Sept. 27, 2003 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,489
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Temple | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 14:05 | J.R. Russell 55-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 2-64, 00:55 |
| 1st | 04:44 | Richard Owens 7-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Nate Smith kick), 14-80, 06:07 |
| 2nd | 00:06 | Ronnie Ghent 23-yard pass from Justin Rascati (Nate Smith kick), 8-82, 01:34 |
| Louisville | Temple | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 27 |
| Rushing | 12 | 6 |
| Passing | 6 | 19 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 187 | 53 |
| Rushing Attempts | 43 | 30 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.3 | 1.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 204 | 109 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 17 | 56 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 197 | 362 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-24-2 | 27-54-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.2 | 6.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.2 | 13.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 384 | 415 |
| Total offense plays | 67 | 84 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 15-109 | 9-85 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-242 | 6-227 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.3 | 37.8 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 38.7 | 27.5 |
| Inside 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 3 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 4-227 | 3-139 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 56.8 | 46.3 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 38.8 | 35.3 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-2-0 | 4-10-0 |
| Average Per Return | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-33-0 | 3-72-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.5 | 24.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-23-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 28:55 | 31:05 |
| 1st Quarter | 07:02 | 07:58 |
| 2nd Quarter | 09:02 | 05:58 |
| 3rd Quarter | 04:50 | 10:10 |
| 4th Quarter | 08:01 | 06:59 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-13 | 5-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 1-1 | 0-4 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 6-38 | 2-11 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 0-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Points off Turnover | 0 | 6 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Lionel Gates | 12 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 21 | 5.0 |
| Eric Shelton | 16 | 56 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 11 | 3.2 |
| Michael Bush | 6 | 51 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 7.0 |
| Justin Rascati | 7 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 3.7 |
| Stefan LeFors | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Broderick Clark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Totals | 43 | 204 | 17 | 187 | 0 | 21 | 4.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 5-7-0 | 100 | 2 | 55 | 0 |
| Justin Rascati | 8-16-2 | 97 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Michael Bush | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 13-24-2 | 197 | 3 | 55 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 5 | 99 | 1 | 55 | ||
| Broderick Clark | 3 | 52 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Ronnie Ghent | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Richard Owens | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Lionel Gates | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 197 | 3 | 55 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 47 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 47 | 3 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Nate Smith | 4 | 227 | 56.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 227 | 56.8 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Broderick Clark | 2 | 52 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Lionel Gates | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Eric Shelton | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Michael Bush | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Justin Rascati | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Ronnie Ghent | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Richard Owens | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jimmy Riley | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Stefan LeFors | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Robert Haskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Justin Rascati 1-1 Temple – 2-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Day | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Josh Minkins | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2.0-6 | 3.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 93 | Tyrone Saterfield | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2.0-20 | 2.0-20 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Scott Lopez | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Travis Leffew | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Richard Owens | 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 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | William Gay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Jonathan Jackerson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 28 | 84 | 9.0-39 | 14.0-46 | 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | Broderick Clark | |
| RT | Renardo Foster | |
| RB | Lionel Gates | |
| TE | Ronnie Ghent | |
| C | Dan Koons | |
| LT | 78 | Travis Leffew |
| QB | Stefan LeFors | |
| LT | 90 | Scott Lopez |
| WR | J.R. Russell | |
| RT | 93 | Tyrone Saterfield |
| RG | Jerry Spencer | |
| LG | Jason Spitz | |
| 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 |
| RE | 56 | Marcus Jones |
| LE | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
14-Nate Smith, 21-William Gay, 31-J.T. Haskins, 35-Brandon Sharp, 48-Bobby Leffew, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 52-Jonathan Jackerson, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 89-Richard Owens, Michael Bush, Robert Haskins, Brent Moody, Justin Rascati, Jimmy Riley, Eric Shelton