Nov. 27, 2004 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 37,617
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 70 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 14:49 | Eric Shelton 80-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 1-80, 00:11 |
| 1st | 01:17 | Montrell Jones 43-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Art Carmody kick), 3-48, 01:18 |
| 1st | 00:05 | Brandon Johnson 7-yard blocked punt return (Art Carmody kick) |
| 2nd | 10:55 | J.R. Russell 42-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Art Carmody kick), 4-62, 02:04 |
| 2nd | 06:48 | Montrell Jones 13-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Art Carmody kick), 7-75, 02:18 |
| 2nd | 02:48 | Kolby Smith 3-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 3-25, 01:15 |
| 3rd | 07:36 | Kolby Smith 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 2-55, 00:30 |
| 3rd | 03:39 | Montrell Jones 72-yard punt return (Art Carmody kick) |
| 3rd | 01:03 | Tiger Jones 0-yard blocked punt return (Art Carmody kick) |
| 4th | 06:02 | Kolby Smith 5-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 6-80, 03:00 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 16 |
| Rushing | 10 | 12 |
| Passing | 7 | 3 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 357 | 153 |
| Rushing Attempts | 31 | 57 |
| Average Per Rush | 11.5 | 2.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 366 | 214 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 9 | 61 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 134 | 33 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 10-15-0 | 8-27-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.9 | 1.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.4 | 4.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 491 | 186 |
| Total offense plays | 46 | 84 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 10.7 | 2.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-30 | 5-26 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-70 | 9-263 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.0 | 29.2 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 25.0 | 12.1 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 11-602 | 2-130 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 54.7 | 65.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 39.9 | 45.0 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 0 | 2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 6-154-3 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 25.7 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 9-163-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.1 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 18:21 | 41:39 |
| 1st Quarter | 05:24 | 09:36 |
| 2nd Quarter | 05:37 | 09:23 |
| 3rd Quarter | 03:42 | 11:18 |
| 4th Quarter | 03:38 | 11:22 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-8 | 6-21 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 2-4 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 4-5 | 1-1 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 7-34 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 10-10 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Points off Turnover | 14 | 0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Eric Shelton | 10 | 166 | 8 | 158 | 1 | 80 | 15.8 |
| Michael Bush | 12 | 107 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 31 | 8.8 |
| Kolby Smith | 5 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 56 | 14.2 |
| Stefan LeFors | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| James Jackson | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Brian Brohm | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Totals | 31 | 366 | 9 | 357 | 4 | 80 | 11.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stefan LeFors | 8-11-0 | 79 | 1 | 43 | 0 |
| Brian Brohm | 2-4-0 | 55 | 2 | 42 | 0 |
| Totals | 10-15-0 | 134 | 3 | 43 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Montrell Jones | 3 | 57 | 2 | 43 | ||
| J.R. Russell | 2 | 48 | 1 | 42 | ||
| Adam McCauley | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Gary Barnidge | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Eric Shelton | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kolby Smith | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 134 | 3 | 43 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 44 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 44 | 0 | 1 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Montrell Jones | 4 | 112 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Johnson | 1 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Rimpsey | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Rhodes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 154 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Todd Flannery | 11 | 602 | 54.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 602 | 54.7 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Montrell Jones | 0 | 57 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 169 |
| Eric Shelton | 158 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
| Michael Bush | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| Kolby Smith | 71 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Brandon Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Chad Rimpsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Adam McCauley | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Gary Barnidge | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| James Jackson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Stefan LeFors | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brian Brohm | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Montrell Jones 1-1 Cincinnati – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 43 | Abe Brown | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2.0-6 | 1.5-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jon Russell | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0-1 | 1.0-1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Antoine Sharp | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Reggie Bradshaw | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Terrance Butler | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-7 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.0-10 | 2.0-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Early McCray | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Brinson Harley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Jonathan Jackerson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Malik Jackson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ray Childs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Domonique Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Todd Flannery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Willie Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Matt Sanders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Antwan Denson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Antoine Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Amobi Okoye | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| Totals | 58 | 26 | 84 | 8.0-34 | 10.0-40 | 3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
1-Kerry Rhodes, 5-Antoine Sharp, 8-Early McCray, 10-Domonique Dunbar, 11-Malik Jackson, 13-Jon Russell, 25-Antoine Harris, 26-Reggie Bradshaw, 30-Brent Johnson, 31-J.T. Haskins, 33-Kolby Smith, 34-Ray Childs, 35-Brandon Sharp, 36-Todd Flannery, 42-Antwan Denson, 43-Abe Brown, 44-Willie Johnson, 46-Terrance Butler, 48-Bobby Leffew, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 52-Jonathan Jackerson, 54-Robert McCune, 55-Matt Sanders, 56-Marcus Jones, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 67-Brinson Harley, 91-Amobi Okoye, 92-Montavious Stanley, 97-Brandon Johnson, Gary Barnidge, Brian Brohm, Michael Bush, Art Carmody, James Jackson, Montrell Jones, Tiger Jones, Stefan LeFors, Adam McCauley, Brent Moody, J.R. Russell, Eric Shelton, Joshua Tinch