Dec. 18, 2003 – Neutral – Ladd Peebles Stadium – Mobile, Ala. – Attendance 40,620
GMAC Bowl
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Miami, Ohio | 21 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 49 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 14:15 | Lionel Gates 1-yard rush (Nate Smith kick), 10-85, 04:00 |
| 2nd | 05:27 | J.R. Russell 31-yard pass from Michael Bush (Nate Smith kick), 3-88, 01:16 |
| 2nd | 00:00 | J.R. Russell 2-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 4-98, 01:00 |
| 3rd | 00:36 | J.R. Russell 24-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 9-81, 02:42 |
| Louisville | Miami, Ohio | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 28 |
| Rushing | 8 | 8 |
| Passing | 11 | 18 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 237 | 221 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 33 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 278 | 242 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 41 | 21 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 255 | 376 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 18-27-3 | 21-33-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.4 | 11.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.2 | 17.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 4 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 492 | 597 |
| Total offense plays | 65 | 66 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.6 | 9.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-58 | 8-73 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-169 | 4-120 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.3 | 30.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-18-0 | 4-17-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.0 | 4.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-92-0 | 4-36-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.1 | 9.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 3-57-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 29:08 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-11 | 5-10 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 2-4 | 4-4 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-13 | 3-13 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 7-7 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Lionel Gates | 12 | 134 | 6 | 128 | 1 | 88 | 10.7 |
| Stefan LeFors | 8 | 73 | 24 | 49 | 0 | 35 | 6.1 |
| Eric Shelton | 8 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 4.2 |
| Michael Bush | 9 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | -7.0 |
| Totals | 38 | 278 | 41 | 237 | 1 | 88 | 6.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 17-26-3 | 224 | 2 | 56 | 3 |
| Michael Bush | 1-1-0 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-27-3 | 255 | 3 | 56 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 7 | 144 | 3 | 56 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 2 | 45 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 4 | 36 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Lionel Gates | 3 | 24 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Kolby Smith | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Broderick Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 255 | 3 | 56 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 43 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 43 | 0 | |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 85 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Jones | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 92 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Lionel Gates | 128 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| Stefan LeFors | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Eric Shelton | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Michael Bush | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Marcus Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Jimmy Riley | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kolby Smith | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Robert Haskins | -7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Stefan LeFors 1-0 Miami, Ohio – 2-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-6 | 2.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | William Gay | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | James Greene | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.0-6 | 2.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Ray Childs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | J.R. Russell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kolby Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 34 | 35 | 69 | 4.0-13 | 7.0-18 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | Broderick Clark | |
| RT | Renardo Foster | |
| RB | Lionel Gates | |
| TE | Ronnie Ghent | |
| C | Dan Koons | |
| RT | 48 | Bobby Leffew |
| LT | Travis Leffew | |
| QB | Stefan LeFors | |
| WR | 3 | J.R. Russell |
| RG | Jerry Spencer | |
| LG | Jason Spitz | |
| LT | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
| WR | Joshua Tinch | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LB | 40 | Rod Day |
| CB | 25 | Antoine Harris |
| LB | 97 | Brandon Johnson |
| SS | 30 | Brent Johnson |
| LB | 54 | Robert McCune |
| CB | 5 | Josh Minkins |
| FS | 1 | Kerry Rhodes |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| LE | 58 | Elvis Dumervil |
| RE | 56 | Marcus Jones |
21-William Gay, 31-J.T. Haskins, 33-Kolby Smith, 34-Ray Childs, 49-James Greene, Michael Bush, Robert Haskins, Brent Moody, Jimmy Riley, Eric Shelton, Nate Smith, Wade Tydlacka