Nov. 5, 2003 – Away – Amon G. Carter Stadium – Fort Worth, Texas – Attendance 33,681
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| Texas Christian | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 03:58 | Nate Smith 21-yard field goal, 11-68, 04:45 |
| 2nd | 08:23 | Lionel Gates 1-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 6-46, 02:40 |
| 2nd | 00:00 | Nate Smith 26-yard field goal, 14-64, 02:56 |
| 3rd | 09:46 | Ronnie Ghent 12-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Kolby Smith), 7-80, 03:02 |
| 4th | 06:39 | Stefan LeFors 9-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 8-81, 02:47 |
| Louisville | Texas Christian | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 29 | 28 |
| Rushing | 6 | 10 |
| Passing | 21 | 14 |
| Penalty | 2 | 4 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 121 | 210 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 46 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 149 | 223 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 28 | 13 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 459 | 251 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 31-50-0 | 17-28-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.8 | 14.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 580 | 461 |
| Total offense plays | 82 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 15-120 | 6-55 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-105 | 4-154 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.0 | 38.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 1.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-121-0 | 3-46-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.2 | 15.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 30:23 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 8-17 | 4-11 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 5-7 | 3-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 1-13 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-5 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Lionel Gates | 15 | 59 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 13 | 3.6 |
| Stefan LeFors | 8 | 47 | 13 | 34 | 1 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Kolby Smith | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Eric Shelton | 4 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Michael Bush | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 6 | -0.8 |
| Totals | 32 | 149 | 28 | 121 | 2 | 20 | 3.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 31-46-0 | 459 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| Michael Bush | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-47-0 | 459 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Lionel Gates | 9 | 134 | 0 | 47 | ||
| J.R. Russell | 8 | 119 | 0 | 37 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 7 | 98 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Broderick Clark | 3 | 52 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Michael Bush | 3 | 27 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 459 | 1 | 47 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 36 | 2 | |
| Totals | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 36 | 2 | |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 121 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 121 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 03:58 | 21 | Good |
| 2nd | 00:00 | 26 | Good |
| 21 | Missed | ||
| 26 | Missed | ||
| 22 | Missed | ||
| 47 | Missed | ||
| 44 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Lionel Gates | 54 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 52 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 173 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Stefan LeFors | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Robert Haskins | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| Michael Bush | -3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Kolby Smith | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Eric Shelton | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 4.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Abe Brown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | William Gay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 20 | 71 | 0.0-0 | 7.0-13 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| TE | 86 | Ronnie Ghent |
| C | 68 | Dan Koons |
| RT | 48 | Bobby Leffew |
| QB | 17 | Stefan LeFors |
| TE | 89 | Richard Owens |
| WR | 3 | J.R. Russell |
| RB | 32 | Eric Shelton |
| WR | 9 | Joshua Tinch |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LB | 40 | Rod Day |
| LB | 97 | Brandon Johnson |
| SS | 30 | Brent Johnson |
| DE | 56 | Marcus Jones |
| DT | 90 | Scott Lopez |
| LB | 54 | Robert McCune |
| FS | 1 | Kerry Rhodes |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| ST | 79 | Renardo Foster |
| LCB | 25 | Antoine Harris |
| WT | 78 | Travis Leffew |
| RCB | 5 | Josh Minkins |
| SG | 66 | Jerry Spencer |
| WG | 59 | Jason Spitz |
| LE | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
2-Tiger Jones, 4-Broderick Clark, 14-Nate Smith, 15-Brent Moody, 18-Rob Zarrilli, 19-Michael Bush, 20-Robert Haskins, 21-William Gay, 23-Lionel Gates, 28-T.J. Patterson, 31-J.T. Haskins, 33-Kolby Smith, 35-Brandon Sharp, 36-Wade Tydlacka, 37-Thomas Miller, 38-Brian Hall, 41-D.J. Kamer, 43-Abe Brown, 45-Adam McCauley, 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, 77-Ryan Holifield, 80-Jimmy Riley, 82-Brooks Johnson, 83-Wayne Riles, 88-Victor Glenn, 93-Tyrone Saterfield