Jan. 2, 2006 – Neutral – Alltel Stadium – Jacksonville, Fla. – Attendance 63,780
Gator Bowl
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Virginia Tech | 3 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 35 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:57 | Mario Urrutia 11-yard pass from Hunter Cantwell (Art Carmody kick), 13-82, 04:03 |
| 1st | 02:53 | Joshua Tinch 39-yard pass from Hunter Cantwell (Art Carmody kick), 8-80, 03:11 |
| 2nd | 02:32 | Art Carmody 35-yard field goal, 9-62, 02:34 |
| 4th | 13:37 | Gary Barnidge 29-yard pass from Hunter Cantwell (Art Carmody kick), 2-58, 00:33 |
| Louisville | Virginia Tech | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 21 |
| Rushing | 8 | 12 |
| Passing | 9 | 7 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 127 | 187 |
| Rushing Attempts | 30 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 173 | 230 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 46 | 43 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 216 | 203 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 15-37-3 | 11-21-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.8 | 9.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.4 | 18.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 343 | 390 |
| Total offense plays | 67 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-49 | 7-93 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-185 | 6-300 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 46.3 | 50.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 43.0 | 35.3 |
| Inside 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 2 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 2 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 5-305 | 7-449 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 61.0 | 64.1 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 41.4 | 39.9 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-48-0 | 1-13-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.0 | 13.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-110-0 | 4-78-0 |
| Average Per Return | 27.5 | 19.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 3-79-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 23:39 | 36:21 |
| 1st Quarter | 07:14 | 07:46 |
| 2nd Quarter | 06:04 | 08:56 |
| 3rd Quarter | 03:06 | 11:54 |
| 4th Quarter | 07:15 | 07:45 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-15 | 5-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Field goals | 1 | 2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-28 | 4-30 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Points off Turnover | 0 | 21 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Michael Bush | 16 | 99 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Kolby Smith | 3 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 10.7 |
| Harry Douglas | 2 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 12.0 |
| George Stripling | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4.3 |
| Hunter Cantwell | 5 | 0 | 34 | -34 | 0 | 0 | -6.8 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 |
| Totals | 30 | 173 | 46 | 127 | 0 | 34 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Hunter Cantwell | 15-37-3 | 216 | 3 | 39 | 4 |
| Totals | 15-37-3 | 216 | 3 | 39 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mario Urrutia | 6 | 95 | 1 | 33 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 3 | 55 | 1 | 39 | ||
| Gary Barnidge | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Montrell Jones | 3 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Michael Bush | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 216 | 3 | 39 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Todd Flannery | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 57 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 57 | 3 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Montrell Jones | 3 | 48 | 26 | 3 | 79 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 48 | 26 | 4 | 110 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 02:32 | 35 | Good |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Todd Flannery | 5 | 305 | 61.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 305 | 61.0 | 1 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Montrell Jones | 0 | 22 | 79 | 48 | 0 | 149 |
| Michael Bush | 94 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| Mario Urrutia | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Kolby Smith | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Harry Douglas | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Sergio Spencer | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Gary Barnidge | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| George Stripling | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Hunter Cantwell | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -34 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Hunter Cantwell 1-1 Virginia Tech – 2-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 43 | Abe Brown | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1.0-10 | 2.0-12 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Adrian Grady | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Amobi Okoye | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Nate Harris | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2.0-18 | 2.0-18 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Preston Smith | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lamar Myles | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Earl Heyman | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Antoine Sharp | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Rod Council | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | William Gay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Bobby Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Zach Anderson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jon Russell | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 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 |
| 2 | Richard Raglin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Jason Spitz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Deriontae Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Joshua Tinch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Brandon Cox | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Hunter Cantwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 32 | 74 | 3.0-28 | 9.0-37 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RB | 19 | Michael Bush |
| QB | 14 | Hunter Cantwell |
| RT | 74 | Jeremy Darveau |
| TE | 89 | Breno Giacomini |
| RT | 94 | Adrian Grady |
| WR | 86 | Montrell Jones |
| LT | 78 | Travis Leffew |
| RG | 76 | Kurt Quarterman |
| LG | 59 | Jason Spitz |
| WR | 9 | Joshua Tinch |
| WR | 7 | Mario Urrutia |
| C | 77 | Eric Wood |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| CB | 16 | Rod Council |
| DE | 58 | Elvis Dumervil |
| MLB | 10 | Nate Harris |
| DT | 91 | Amobi Okoye |
| DE | 50 | Chad Rimpsey |
| SS | 13 | Jon Russell |
| FS | 35 | Brandon Sharp |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| SLB | 43 | Abe Brown |
| RCB | 21 | William Gay |
| WLB | 97 | Brandon Johnson |
2-Richard Raglin, 5-Antoine Sharp, 6-Preston Smith, 11-Malik Jackson, 18-Art Carmody, 22-Lamar Myles, 24-George Stripling, 28-Sergio Spencer, 33-Kolby Smith, 34-Bobby Buchanan, 36-Todd Flannery, 38-Deon Palmer, 40-Dane Mattingly, 46-Terrance Butler, 47-Deriontae Taylor, 52-Mozell Axson, 57-Earl Heyman, 71-Marcus Gordon, 81-Scott Kuhn, 82-Gary Barnidge, 85-Harry Douglas, 87-Robert Haskins, 88-Brandon Cox, 92-Montavious Stanley, 96-Zach Anderson