Sept. 26, 2008 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 42,523
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 06:03 | Victor Anderson 2-yard rush (Tim Dougherty kick), 7-80, 03:20 |
| 2nd | 00:06 | Victor Anderson 18-yard pass from Hunter Cantwell (Tim Dougherty kick), 11-88, 03:27 |
| 3rd | 10:06 | Bilal Powell 5-yard rush (Tim Dougherty kick), 7-55, 03:17 |
| Louisville | Connecticut | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 18 |
| Rushing | 12 | 10 |
| Passing | 10 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 261 | 157 |
| Rushing Attempts | 41 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.4 | 3.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 274 | 216 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 13 | 59 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 247 | 122 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-30-2 | 10-20-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.2 | 6.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.5 | 12.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 508 | 279 |
| Total offense plays | 71 | 62 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.2 | 4.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-60 | 6-40 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-106 | 5-220 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.3 | 44.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 28.7 | 40.6 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 2 |
| Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 4-217 | 6-394 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 54.2 | 65.7 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 38.2 | 46.7 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-17-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.5 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-54-0 | 4-64-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.0 | 16.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-44-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-18-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 31:06 | 28:54 |
| 1st Quarter | 08:52 | 06:08 |
| 2nd Quarter | 08:34 | 06:26 |
| 3rd Quarter | 06:49 | 08:11 |
| 4th Quarter | 06:51 | 08:09 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-13 | 5-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-33 | 1-9 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Bilal Powell | 11 | 112 | 0 | 112 | 1 | 52 | 10.2 |
| Victor Anderson | 19 | 103 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Brock Bolen | 7 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 4.4 |
| Trent Guy | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| Hunter Cantwell | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 41 | 274 | 13 | 261 | 2 | 52 | 6.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Hunter Cantwell | 17-29-2 | 247 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Tyler Wolfe | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-30-2 | 247 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Doug Beaumont | 6 | 106 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Josh Chichester | 7 | 63 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Trent Guy | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Johnnie Burns | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Victor Anderson | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Maurice Clark | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 247 | 1 | 31 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Cory Goettsche | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Victor Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Beaumont | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Tronzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 54 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Chris Philpott | 4 | 217 | 54.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 217 | 54.3 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Victor Anderson | 100 | 18 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| Doug Beaumont | 0 | 106 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 123 |
| Bilal Powell | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| Josh Chichester | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Trent Guy | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Brock Bolen | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Johnnie Burns | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Maurice Clark | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Joe Tronzo | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Doug Beaumont 1-1, Hunter Cantwell 1-0 Connecticut – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 43 | Chris Campa | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Daniel Covington | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jon Dempsey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | L.D. Scott | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-14 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Adrian Grady | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Earl Heyman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-14 | 1.0-14 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Johnny Patrick | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Woodny Turenne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Bobby Buchanan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Dexter Heyman | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Antwone Canady | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Maurice Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0-19 | 2.0-19 | 1 | 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 |
| 27 | Doug Beaumont | 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 |
| 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 |
| 28 | Sergio Spencer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Chaz Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 4 | 51 | 3.0-33 | 6.0-49 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RT | 74 | Jeff Adams |
| WR | 27 | Doug Beaumont |
| RB | 32 | Brock Bolen |
| TE | Johnnie Burns | |
| LT | 68 | George Bussey |
| QB | 14 | Hunter Cantwell |
| WR | 11 | Josh Chichester |
| TE | 83 | Cameron Graham |
| RG | 71 | Abdul Kuyateh |
| LG | 79 | Mark Wetterer |
| C | 77 | Eric Wood |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| MLB | 43 | Chris Campa |
| FS | 30 | Daniel Covington |
| DT | 94 | Adrian Grady |
| DT | 99 | Earl Heyman |
| DE | 95 | Maurice Mitchell |
| 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, 12-Chris Philpott, 15-Chaz Thompson, 17-Tim Dougherty, 20-Victor Anderson, 23-Stephen Garr, 28-Sergio Spencer, 29-Cory Goettsche, 33-Bilal Powell, 36-Josh Wiley, 37-Marcus Folmar, 40-Dane Mattingly, 46-Dexter Heyman, 48-Joe Tronzo, 51-Antwone Canady, 52-James Bryant, 56-Tyler Jessen, 62-Nick Borgelt, 82-Pete Nochta, 88-Andrew Robinson, 91-L.T. Walker, 98-Zach Kiernan, Greg Scruggs, Chris Vaughn, Tyler Wolfe