Dec. 4, 2004 – Away – Superdome – New Orleans, La. – Attendance 22,169
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 55 |
| Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 11:38 | Art Carmody 30-yard field goal, 9-66, 03:22 |
| 1st | 03:23 | Eric Shelton 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 9-67, 03:52 |
| 1st | 00:36 | Art Carmody 33-yard field goal, 4--4, 00:25 |
| 2nd | 05:23 | Montavious Stanley 0-yard fumble return (Art Carmody kick) |
| 2nd | 01:10 | Stefan LeFors 3-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 6-39, 01:16 |
| 3rd | 10:15 | Michael Bush 9-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 6-60, 02:18 |
| 3rd | 04:18 | Montrell Jones 18-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Art Carmody kick), 11-85, 03:22 |
| 4th | 12:57 | Eric Shelton 5-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 10-69, 04:39 |
| 4th | 08:20 | Kolby Smith 7-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 4-64, 01:53 |
| Louisville | Tulane | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 9 |
| Rushing | 11 | 3 |
| Passing | 14 | 6 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 216 | 53 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 27 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.8 | 2.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 5 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 236 | 84 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 20 | 31 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 306 | 112 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 27-35-0 | 12-25-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.7 | 4.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.3 | 9.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 522 | 165 |
| Total offense plays | 80 | 52 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.5 | 3.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-0 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-27 | 3-19 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 1-36 | 7-230 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 36.0 | 32.9 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 24.0 | 30.3 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 2 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 10-631 | 2-126 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 63.1 | 63.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 44.3 | 42.0 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-18-0 | 1-12-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.5 | 12.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-42-0 | 9-188-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.0 | 20.9 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-4-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 33:18 | 26:42 |
| 1st Quarter | 07:39 | 07:21 |
| 2nd Quarter | 11:15 | 03:45 |
| 3rd Quarter | 08:16 | 06:44 |
| 4th Quarter | 06:08 | 08:52 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-13 | 2-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 8-9 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 4-24 | 3-16 |
| PAT Kicks | 7-7 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Kolby Smith | 6 | 86 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 49 | 14.3 |
| Eric Shelton | 18 | 59 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 10 | 3.2 |
| Michael Bush | 10 | 53 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 16 | 5.0 |
| Reggie Bradshaw | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 5.0 |
| Deriontae Taylor | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Stefan LeFors | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0.4 |
| Brian Brohm | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 5 | -1.0 |
| Totals | 45 | 236 | 20 | 216 | 5 | 49 | 4.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 19-27-0 | 247 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| Brian Brohm | 8-8-0 | 59 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Totals | 27-35-0 | 306 | 1 | 33 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 9 | 103 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Montrell Jones | 4 | 66 | 1 | 33 | ||
| Broderick Clark | 4 | 33 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Adam McCauley | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Kolby Smith | 4 | 29 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Michael Bush | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Eric Shelton | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 306 | 1 | 33 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Russell | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrell Jones | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 11:38 | 30 | Good |
| 1st | 00:36 | 33 | Good |
| 30 | Missed | ||
| 33 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Kolby Smith | 86 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Montrell Jones | 0 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 72 |
| Michael Bush | 50 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Eric Shelton | 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Harry Douglas | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 45 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Adam McCauley | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Reggie Bradshaw | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jon Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Deriontae Taylor | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Brent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Stefan LeFors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Brohm | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Broderick Clark 1-0, Harry Douglas 1-0, Stefan LeFors 1-0 Tulane – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3.0-21 | 4.0-27 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Matt Sanders | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Harry Douglas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Domonique Dunbar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Preston Smith | 3 | 0 | 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 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-3 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Reggie Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 33 | Kolby Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 13 | Jon Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 8 | 51 | 4.0-24 | 5.0-30 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
1-Kerry Rhodes, 6-Preston Smith, 10-Domonique Dunbar, 13-Jon Russell, 21-William Gay, 25-Antoine Harris, 26-Reggie Bradshaw, 30-Brent Johnson, 33-Kolby Smith, 35-Brandon Sharp, 43-Abe Brown, 48-Bobby Leffew, 54-Robert McCune, 55-Matt Sanders, 56-Marcus Jones, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 85-Harry Douglas, 91-Amobi Okoye, 92-Montavious Stanley, 97-Brandon Johnson, Brian Brohm, Michael Bush, Art Carmody, Broderick Clark, Todd Flannery, Montrell Jones, Stefan LeFors, Adam McCauley, Brent Moody, J.R. Russell, Eric Shelton, Deriontae Taylor, Joshua Tinch