Spring Game Promises Excitement, New Look

April 14, 2003

The battle lines have been drawn and the mood set as first-year head coach Bobby Petrino has split his Cardinal team into two squads for what promises to be an exciting and entertaining night for fans and former letterwinners when the U of L football team hits the gridiron under the lights at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium for the Annual Red-White Spring Football Game at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18.

Fans will get their first real taste of things to come under Petrino and his staff when the Cards conclude their 15-practice spring slate with what is billed to be a game-like atmosphere at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on Friday. From game officials to clock management and media services, the Red-White scrimmage will be run like a regular season football game.

In addition to action on the field, the 2002 senior class, the winningest class in school history, will be honored at halftime and presented with their jerseys by former Cardinal greats including David Akers, Deion Branch, Ray Buchanan, Carwell Gardner and Chris Redman.

Additionally, four lucky fans will win one of the Cards' authentic new-look jerseys and another lucky fan will win a set of season tickets for the upcoming 2003 campaign. Following the game, all former football letterwinners are invited to a reception in the Football Complex, while fans will get a chance to meet and greet their favorite Cardinals in an interview and autograph session on the field.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will get kicked off with a fish fry beginning at 7:00 p.m. when Gates 1, 2, 3 and 4 open to allow fans to access the stadium on the east side (opposite press box side). Parking is open except for the west side which is limited to suite holders who have made arrangements with the athletics department to open their suite prior to the game. Fans are asked to adhere to all game management policies in place during the regular season.

