Sept. 8, 2001 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 35,214
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Western Carolina | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:27 | Tony Stallings 9-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 12-70, 05:33 |
| 2nd | 03:01 | Nate Smith 29-yard field goal, 8-60, 03:31 |
| 2nd | 01:04 | Deion Branch 61-yard punt return (Nate Smith kick) |
| 3rd | 03:19 | T.J. Patterson 5-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 11-62, 04:24 |
| 4th | 07:53 | T.J. Patterson 5-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 5-75, 02:23 |
| Louisville | Western Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 19 |
| Rushing | 5 | 11 |
| Passing | 12 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 176 | 173 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 52 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.5 | 3.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 179 | 198 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 3 | 25 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 218 | 104 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 14-25-0 | 12-22-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.7 | 4.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.6 | 8.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 394 | 277 |
| Total offense plays | 57 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.9 | 3.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-32 | 8-48 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-66 | 5-190 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 33.0 | 38.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 30.5 | 23.2 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 6-366 | 2-85 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 61.0 | 42.5 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 47.0 | 36.0 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-74-1 | 1-5-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.7 | 5.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-13-0 | 5-84-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.0 | 16.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 24:03 | 35:57 |
| 1st Quarter | 06:27 | 08:33 |
| 2nd Quarter | 06:35 | 08:25 |
| 3rd Quarter | 04:59 | 10:01 |
| 4th Quarter | 06:02 | 08:58 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-11 | 5-15 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 3-5 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 4-4 | 1-2 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Field goals | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-16 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| T.J. Patterson | 15 | 114 | 0 | 114 | 2 | 24 | 7.6 |
| Henry Miller | 6 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 4.8 |
| Tony Stallings | 9 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 3.1 |
| Dave Ragone | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Totals | 32 | 179 | 3 | 176 | 3 | 24 | 5.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dave Ragone | 14-23-0 | 218 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Stefan LeFors | 0-2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-25-0 | 218 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Deion Branch | 8 | 93 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Damien Dorsey | 3 | 62 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Zek Parker | 1 | 47 | 0 | 47 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 218 | 0 | 47 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Deion Branch | 2 | 65 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damien Dorsey | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Leffew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 74 | 61 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 03:01 | 29 | Good |
| 29 | Missed | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Wade Tydlacka | 6 | 366 | 61.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 366 | 61.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deion Branch | 0 | 93 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 158 |
| T.J. Patterson | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
| Damien Dorsey | 0 | 62 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 71 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Henry Miller | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Tony Stallings | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Dave Ragone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – T.J. Patterson 2-1 Western Carolina – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 12 | Curry Burns | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chad Lee | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Laroni Gallishaw | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0-7 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeromy Freitag | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | James Greene | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Dewayne White | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Anthony Floyd | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Michael Josiah | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Chris Johnson | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kerry Rhodes | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael Everett | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | Jeremy Collins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Devon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Michael Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Jonathan Jackerson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Keeshan Lowe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Chad Pinkston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 62 | 29 | 91 | 2.0-16 | 5.0-22 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2-Tiger Jones, 4-Brian Gaines, 6-Damien Dorsey, 9-Deion Branch, 12-Curry Burns, 14-Nate Smith, 15-Dave Ragone, 17-Stefan LeFors, 18-Jeff Brunelli, 19-Kerry Rhodes, 24-Anthony Floyd, 25-Antoine Harris, 27-Tony Stallings, 28-T.J. Patterson, 31-J.T. Haskins, 33-Chris Johnson, 35-Michael Brown, 36-Wade Tydlacka, 37-Michael Everett, 40-Rod Day, 42-Laroni Gallishaw, 44-Henry Miller, 45-Chip Mattingly, 48-Bobby Leffew, 49-James Greene, 51-Jeromy Freitag, 52-Jonathan Jackerson, 53-Jeremy Collins, 54-Robert McCune, 55-B.J. Steele, 56-Marcus Jones, 61-Aaron Dardzinski, 62-Kedrick Davis, 63-Jon'ta Woodard, 64-Antoine Sims, 67-Michael Bowers, 68-Dan Koons, 69-Jason Hilliard, 72-Ariel Rodriguez, 74-Jason Weathers, 76-Rob Eble, 77-Brian Devine, 80-Zek Parker, 82-J.R. Russell, 83-Tone' Slatter, 86-Ronnie Ghent, 89-Richard Owens, 90-Scott Lopez, 91-Keeshan Lowe, 92-Michael Josiah, 94-Chad Pinkston, 95-Devon Thomas, 98-Chad Lee, 99-Dewayne White