Oct. 18, 2008 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,319
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| Middle Tennessee | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:02 | Brock Bolen 3-yard rush (Ryan Payne kick), 9-57, 04:34 |
| 2nd | 11:21 | Victor Anderson 88-yard rush (Ryan Payne kick), 2-88, 00:49 |
| 3rd | 05:25 | Brock Bolen 1-yard rush (Ryan Payne kick), 4-31, 02:25 |
| 4th | 12:56 | Brock Bolen 1-yard rush (Ryan Payne kick), 6-41, 02:39 |
| 4th | 11:13 | Johnny Patrick 0-yard blocked punt return (Ryan Payne kick) |
| 4th | 02:30 | Johnnie Burns 1-yard pass from Hunter Cantwell (Ryan Payne kick), 14-94, 07:09 |
| Louisville | Middle Tennessee | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 20 |
| Rushing | 11 | 9 |
| Passing | 5 | 10 |
| Penalty | 3 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 247 | 105 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 30 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 252 | 135 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 5 | 30 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 144 | 201 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 14-23-2 | 20-38-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.3 | 10.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 391 | 306 |
| Total offense plays | 68 | 68 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-40 | 10-87 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-121 | 8-256 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.3 | 32.0 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 40.7 | 24.4 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 7-435 | 4-201 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 62.1 | 50.2 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 46.0 | 31.8 |
| Kickoff Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 6-61-1 | 1--1-0 |
| Average Per Return | 10.2 | -1.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-74-0 | 5-93-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.7 | 18.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-29-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 31:57 | 28:03 |
| 1st Quarter | 08:31 | 06:29 |
| 2nd Quarter | 03:53 | 11:07 |
| 3rd Quarter | 09:44 | 05:16 |
| 4th Quarter | 09:49 | 05:11 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-15 | 6-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 4-5 | 2-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-18 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 6-6 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Victor Anderson | 19 | 164 | 3 | 161 | 1 | 88 | 8.5 |
| Brock Bolen | 20 | 69 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 26 | 3.3 |
| Hunter Cantwell | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Joe Tronzo | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Doug Beaumont | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Blayne Donnell | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Totals | 45 | 252 | 5 | 247 | 4 | 88 | 5.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Hunter Cantwell | 14-23-2 | 144 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-23-2 | 144 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Scott Long | 3 | 49 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Trent Guy | 2 | 43 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Johnnie Burns | 4 | 21 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Doug Beaumont | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Brock Bolen | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Vaughn | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Victor Anderson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 144 | 1 | 27 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Cory Goettsche | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Doug Beaumont | 5 | 35 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Guy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Bryant | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Campa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 61 | 23 | 3 | 74 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yards | Avg | TB | OB | |
| Chris Philpott | 7 | 435 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 7 | 435 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Victor Anderson | 161 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| Doug Beaumont | 4 | 16 | 30 | 35 | 0 | 85 |
| Trent Guy | 0 | 43 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Brock Bolen | 67 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Scott Long | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| James Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Johnnie Burns | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Chris Campa | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hunter Cantwell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Joe Tronzo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chris Vaughn | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Blayne Donnell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Middle Tennessee – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 43 | Chris Campa | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jon Dempsey | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Bobby Buchanan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Daniel Covington | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Antwone Canady | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sergio Spencer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | L.D. Scott | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Woodny Turenne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Earl Heyman | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brandon Heath | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Justin Mathews | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Victor Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Karldell Dunning | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Tyler Jessen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Josh McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Norton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Johnny Patrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | L.T. Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Keith Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Marcus Folmar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | James Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 4 | 53 | 2.0-18 | 7.0-33 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RT | 74 | Jeff Adams |
| WR | 27 | Doug Beaumont |
| RB | 32 | Brock Bolen |
| TE | Johnnie Burns | |
| LT | 68 | George Bussey |
| QB | 14 | Hunter Cantwell |
| RG | 71 | Abdul Kuyateh |
| WR | 84 | Scott Long |
| TE | 82 | Pete Nochta |
| LG | 79 | Mark Wetterer |
| C | 77 | Eric Wood |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| SS | 34 | Bobby Buchanan |
| MLB | 43 | Chris Campa |
| FS | 30 | Daniel Covington |
| DT | 99 | Earl Heyman |
| DE | 95 | Maurice Mitchell |
| DE | 93 | L.D. Scott |
| DT | 91 | L.T. Walker |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WLB | 38 | Jon Dempsey |
| LC | 19 | Johnny Patrick |
| SLB | 28 | Sergio Spencer |
| RC | 9 | Woodny Turenne |
3-Trent Guy, 4-Maurice Clark, 5-Brandon Heath, 6-Justin Mathews, 7-Karldell Dunning, 11-Josh Chichester, 12-Chris Philpott, 15-Chaz Thompson, 20-Victor Anderson, 23-Stephen Garr, 29-Cory Goettsche, 35-Agyei Williams, 36-Josh Wiley, 37-Marcus Folmar, 40-Dane Mattingly, 45-Blayne Donnell, 46-Dexter Heyman, 48-Joe Tronzo, 49-Keith Baker, 50-Josh McDonald, 51-Antwone Canady, 52-James Bryant, 56-Tyler Jessen, 58-Rodney Gnat, 88-Andrew Robinson, Travis Norton, Ryan Payne, Greg Scruggs, Matt Simms, Chris Vaughn