Nov. 28, 2003 – Away – Nippert Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio – Attendance 11,993
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 43 |
| Cincinnati | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 40 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:23 | Kolby Smith 5-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 12-70, 06:04 |
| 2nd | 09:27 | Richard Owens 7-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick blocked), 9-69, 04:23 |
| 2nd | 07:00 | Stefan LeFors 69-yard rush (Stefan LeFors run), 3-83, 01:02 |
| 2nd | 04:16 | Brandon Johnson 20-yard fumble return (Nate Smith kick) |
| 4th | 13:47 | Michael Bush 81-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 1-81, 00:15 |
| 4th | 01:10 | J.R. Russell 54-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Stefan LeFors run), 5-69, 01:10 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 26 |
| Rushing | 10 | 11 |
| Passing | 9 | 13 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 315 | 203 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 9.0 | 4.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 315 | 222 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 0 | 19 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 211 | 336 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-27-1 | 20-40-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.2 | 16.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 526 | 539 |
| Total offense plays | 62 | 82 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 8.5 | 6.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-55 | 4-45 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-124 | 3-130 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.3 | 43.3 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 41.3 | 43.3 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 7-409 | 9-425 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 58.4 | 47.2 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 41.3 | 37.9 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-84-0 | 6-120-0 |
| Average Per Return | 12.0 | 20.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-20-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 26:07 | 33:53 |
| 1st Quarter | 08:37 | 06:23 |
| 2nd Quarter | 08:20 | 06:40 |
| 3rd Quarter | 05:37 | 09:23 |
| 4th Quarter | 03:33 | 11:27 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 2-8 | 6-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 2-3 | 7-7 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Field goals | 0 | 3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-12 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 4-5 |
| Points off Turnover | 7 | 9 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Michael Bush | 11 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 81 | 11.4 |
| Lionel Gates | 14 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 21 | 6.4 |
| Stefan LeFors | 5 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 69 | 16.0 |
| Kolby Smith | 4 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 4.5 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Totals | 35 | 315 | 0 | 315 | 3 | 81 | 9.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 16-27-1 | 211 | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-27-1 | 211 | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 6 | 111 | 1 | 54 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 6 | 65 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Lionel Gates | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Michael Bush | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Richard Owens | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 211 | 2 | 54 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Glenn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kolby Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 84 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 36 | Missed | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Nate Smith | 7 | 409 | 58.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 409 | 58.4 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Michael Bush | 125 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Lionel Gates | 89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| Stefan LeFors | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Victor Glenn | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Kolby Smith | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Richard Owens | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Robert Haskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Broderick Clark 1-1, Lionel Gates 1-1, Kolby Smith 1-1 Cincinnati – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1.0-5 | 3.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | William Gay | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-20 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-7 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Victor Glenn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Nate Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Abe Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 30 | 79 | 2.0-12 | 7.0-19 | 1 | 1-20 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RB | Michael Bush | |
| WR | Broderick Clark | |
| RT | Renardo Foster | |
| TE | Ronnie Ghent | |
| C | Dan Koons | |
| RT | 48 | Bobby Leffew |
| LT | Travis Leffew | |
| QB | Stefan LeFors | |
| WR | J.R. Russell | |
| LT | Tyrone Saterfield | |
| RG | Jerry Spencer | |
| LG | Jason Spitz | |
| WR | Joshua Tinch | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LB | 40 | Rod Day |
| LB | 21 | William Gay |
| CB | 25 | Antoine Harris |
| SS | 30 | Brent Johnson |
| LB | 54 | Robert McCune |
| CB | 5 | Josh Minkins |
| FS | 1 | Kerry Rhodes |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RE | 56 | Marcus Jones |
| LE | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
14-Nate Smith, 31-J.T. Haskins, 35-Brandon Sharp, 43-Abe Brown, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 88-Victor Glenn, 90-Scott Lopez, 97-Brandon Johnson, Lionel Gates, Robert Haskins, Brent Moody, Richard Owens, Kolby Smith