Oct. 22, 2005 – Away – Nippert Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio – Attendance 21,086
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 46 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 22 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:16 | Michael Bush 13-yard rush, 5-80, 00:54 |
| 2nd | 10:10 | Montrell Jones 8-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Brian Brohm pass failed), 6-46, 03:14 |
| 2nd | 01:29 | Harry Douglas 7-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Brian Brohm pass failed), 5-98, 01:48 |
| 3rd | 09:49 | Michael Bush 8-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 6-65, 01:39 |
| 3rd | 01:45 | Michael Bush 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 12-80, 04:19 |
| 4th | 08:07 | George Stripling 30-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 3-50, 01:17 |
| 4th | 02:26 | George Stripling 1-yard rush (Art Carmody kick), 4-36, 01:28 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 28 |
| Rushing | 13 | 12 |
| Passing | 12 | 15 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 244 | 149 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 50 |
| Average Per Rush | 7.6 | 3.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 5 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 252 | 192 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 8 | 43 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 303 | 235 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-27-0 | 20-41-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 11.2 | 5.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.4 | 11.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 547 | 384 |
| Total offense plays | 59 | 91 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 9.3 | 4.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-3 | 3-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-68 | 6-60 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-96 | 7-284 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.0 | 40.6 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 29.3 | 22.1 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 3 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 8-463 | 4-175 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 57.9 | 43.8 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 38.6 | 34.2 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-69-0 | 2-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.3 | 4.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-38-0 | 7-134-0 |
| Average Per Return | 38.0 | 19.1 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 23:01 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 3-6 | 7-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 6-6 | 3-4 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 3 |
| Field goals | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-37 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Points off Turnover | 13 | 7 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Michael Bush | 17 | 134 | 7 | 127 | 3 | 22 | 7.5 |
| George Stripling | 15 | 118 | 1 | 117 | 2 | 30 | 7.8 |
| Totals | 32 | 252 | 8 | 244 | 5 | 30 | 7.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Brian Brohm | 21-26-0 | 303 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
| Hunter Cantwell | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-27-0 | 303 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Harry Douglas | 5 | 87 | 1 | 43 | ||
| Montrell Jones | 6 | 73 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Gary Barnidge | 4 | 54 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Joshua Tinch | 2 | 35 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Michael Bush | 3 | 27 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Robert Haskins | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 303 | 2 | 43 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Todd Flannery | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Montrell Jones | 2 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 37 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 4 | 69 | 38 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Todd Flannery | 8 | 463 | 57.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 463 | 57.9 | 1 | 0 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Michael Bush | 127 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| Montrell Jones | 0 | 73 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 143 |
| George Stripling | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Harry Douglas | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Robert Haskins | 0 | 27 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 64 |
| Gary Barnidge | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Joshua Tinch | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Brandon Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Michael Bush 3-3 Cincinnati – 3-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 10 | Nate Harris | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1.0-8 | 3.0-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jon Russell | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Rod Council | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Zach Anderson | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Bobby Buchanan | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lamar Myles | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Preston Smith | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Elvis Dumervil | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2.5-17 | 2.5-17 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Malik Jackson | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Montavious Stanley | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.5-4 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Brandon Sharp | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chad Rimpsey | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-8 | 2.5-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Mozell Axson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Adrian Grady | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Earl Heyman | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Terrance Butler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Travis Norton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brandon Johnson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Amobi Okoye | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Richard Raglin | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Brandon Cox | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Sergio Spencer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Jason Horton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Deon Palmer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Gavin Smart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Dane Mattingly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 60 | 103 | 5.0-37 | 11.0-50 | 1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| QB | 12 | Brian Brohm |
| RB | 19 | Michael Bush |
| RT | 74 | Jeremy Darveau |
| WR | 85 | Harry Douglas |
| WR | 86 | Montrell Jones |
| LT | 78 | Travis Leffew |
| RG | 76 | Kurt Quarterman |
| LG | 59 | Jason Spitz |
| RT | 92 | Montavious Stanley |
| FB | 47 | Deriontae Taylor |
| WR | 9 | Joshua Tinch |
| C | 77 | Eric Wood |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| DE | 96 | Zach Anderson |
| CB | 34 | Bobby Buchanan |
| LB | 46 | Terrance Butler |
| CB | 14 | Rod Council |
| DE | 58 | Elvis Dumervil |
| LB | 10 | Nate Harris |
| LB | 11 | Malik Jackson |
| LB | 97 | Brandon Johnson |
| DT | 91 | Amobi Okoye |
| SS | 2 | Richard Raglin |
1-Travis Norton, 6-Preston Smith, 13-Jon Russell, 18-Art Carmody, 22-Lamar Myles, 24-George Stripling, 27-Gavin Smart, 28-Sergio Spencer, 29-Elijah Daniel, 32-Jason Horton, 35-Brandon Sharp, 36-Todd Flannery, 37-Marcus Folmar, 38-Deon Palmer, 40-Dane Mattingly, 42-Chase Floyd, 50-Chad Rimpsey, 52-Mozell Axson, 57-Earl Heyman, 64-Devon May, 68-George Bussey, 80-Jimmy Riley, 81-Scott Kuhn, 82-Gary Barnidge, 87-Robert Haskins, 88-Brandon Cox, 89-Breno Giacomini, 94-Adrian Grady, 98-Jonathan Holston, Hunter Cantwell