Sept. 6, 2007 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 40,882
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 28 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 58 |
| Middle Tennessee | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 14:42 | Gary Barnidge 81-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Art Carmody kick), 1-81, 00:18 |
| 1st | 12:37 | Mario Urrutia 71-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Art Carmody kick), 2-75, 00:59 |
| 1st | 11:20 | Anthony Allen 5-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 4-16, 01:10 |
| 1st | 05:48 | Gary Barnidge 0-yard fumble return (Art Carmody kick), 13-69, 04:49 |
| 2nd | 11:58 | Art Carmody 31-yard field goal, 13-56, 05:24 |
| 2nd | 04:08 | Anthony Allen 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 15-82, 07:02 |
| 3rd | 06:19 | Art Carmody 30-yard field goal, 11-73, 03:44 |
| 3rd | 02:51 | Mario Urrutia 22-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Art Carmody kick), 4-71, 01:26 |
| 3rd | 00:28 | Art Carmody 30-yard field goal, 4-6, 01:27 |
| 4th | 11:20 | Harry Douglas 10-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Art Carmody kick), 8-79, 03:26 |
| Louisville | Middle Tennessee | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 35 | 20 |
| Rushing | 18 | 8 |
| Passing | 15 | 10 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 328 | 265 |
| Rushing Attempts | 53 | 29 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.2 | 9.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 339 | 274 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 11 | 9 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 401 | 290 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 25-39-0 | 14-26-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.3 | 11.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.0 | 20.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 5 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 729 | 555 |
| Total offense plays | 92 | 55 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-98 | 5-69 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 1-53 | 2-78 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 53.0 | 39.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 39.0 | 37.0 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 11-707 | 7-457 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 64.3 | 65.3 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 43.8 | 45.7 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 2 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-4-0 | 1-14-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.0 | 14.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-137-0 | 9-185-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.6 | 20.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-7-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 38:58 | 21:02 |
| 1st Quarter | 09:38 | 05:22 |
| 2nd Quarter | 11:08 | 03:52 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:12 | 08:48 |
| 4th Quarter | 12:00 | 03:00 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-15 | 3-9 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 7-7 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 7-7 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 3-3 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Anthony Allen | 35 | 278 | 3 | 275 | 2 | 48 | 7.9 |
| George Stripling | 6 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 5.2 |
| Brian Brohm | 6 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 4.2 |
| Sergio Spencer | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Totals | 53 | 339 | 11 | 328 | 2 | 48 | 6.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Brian Brohm | 25-39-0 | 401 | 5 | 81 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-39-0 | 401 | 5 | 81 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mario Urrutia | 7 | 142 | 2 | 71 | ||
| Gary Barnidge | 4 | 126 | 2 | 81 | ||
| Harry Douglas | 8 | 100 | 1 | 28 | ||
| JaJuan Spillman | 3 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Scott Kuhn | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Anthony Allen | 2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 25 | 401 | 5 | 81 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Cory Goettsche | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| JaJuan Spillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Guy | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Rod Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 137 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 11:58 | 31 | Good |
| 3rd | 06:19 | 30 | Good |
| 3rd | 00:28 | 30 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Todd Flannery | 11 | 707 | 64.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 707 | 64.3 | 2 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Anthony Allen | 275 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 272 |
| Mario Urrutia | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| Gary Barnidge | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| JaJuan Spillman | 0 | 24 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Harry Douglas | -4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Trent Guy | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 43 |
| George Stripling | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Brian Brohm | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Scott Kuhn | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Malik Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sergio Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Gary Barnidge 1-1, Harry Douglas 1-0 Middle Tennessee – 2-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 99 | Earl Heyman | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.0-2 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Malik Jackson | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lamar Myles | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Mozell Axson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Maurice Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-7 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Richard Raglin | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Adrian Grady | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Rod Council | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Latarrius Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Doug Beaumont | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Terrance Butler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Todd Flannery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Stephen Garr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brandon Heath | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Deon Palmer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Preston Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Willie Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie A. Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | Rodney Gnat | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Norton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Peanut Whitehead | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 12 | 48 | 1.0-2 | 3.0-9 | 2 | 2-0 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LG | 63 | Daniel Barlowe |
| TE | 82 | Gary Barnidge |
| QB | 12 | Brian Brohm |
| LT | 68 | George Bussey |
| RG | 66 | Mike Donoghue |
| WR | 85 | Harry Douglas |
| RT | 78 | Breno Giacomini |
| RB | 28 | Sergio Spencer |
| WR | 26 | JaJuan Spillman |
| WR | 7 | Mario Urrutia |
| C | 77 | Eric Wood |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| DE | 88 | Brandon Cox |
| DT | 94 | Adrian Grady |
| DT | 99 | Earl Heyman |
| DE | 95 | Maurice Mitchell |
| MLB | 22 | Lamar Myles |
| SS | 38 | Deon Palmer |
| FS | 10 | Latarrius Thomas |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RC | 34 | Bobby Buchanan |
| LC | 14 | Rod Council |
| SLB | 11 | Malik Jackson |
| WLB | 6 | Preston Smith |
2-Richard Raglin, 3-Trent Guy, 4-Patrick Carter, 5-Brandon Heath, 8-Peanut Whitehead, 13-Jon Russell, 15-Chaz Thompson, 18-Art Carmody, 19-Johnny Patrick, 21-C.J. Peake, 23-Stephen Garr, 24-George Stripling, 27-Doug Beaumont, 29-Cory Goettsche, 31-Darius Mann, 32-Brock Bolen, 36-Todd Flannery, 40-Dane Mattingly, 42-Anthony Allen, 46-Terrance Butler, 48-Joe Tronzo, 49-Pete Nochta, 57-Mozell Axson, 58-Rodney Gnat, 81-Scott Kuhn, 84-Scott Long, 92-Willie Williams, 93-L.D. Scott, Daniel Covington, Travis Norton, Woodny Turenne, Willie A. Williams