The beginning of the HCCS Bowl appearances.
Louisville 31, Southern Mississippi 28
December 21, 2010 | Tampa, Fla. (20,017)
St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP) - Justin Burke threw for a
pair touchdowns and Jeremy Wright scored on a 95-yard
kickoff return to help Louisville beat former Conference
USA rival Southern Mississippi 31-28 in the Beef ‘O’
Brady’s Bowl.
Burke tossed scoring passes of 11 yards to Cameron
Graham and 10 yards to Josh Chichester while the Cardinals
erased a 14-point first-half deficit, then produced a
go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter.
Wright’s long kickoff return made it 28-all early in the
fourth quarter. Chris Philpott’s 36-yard field goal gave the
Cardinals their first lead with 6:30 remaining.
Austin Davis completed 19 of 32 passes, including TD
throws of 32 yards to Pierce and 8 yards to Zeke Walters
for the Golden Eagles.
Bilal Powell rushed for 75 yards for Louisville - well below
his season average of 120.9 - however the 215-pound
senior was instrumental in helping the Cardinals exhaust
most of the clock after finally taking the lead.
1 2 3 4 F
Southern Mississippi 14 7 0 7 28
Louisville 0 21 0 10 31
Scoring Summary
USM — Pierce 32 -yd pass from Davis (Hrapmann kick),
USM — Johnson 62-yd run (Hrapmann kick), 1-62-0:10
LOU — Graham 11-yd pass from Burke (Philpott kick)
USM — Davis 17-yd pass from Pierce (Hrapmann kick)
LOU — Chichester 10-yd pass from Burke (Philpott kick)
LOU — Powell 6-yd run (Philpott kick)
USM — Walters 8-yd pass from Davis (Hrapmann kick),
LOU — Wright 95-yd kickoff return (Philpott kick)
LOU — Philpott 36-yd field goal
Category UL USM
First Downs 15 24
Rushes-Yards 29-109 40-170
Passing Yards 178 226
Passes C-A-I 20-32-0 21-34-0
Total Offense 61-287 74-396
Fumbles- Lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 9-54 6-45
Possession Time 31:12 28:48
3rd Down Conversions 7-15 5-16
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Red Zone 4-5 2-3
Sacks By 1-8 1-1
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (LOU) Bilal Powell 18-75-1, Jeremy Wright
5-31-0, Justin Burje 4-21-0. (USM) D. Johnson 10-102-1,
Kendrick Hardy 12-48-0, Tracy Lampley 3-35-0,
Austin Davis 13-16-0.
Passing: (LOU) Justin Burke 20-32-0-178-2.
(USM) Austin Davis 19-32-0-205-2,
Quentin Pierce 1-1-0-17-1, Peter Boehme 1-1-0-4-0
Receiving: (LOU) Doug Beaumont 7-57-0, Cameron
Graham 3-31-1, Josh Chichester 3-27-1, Josh Bellamy
2-29-0, Andrell Smith 2-16-0, Bilal Powell 2-10-0,
Blayne Donnell 1-8-0. (USM) Kelvin Bolden 5-55-0,
Quentin Pierce 4-54-1, Johdrick Morris 4-21-0, DeAndre
Brown 3-20-0, Darrion Goudy 1-21-0, Kendrick Hardy
1-19-0, Austin Davis 1-17-1.