Red Team    No. Name    Pos.    Ht. Wt. Yr. DOB Hometown    High School/Prev. School    4   Broderick Clark    WR/KR   6-0 191 So. 2/21/83 Birmingham, Ala.    Parker    5   Josh Minkins  DB  5-10    185 Sr. 5/23/80 Willingboro, N.J.   Willingboro    9   Joshua Tinch  WR  6-2 215 Jr. 8/8/82  Albany, Ga. Westover    14  Nate Smith  PK  5-9 200 Sr. 4/28/81 Louisville, Ky. Pleasure Ridge Park    17  Stefan LeFors    QB  6-0 200 Jr. 6/7/81  Baton Rouge, La.    Christian Life Academy    19  Kerry Rhodes  ROV 6-3 210 Jr. 8/2/82  Bessemer, Ala.  Lanier    23  Lionel Gates  RB  6-0 220 Jr. 3/13/82 Jacksonville, Fla.  Parker    25  Antoine Harris  WR  5-10    185 Jr. 4/8/82  Columbus, Ohio  Bishop Ready    30  Brent Johnson    SS  5-11    205 So. 12/23/82    Mobile, Ala.    St. Paul's    32  Eric Shelton  RB  6-3 245 So. 6/23/83 Lexington, Ky.  Bryan Station/Florida State    36  Wade Tydlacka    P   6-0 210 Sr. 6/4/81  Louisville, Ky. Trinity    40  Rod Day    LB  6-1 220 Sr. 11/7/80 Bessemer, Ala.  McAdory    41  D.J. Kamer  RB  5-9 230 Sr. 4//14/81    Louisville, Ky. Waggener    42  Laroni Gallishaw  CB  6-0 215 Jr. 4/4/81  Lakeland, Fla.  Lakeland    48  Bobby Leffew  DL  6-5 281 Jr. 12/5/80 Danville, Ky.   Boyle County    54  Robert McCune    LB  6-1 240 Jr. 3/9/79  Mobile, Ala.    LeFlore    56  Marcus Jones  DE  6-2 235 Jr. 8/13/82 Alachua, Fla.   Santa Fe    59  Jason Spitz    OL  6-4 300 So. 12/19/82    Jacksonville, Fla.  Bolles    66  Jerry Spencer    OL  6-2 302 Sr. 11/6/80 Eagle Springs, N.C. North Moore/East Central CC    68  Dan Koons    C   6-4 286 Sr. 12/1/80 Columbus, Ohio  St. Francis De Sales    69  Jason Hilliard  OL  6-6 340 Sr. 6/29/81 Jeffersonville, Ind.    Jeffersonville    78  Travis Leffew    OL  6-4 289 So. 1/27/83 Danville, Ky.   Boyle County    82  J.R. Russell  WR  6-3 191 Jr. 12/5/81 Tampa, Fla. Gaither    86  Ronnie Ghent  TE  6-3 255 Sr. 1/5/80  Lakeland, Fla.  Lakeland    87  Chad Jorgensen  TE  6-6 220 r-Fr.   10/27/83    Goshen, Ky. San Marcos Academy    88  Victor Glenn  WR  6-0 170 Sr. 5/13/81 Ormond Beach, Fla.  Seabreeze    89  Richard Owens    TE/LS   6-5 275 Sr. 11/4/80 Middleburg, Fla.    Middleburg    90  Scott Lopez    DT  6-4 280 Sr. 3/27/80 Gainesville, Fla.   Buchholz    92  Montavious Stanley  DL  6-2 299 So. 9/10/81 Albany, Ga. Westover    93  Tyrone Saterfield    DL  6-2 320 Jr. 6/8/82  Milton, Fla.    Milton    97  Brandon Johnson    LB  6-5 210 So. 4/5/83  Birmingham, Ala.    Minor
White Team    No. Name    Pos.    Ht. Wt. Yr. DOB Hometown    High School/Prev. School    2   David Gant  CB  5-7 160 So. 6/23/82 Louisville, Ky. Pleasure Ridge Park    2   Tiger Jones    WR  5-11    174 Jr. 5/21/82 Mobile, Ala.    St. Paul's    6   Verrel Brice    SS  6-0 190     2/26/82 Louisville, Ky.    7   Jason Cane  ROV 5-11    200 So. 8/22/83 South Bend, Ind.    LaSalle    7   Chris Hunt  K   6-1 181 Fr. 10/22/83    Lexington, Ky.    7   Justin Rascati  QB  6-2 215 r-Fr.   2/8/84  Gainesville, Fla.   Buchholz    8   Gerry Ahrens  QB  6-2 205 Sr. 10/15/80    Louisville, Ky. Male    10  Domonique Dunbar  DB  6-1 181 So. 6/26/82 Bradenton, Fla. Manatee    11  Jason Cheeks    WR  6-0 192     12/12/82    Clarksville, Ind.   Jeffersonville    13  Brooks Johnson  WR  5-9 161 So. 2/2/83  Carmel, Ind.    Carmel    18  Dontay Spillman    WR  6-0 201 Sr. 9/28/79 Louisville, Ky. Valley/East Central CC    20  Brandan Burfict CB  5-10    186 So. 4/7/83  Louisville, Ky. Trinity    20  Robert Haskins  WR  5-6 175 So. 6/18/83 Lexington, Ky.  Bryan Station    21  Richard Moore   K/P 5-9 166 Jr. 1/19/82 Madisonville, Ky.   North Hopkins    21  Joe Williams    SS  6-2 210 Jr. 11/9/81 Gainesville, Fla.   P.K. Younge    22  Jon Gannon  ROV 5-11    197 So. 4/4/83  Cleveland, Ohio St. Ignatius    26  Reggie Bradshaw RB  5-11    200 Fr. 3/4/84  Coquitlam, B.C. Centennial    27  Gavin Smart    CB  5-9 185 r-Fr.   5/4/84  Lakeland, Fla.  Lakeland    28  T.J. Patterson  RB  6-0 220 Sr. 12/14/80    Florence, Ala.  Coffee    29  Emanuel Hassell    WR  5-11    185 r-Fr.   3/1/84  Memphis, Tenn.  Whitehaven    31  J.T. Haskins  DB  5-10    181 Sr. 1/23/81 Lexington, Ky.  Bryan Station    34  Ray Childs  SS  6-0 210 Jr. 8/18/82 Bloomfield, Ky. Nelson County    38  Antwan Denson   LB  5-10    215 Jr. 10/17/80    Lakeland, Fla.  Lakeland    43  Abe Brown    ROV 6-3 210 r-Fr.   11/11/83    Sarasota, Fla.  Booker    45  Adam McCauley    TE  6-3 240 Jr. 3/23/82 Louisville, Ky. Waggener    46  John Cardoza    LB  6-2 235 Jr. 8/13/81 Cincinnati, Ohio    Madeira/Georgetown College    49  James Greene  LB  6-2 220 Sr. 6/22/81 Miami, Fla. Jackson    50  Chad Rimpsey  DL  6-2 232 So. 12/24/82    Oxford, Ala.    Oxford    51  James Jackson    LB  6-1 240 r-Fr.   5/27/83 Covington, Ky.  Holmes    52  Jonathon Jackerson  LB  6-1 230 Jr. 2/22/82 Fairfield, Ala. Fairfield    53  Michael Sturgeon  OL  6-4 283 r-Fr.   11/9/83 Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier    55  Matt Sanders  LB  6-2 242 Fr. 1/23/84 Louisville, Ky. Male    58  Elvis Dumervil  DE  6-0 250 So. 1/19/84 Miami, Fla. Miami-Jackson    60  Chad Pinkston    DL  6-0 306 Sr. 11/4/80 Jeffersontown, Ky.  Jeffersontown/Butler    61  Jeremy Segiun   DL  6-2 276 So. 9/14/82 Jacksonville, Fla.  Bolles    67  Brinson Harley  DL  6-1 285 r-Fr.   7/8/84  Seale, Ala. Russell County    70  Will Rabatin  OL  6-2 296 Jr. 8/25/82 Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier/Georgetown College    71  P.J. Tavarczky    OL  6-3 290 r-Fr.   1/6/84  Carmel, Ind.    Carmel    72  Jon Scarborough OL  6-0 319 r-Fr.   1/23/84 LaGrange, Ky.   Oldham County    75  Bubba Marshall  OL  6-4 293 So. 9/14/82 Cynthiana, Ky.  Harrison County    77  Brian Devine  DL  6-4 290 Sr. 5/2/80  Sunrise, Fla.   Piper    79  Renardo Foster  OL  6-6 310 r-Fr.   7/15/84 Ripley, Tenn.   Ripley    80  Jimmy Riley    WR  6-1 210 r-Fr.   11/18/83    Youngstown, Ohio    Ursuline    84  Langston Malin  TE  6-1 260 r-Fr.   10/25/84    Fort Washington, Md.    Friendly

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