Louisville vs. Tulane Notes

Oct. 17, 2003

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Louisville Notes

Sophomore RB Eric Shelton recorded 128 yards on 19 carries - his third 100-yard rushing game of the season. He scored three rushing touchdowns, giving him six in the last two games. Shelton has 622 yards on the year, which is 28 yards more than anyone rushed for during the entire 2002 season.
With two 29-yard field goals tonight, senior K Nate Smith broke the school record for field goals in a career with 37, breaking the old mark of 36 which was held by Ron Bell (1987-90).
The Cardinals are 4-0 at home for the first time since the 1997 season and have won their last five in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium dating back to last season.
Junior DB Kerry Rhodes recorded the first two-interception game of his career and returned an interception for a TD for the first time in his career, a 33-yarder in the fourth quarter.
U of L recorded five rushing touchdowns tonight, the first time the Cardinals have accomplished that feat in a single game since rushing for six TDs in a 63-34 victory over Western Kentucky on Oct. 31, 1998.
Junior WR J.R. Russell has now caught a pass in 18 straight games. He tied his career-high for reception with six.
Senior TE Ronnie Ghent has now caught a pass in 32 straight games during his career.
Freshman QB/RB/WR Michael Bush rushed for a career-best 66 yards on 19 carries. He added three catches for 43 yards.

Tulane Notes

Tulane started four true freshmen on defense with two - DT Alvin Johnson and LB Kelvin Johnson - making their first career starts. The other two starting freshmen were CB Alton Widemon (3rd start) and DE Billy Harrison (2).
Senior linebacker Brandt Quick saw action at defensive end for the first time in his collegiate career.
Senior Byron Parker, the former Green Wave basketball player and 2002 College Slam Dunk Champion who joined the Tulane football team last spring, saw his first action on defense for the Wave and responded with a second-quarter pass break-up on third down that forced a Louisville punt.
Junior Carl Davis recorded his first touchdown catch of the year on a 16-yard grab in the second quarter for the Green Wave's first score.
Roydell Williams' 27-yard TD catch was the 20th of his career and his sixth of the season. He ranks sixth on the Tulane career list for touchdown catches and leads Tulane this year. He has caught TD passes in four of Tulane's seven games this year.
Williams recorded his fourth 100-yard receiving day of the season after a 54-yard catch and run in the fourth quarter. Williams has seven 100-yard days in his career, which ranks 7th on the Tulane career charts. He also surpassed the 2,000-yard mark in career receiving yards to become just the seventh player in school history to pass that mark.
Losman threw three touchdown passes to up his season total to 22. That surpassed his 2002 season total and ranks 6th on the Tulane single season chart for passing touchdowns. Losman also moved into sole possession of third place on the Tulane career chart for TD passes with 49.
Davis became the ninth different Tulane player to catch a touchdown pass this year.
Mewelde Moore's 25-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter pushed the senior over the 100-yard rushing mark for the third consecutive game and for the fourth time this season. Moore finished the game with a season-high 123 yards on 26 carries. He scored his fifth rushing TD of the season and 21st of his career. Overall, the touchdown was his 36th, which put him one shy of the Tulane career record for touchdowns, set by Bill Banker (37) from 1927-29.
Mewelde Moore passed the 4,000-yard mark in career rushing yards and surpassed the 2,000-yard mark in career receiving to become just the second player in Division I-A history to achieve those milestones. Moore joined Stanford's Darrin Nelson (1977-78, 1980-81) as the only two players in that exclusive club.
Moore is also climbing the NCAA Division I-A career all-purpose list as he passed Archie Griffin (Ohio State), Troy Edwards (Louisiana Tech), Anthony Thompson (Indiana), T. Prentice of Miami (Ohio) and Glyn Milburn on the list to move into the top 12. He has 6,189 career all-purpose yards.
The Green Wave defense forced Louisville to punt seven times, which is the most punts by a Tulane opponent this year. Both Northwestern State and Mississippi State punted six times in Tulane wins earlier this year.
Tulane punter Chris Beckman, meanwhile, punted seven times for a 44.3-yard average which was his top punting night, average-wise, of the season

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