Sept. 6, 2008 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,694
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 13 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 51 |
| Tennessee Tech | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:20 | Brock Bolen 1-yard rush (Chris Philpott kick blocked), 11-84, 04:40 |
| 1st | 05:31 | Troy Pascley 35-yard pass from Hunter Cantwell (Chris Philpott kick), 6-79, 02:18 |
| 2nd | 13:30 | Brock Bolen 2-yard rush (Chris Philpott kick), 6-52, 02:17 |
| 2nd | 08:37 | Victor Anderson 3-yard rush (Chris Philpott kick), 7-62, 02:38 |
| 2nd | 07:01 | Adrian Grady 19-yard fumble return (Chris Philpott kick) |
| 3rd | 06:29 | Chris Philpott 19-yard field goal, 7-45, 03:13 |
| 3rd | 04:54 | Pete Nochta 3-yard pass from Hunter Cantwell (Ryan Payne kick), 4-28, 01:24 |
| 3rd | 01:31 | Brandon Heath 0-yard fumble return (Ryan Payne kick) |
| Louisville | Tennessee Tech | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 10 |
| Rushing | 12 | 2 |
| Passing | 9 | 4 |
| Penalty | 3 | 4 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 234 | 33 |
| Rushing Attempts | 43 | 22 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.4 | 1.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 257 | 58 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 23 | 25 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 217 | 143 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-26-0 | 20-33-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.3 | 4.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.8 | 7.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 451 | 176 |
| Total offense plays | 69 | 55 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.5 | 3.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-80 | 10-82 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-199 | 9-319 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.8 | 35.4 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 38.2 | 32.7 |
| Inside 20 | 2 | 2 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 9-555 | 3-153 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 61.7 | 51.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 46.9 | 44.3 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-25-0 | 4-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.3 | 2.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-20-0 | 5-113-0 |
| Average Per Return | 10.0 | 22.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-12-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-19-2 | 1-9-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 31:01 | 28:59 |
| 1st Quarter | 08:39 | 06:21 |
| 2nd Quarter | 06:39 | 07:51 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:32 | 07:42 |
| 4th Quarter | 09:11 | 07:05 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-12 | 2-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 5-5 | 2-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-2 | 2-18 |
| PAT Kicks | 6-7 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Victor Anderson | 12 | 116 | 2 | 114 | 1 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Bilal Powell | 12 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 11 | 4.9 |
| Brock Bolen | 11 | 47 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 13 | 4.1 |
| Eugene Sowell | 4 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 7.8 |
| Blayne Donnell | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Hunter Cantwell | 2 | 0 | 18 | -18 | 0 | 0 | -9.0 |
| Totals | 43 | 257 | 23 | 234 | 3 | 20 | 5.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Hunter Cantwell | 15-23-0 | 203 | 2 | 35 | 2 |
| Tyler Wolfe | 2-3-0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-26-0 | 217 | 2 | 35 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Doug Beaumont | 5 | 83 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Trent Guy | 3 | 35 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Troy Pascley | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Josh Chichester | 3 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Johnnie Burns | 2 | 18 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Brock Bolen | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Andrew Robinson | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Nochta | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 217 | 2 | 35 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Cory Goettsche | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Bilal Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Beaumont | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Andrew Robinson | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Campa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 06:29 | 19 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Chris Philpott | 9 | 555 | 61.7 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 9 | 555 | 61.7 | 1 | 3 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Victor Anderson | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
| Doug Beaumont | 0 | 83 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 97 |
| Bilal Powell | 59 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Brock Bolen | 45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Trent Guy | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Troy Pascley | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Eugene Sowell | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Josh Chichester | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Johnnie Burns | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Andrew Robinson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| James Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Blayne Donnell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pete Nochta | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hunter Cantwell | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -18 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Hunter Cantwell 1-1, Josh Chichester 1-1 Tennessee Tech – 2-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 9 | Woodny Turenne | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | L.D. Scott | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brandon Heath | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Karldell Dunning | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | James Bryant | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Bobby Buchanan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Chris Campa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Daniel Covington | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Stephen Garr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Adrian Grady | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 1-19 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Earl Heyman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-2 | 2.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Johnny Patrick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sergio Spencer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Latarrius Thomas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Richard Raglin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Jeff Adams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Maurice Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jon Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Tyler Jessen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Justin Mathews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dane Mattingly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Maurice Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Pete Nochta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Chris Philpott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Rashad Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Joe Tronzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Josh Wiley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Rodney Gnat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 4 | 50 | 1.0-2 | 11.0-36 | 1 | 2-19 | 2-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RT | 74 | Jeff Adams |
| WR | 27 | Doug Beaumont |
| RB | 32 | Brock Bolen |
| TE | Johnnie Burns | |
| LT | George Bussey | |
| QB | 14 | Hunter Cantwell |
| WR | 11 | Josh Chichester |
| RG | Abdul Kuyateh | |
| TE | 82 | Pete Nochta |
| LG | Mark Wetterer | |
| C | 77 | Eric Wood |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| MLB | 43 | Chris Campa |
| DT | 94 | Adrian Grady |
| DT | 99 | Earl Heyman |
| DE | 95 | Maurice Mitchell |
| FS | 2 | Richard Raglin |
| DE | 93 | L.D. Scott |
| SS | 10 | Latarrius Thomas |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| SLB | 34 | Bobby Buchanan |
| WLB | 38 | Jon Dempsey |
| LC | 19 | Johnny Patrick |
| RC | 9 | Woodny Turenne |
3-Trent Guy, 4-Maurice Clark, 5-Brandon Heath, 6-Justin Mathews, 7-Karldell Dunning, 12-Chris Philpott, 20-Victor Anderson, 21-Troy Pascley, 23-Stephen Garr, 28-Sergio Spencer, 29-Cory Goettsche, 30-Daniel Covington, 33-Bilal Powell, 36-Josh Wiley, 40-Dane Mattingly, 41-Eugene Sowell, 45-Blayne Donnell, 48-Joe Tronzo, 52-James Bryant, 54-Rashad Roberts, 56-Tyler Jessen, 58-Rodney Gnat, 62-Nick Borgelt, 88-Andrew Robinson, Ryan Payne, Tyler Wolfe