Louisville 66, Houston 45

Nov. 22, 2003 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 33,268

1st2nd3rd4thTotal
Louisville1420181466
Houston7247745

Louisville Scoring Summary

QtrTimeScoring Play
1st12:42Lionel Gates 6-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 10-80, 02:18
1st07:41Michael Bush 10-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 10-80, 03:27
2nd09:28Lionel Gates 1-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 7-75, 01:44
2nd08:54Robert Haskins 64-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 1-64, 00:20
2nd00:49Ronnie Ghent 5-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick blocked), 9-77, 02:10
3rd11:58J.R. Russell 38-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 4-51, 01:13
3rd08:56Nate Smith 47-yard field goal, 7-29, 02:29
3rd07:21Lionel Gates 4-yard rush (Stefan LeFors pass to J.R. Russell), 3-49, 01:31
4th10:05Lionel Gates 1-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 6-79, 02:32
4th09:14Michael Bush 30-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 2-35, 00:42

Team Statistics

LouisvilleHouston
FIRST DOWNS3725
Rushing2118
Passing157
Penalty10
NET YARDS RUSHING445229
Rushing Attempts5248
Average Per Rush8.64.8
Rushing Touchdowns73
Yards Gained Rushing448248
Yards Lost Rushing319
NET YARDS PASSING334224
Completions-Attempts-Int24-31-021-27-0
Average Per Attempt10.88.3
Average Per Completion13.910.7
Passing Touchdowns22
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS779453
Total offense plays8375
Average Gain Per Play9.46.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost1-02-2
Penalties: Number-Yards4-374-29
PUNTS-YARDS2-813-166
Average Yards Per Punt40.555.3
Net Yards Per Punt30.539.0
Inside 2000
50+ Yards12
Touchbacks11
Fair catch00
KICKOFF-YARDS11-5627-400
Average Yards Per Kickoff51.157.1
Net Yards Per Kickoff26.947.7
Kickoff Touchbacks00
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD2-29-00-0-0
Average Per Return14.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD5-66-09-266-1
Average Per Return13.229.6
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD0-0-00-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD1-5-00-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards00
Possession Time29:4230:18
1st Quarter07:2507:35
2nd Quarter07:0607:54
3rd Quarter07:2707:33
4th Quarter07:4407:16
Third-Down Conversions6-107-15
Fourth-Down Conversions0-13-3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances6-74-5
Touchdowns64
Field goals00
Sacks By: Number-Yards3-170-0
PAT Kicks7-86-6
2Pts Conversions1-10-0
Field Goals1-11-2
Points off Turnover100
RUSHING
No.GainLossNetTDLgAvg
Lionel Gates2314111404266.1
Michael Bush1513811372389.1
Robert Haskins26706716433.5
T.J. Patterson55605601711.2
Kolby Smith3240240148.0
Stefan LeFors3220220127.3
TEAM101-100-1.0
Totals5244834457648.6
PASSING
C-A-IYdsTDLongSack
Stefan LeFors24-31-03342690
Totals24-31-03342690
RECEIVING
TARNo.YardsYACTDLong
J.R. Russell9111138
Lionel Gates291069
Ronnie Ghent465124
Joshua Tinch218011
Robert Haskins215010
Richard Owens111011
Broderick Clark1808
Victor Glenn1808
Tiger Jones1606
Kolby Smith1101
Totals24334269
PUNTING
No.YdsAvgLongIn20TB
Brent Moody28140.55001
Totals28140.55001
RETURNS
Punt NoYdsLgKick NoYdsLgInt NoYdsLg
Broderick Clark00056625000
Robert Haskins22921000000
Totals2292156625000
FIELD GOALS
QtrTimeDistResult
3rd08:5647Good
KICKOFFS
No.YardsAvgTBOB
Nate Smith943848.700
Wade Tydlacka212462.000
Totals1156251.100
ALL-PURPOSE
RushRcvKRPRIRTotal
Lionel Gates14091000231
Michael Bush1370000137
J.R. Russell0111000111
Robert Haskins67150290111
Broderick Clark08660074
Ronnie Ghent06500065
T.J. Patterson56000056
Kolby Smith24100025
Stefan LeFors22000022
Joshua Tinch01800018
Richard Owens01100011
Victor Glenn080008
Tiger Jones060006
FUMBLES
Louisville – Stefan LeFors 1-0
Houston – 2-2
Louisville Defense
#NameSoloAstTotalSacks-YdsTFL-YdsFFFR-YdsInt-YdsBrUpBlksQBH
30Brent Johnson121130.0-00.0-000-00-0000
54Robert McCune5381.0-51.0-500-00-0000
40Rod Day3580.0-00.0-010-00-0000
1Kerry Rhodes7070.0-00.0-000-00-0010
56Marcus Jones5161.0-72.0-1101-00-0000
31J.T. Haskins5050.0-00.0-010-00-0000
92Montavious Stanley4150.0-00.0-000-00-0000
25Antoine Harris3250.0-01.0-200-00-0000
48Bobby Leffew3031.0-52.0-600-00-0000
93Tyrone Saterfield3030.0-00.0-000-00-0000
58Elvis Dumervil2130.0-00.0-000-00-0000
21William Gay2020.0-00.0-000-00-0100
5Josh Minkins2020.0-00.0-000-00-0000
90Scott Lopez1120.0-00.0-000-00-0000
43Abe Brown1010.0-00.0-000-00-0000
49James Greene1010.0-00.0-000-00-0000
97Brandon Johnson1010.0-00.0-000-00-0000
47Deriontae Taylor1010.0-00.0-000-00-0000
91Amobi Okoye0110.0-00.0-000-00-0000
88Victor Glenn0000.0-00.0-001-50-0000
Totals6116773.0-176.0-2422-50-0110

Louisville Starters

OTHER
Pos#Name
RE56Marcus Jones
LE92Montavious Stanley

Louisville Participation

31-J.T. Haskins, 43-Abe Brown, 47-Deriontae Taylor, 49-James Greene, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 88-Victor Glenn, 91-Amobi Okoye, 93-Tyrone Saterfield, 97-Brandon Johnson, Lionel Gates, Robert Haskins, Tiger Jones, Brent Moody, T.J. Patterson, Kolby Smith, Nate Smith, Joshua Tinch, Wade Tydlacka