 08:21 | 42 | Good |
| 3rd | 07:23 | 29 | Good |
| 4th | 14:51 | 31 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 7 | 444 | 63.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 444 | 63.4 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Shelton | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Michael Bush | 33 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Robert Haskins | 30 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 53 |
| T.J. Patterson | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Stefan LeFors | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Jimmy Riley | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Lionel Gates | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Tiger Jones | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Richard Owens | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Tyrone Saterfield | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Amobi Okoye | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | William Gay | 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 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 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 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Eric Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Gavin Smart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 19 | 76 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RT | 79 | Renardo Foster |
| TE | 86 | Ronnie Ghent |
| WR | 88 | Victor Glenn |
| C | 68 | Dan Koons |
| LT | 78 | Travis Leffew |
| QB | 17 | Stefan LeFors |
| TE | 89 | Richard Owens |
| RB | 32 | Eric Shelton |
| RG | 66 | Jerry Spencer |
| LG | 59 | Jason Spitz |
| WR | 9 | Joshua Tinch |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| SS | 30 | Brent Johnson |
| DE | 56 | Marcus Jones |
| DT | 90 | Scott Lopez |
| MLB | 54 | Robert McCune |
| FS | 1 | Kerry Rhodes |
| DT | 93 | Tyrone Saterfield |
| DE | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WLB | 40 | Rod Day |
| LCB | 25 | Antoine Harris |
| SLB | 97 | Brandon Johnson |
| RCB | 5 | Josh Minkins |
2-Tiger Jones, 3-J.R. Russell, 14-Nate Smith, 15-Brent Moody, 19-Michael Bush, 20-Robert Haskins, 21-William Gay, 23-Lionel Gates, 27-Gavin Smart, 28-T.J. Patterson, 31-J.T. Haskins, 33-Kolby Smith, 34-Ray Childs, 35-Brandon Sharp, 36-Wade Tydlacka, 38-Brian Hall, 39-Eric Miller, 41-D.J. Kamer, 42-Todd Flannery, 43-Abe Brown, 48-Bobby Leffew, 49-James Greene, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 52-Jonathan Jackerson, 57-Antwan Denson, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 69-Jason Hilliard, 70-Will Rabatin, 71-P.J. Tavarczky, 80-Jimmy Riley, 83-Wayne Riles, 91-Amobi Okoye