Oct. 2, 2004 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 40,220
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 59 |
| East Carolina | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:22 | Eric Shelton 67-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 2-76, 00:53 |
| 2nd | 08:36 | Eric Shelton 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 8-65, 03:02 |
| 2nd | 06:05 | Eric Shelton 3-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 3-20, 00:18 |
| 3rd | 13:42 | Eric Shelton 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 3-12, 00:59 |
| 3rd | 09:56 | Eric Shelton 39-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 3-66, 01:09 |
| 3rd | 05:10 | Michael Bush 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 3-16, 01:02 |
| 3rd | 01:33 | J.R. Russell 15-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Art Carmody kick), 3-29, 01:00 |
| 4th | 09:40 | Lionel Gates 6-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Art Carmody kick), 6-81, 02:13 |
| 4th | 01:47 | Art Carmody 42-yard field goal, 12-49, 06:09 |
| Louisville | East Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 17 |
| Rushing | 8 | 5 |
| Passing | 16 | 10 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 215 | 53 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.7 | 1.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 6 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 227 | 112 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 12 | 59 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 334 | 182 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 24-31-0 | 21-36-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.8 | 5.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.9 | 8.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 549 | 235 |
| Total offense plays | 69 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 8.0 | 3.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-59 | 7-44 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-113 | 9-322 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.7 | 35.8 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 29.0 | 28.6 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 10-596 | 2-105 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 59.6 | 52.5 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 40.4 | 37.5 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 3 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-65-0 | 3-26-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.0 | 8.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-30-0 | 7-132-0 |
| Average Per Return | 30.0 | 18.9 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-47-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 26:09 | 33:51 |
| 1st Quarter | 06:16 | 08:44 |
| 2nd Quarter | 05:50 | 09:10 |
| 3rd Quarter | 05:26 | 09:34 |
| 4th Quarter | 08:37 | 06:23 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-9 | 7-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 6-7 | 1-1 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 1 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-47 | 2-7 |
| PAT Kicks | 8-8 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Points off Turnover | 21 | 7 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Eric Shelton | 12 | 129 | 0 | 129 | 5 | 67 | 10.8 |
| Michael Bush | 9 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 4.1 |
| Stefan LeFors | 6 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 5.0 |
| Kolby Smith | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 |
| Lionel Gates | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| Reggie Bradshaw | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 |
| Brian Brohm | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | -3.5 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Totals | 38 | 227 | 12 | 215 | 6 | 67 | 5.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Brian Brohm | 12-16-0 | 186 | 1 | 48 | 2 |
| Stefan LeFors | 12-14-0 | 148 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-30-0 | 334 | 2 | 48 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| J.R. Russell | 7 | 101 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Kolby Smith | 2 | 57 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Montrell Jones | 4 | 49 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Michael Bush | 2 | 34 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Broderick Clark | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Adam McCauley | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lionel Gates | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tiger Jones | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Gary Barnidge | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 334 | 2 | 48 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brent Moody | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Montrell Jones | 3 | 65 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 47 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 65 | 54 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 47 | 47 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 01:47 | 42 | Good |
| 39 | Missed | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Todd Flannery | 7 | 419 | 59.9 | 2 | 0 |
| Rob Zarrilli | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Carmody | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 596 | 59.6 | 3 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Shelton | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| Montrell Jones | 0 | 49 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 114 |
| J.R. Russell | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Kolby Smith | 15 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Michael Bush | 37 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Broderick Clark | 0 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Brandon Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| Stefan LeFors | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Lionel Gates | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Adam McCauley | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tiger Jones | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Harry Douglas | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Gary Barnidge | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Reggie Bradshaw | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Robert Haskins | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Brian Brohm | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Michael Bush 1-1 East Carolina – 3-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert McCune | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.0-14 | 3.0-16 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Abe Brown | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Bobby Leffew | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-4 | 0.5-4 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | J.T. Haskins | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Terrance Butler | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | William Gay | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Shane Bailey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Marcus Jones | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-10 | 1.0-10 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-5 | 1.5-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Michael Bush | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Brandon Cox | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Harry Douglas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 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 |
| 67 | Brinson Harley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Early McCray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Matt Sanders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Gavin Smart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kolby Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Preston Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Reggie Bradshaw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tiger Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kerry Rhodes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sergio Spencer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Matt Webb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Antoine Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 24 | 75 | 7.0-49 | 12.0-63 | 2 | 2-0 | 3-47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kerry Rhodes, 2-Tiger Jones, 3-J.R. Russell, 4-Broderick Clark, 5-Antoine Sharp, 6-Preston Smith, 8-Early McCray, 9-Joshua Tinch, 10-Domonique Dunbar, 11-Malik Jackson, 12-Brian Brohm, 13-Jon Russell, 15-Brent Moody, 17-Stefan LeFors, 18-Art Carmody, 19-Michael Bush, 20-Robert Haskins, 21-William Gay, 23-Lionel Gates, 25-Antoine Harris, 26-Reggie Bradshaw, 27-Gavin Smart, 28-Sergio Spencer, 30-Brent Johnson, 31-J.T. Haskins, 32-Eric Shelton, 33-Kolby Smith, 34-Ray Childs, 35-Brandon Sharp, 36-Todd Flannery, 38-Rob Zarrilli, 43-Abe Brown, 45-Adam McCauley, 46-Terrance Butler, 47-Deriontae Taylor, 48-Bobby Leffew, 49-Shane Bailey, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 51-Matt Webb, 53-Michael Sturgeon, 54-Robert McCune, 55-Matt Sanders, 56-Marcus Jones, 58-Elvis Dumervil, 59-Jason Spitz, 63-Daniel Barlowe, 67-Brinson Harley, 70-Will Rabatin, 73-Josh Deer, 74-Jeremy Darveau, 75-Bubba Marshall, 76-Kurt Quarterman, 78-Travis Leffew, 79-Renardo Foster, 80-Jimmy Riley, 81-Scott Kuhn, 82-Gary Barnidge, 85-Harry Douglas, 86-Montrell Jones, 88-Brandon Cox, 89-Breno Giacomini, 92-Montavious Stanley, 97-Brandon Johnson