Oct. 4, 1997 – Away – Hattiesburg, Miss. – Attendance 23,028
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Southern Mississippi | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 10:38 | Jon Hilbert 32-yard field goal, 14-55, 04:56 |
| 3rd | 00:21 | Arnold Jackson 17-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 14-94, 06:21 |
| 4th | 00:39 | Arnold Jackson 17-yard pass from Mike Watkins (Jon Hilbert kick), 8-67, 03:10 |
| 4th | 00:23 | John Fuqua 26-yard fumble return (Jon Hilbert kick) |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 17 |
| Rushing | 6 | 7 |
| Passing | 12 | 10 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 35 | 128 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 116 | 146 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 81 | 18 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 259 | 235 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 27-38-1 | 13-25-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.8 | 9.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.6 | 18.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 294 | 363 |
| Total offense plays | 78 | 63 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.8 | 5.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-47 | 6-101 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-226 | 5-206 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.7 | 41.2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-15-0 | 3-48-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.0 | 16.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-92-0 | 2-61-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.3 | 30.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-23-0 | 1-3-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-26-1 | 1-6-1 |
| Possession Time | 35:36 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-18 | 6-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-6 | 6-47 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Antonio Roundtree | 25 | 86 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 11 | 3.1 |
| Otis Floyd | 4 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Donnell Gordon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -6.0 |
| Mike Watkins | 1 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 0 | 0 | -14.0 |
| Chris Redman | 7 | 12 | 38 | -26 | 0 | 7 | -3.7 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 0 | 0 | -14.0 |
| Totals | 40 | 116 | 81 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 0.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 21-31-1 | 178 | 1 | 36 | 5 |
| Mike Watkins | 6-7-0 | 81 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Totals | 27-38-1 | 259 | 2 | 36 | 6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Arnold Jackson | 8 | 118 | 2 | 36 | ||
| Otis Floyd | 3 | 33 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Donnell Gordon | 6 | 28 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Lavell Boyd | 2 | 27 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Charles Sheffield | 3 | 26 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Miguel Montano | 2 | 20 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Jeff Sholly | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Antonio Roundtree | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ibn Green | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 259 | 2 | 36 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 48 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 48 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Floyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Bibb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| Courtney Dinkins | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 3 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 92 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 10:38 | 32 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Antonio Roundtree | 77 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| Arnold Jackson | -6 | 118 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 109 |
| Otis Floyd | 16 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Donnell Gordon | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Lavell Boyd | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Don Bibb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Miguel Montano | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Courtney Dinkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Jeff Sholly | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Watkins | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -14 |
| Chris Redman | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -26 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Arnold Jackson 1-1, Chris Redman 1-1 Southern Mississippi – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 35 | Terry Rice-Locket | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | John Fuqua | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-26 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Jason Wyatt | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Kendrick Gholston | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Don Bibb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Rondel Marsh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Lavell Boyd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jason Caswell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jon Hilbert | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Randy Zilko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Charles Sheffield | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Jeff Sholly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 7 | 50 | 1.0-6 | 3.0-12 | 1 | 1-26 | 1-23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LT | Ivan Bennette | |
| FB | Otis Floyd | |
| TE | Ibn Green | |
| RT | Mark Grivna | |
| C | Graig Hoffman | |
| WR | Arnold Jackson | |
| WR | Miguel Montano | |
| RG | Rick Nord | |
| LG | James Pesavento | |
| QB | Chris Redman | |
| TB | Antonio Roundtree | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| OLB | Ramon Brayan | |
| FS | 19 | Courtney Dinkins |
| SS | 24 | John Fuqua |
| DT | 74 | Mike Gantous |
| DE | 90 | Kendrick Gholston |
| DT | 96 | Derrick Kennedy |
| MLB | 35 | Terry Rice-Locket |
| OLB | 29 | Jason Wyatt |
| DE | 98 | Randy Zilko |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RCB | 27 | Don Bibb |
| LCB | Dar-Shay Purry | |
20-Bud Herring, 23-Jon Hilbert, 47-Jeff Sholly, 52-Rashad Harris, 58-Jason Caswell, 82-Lavell Boyd, 88-Charles Sheffield, 95-Rondel Marsh, Jeremy Borseth, Xavier Burrell, Zach Butler, Matt Conway, Casswell Goodman, Donnell Gordon, Danny Mosby, Joe O'Shaughnessy, Josh Richardson, Chris Scott, Brett Shively, Ryan Wade, Yeasive Ware, Mike Watkins, Deran Wiley, Rico Williams, Waymon Williams, P.J. Zariczny