LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Ticker) -- Both teams had their offenseson display, but quarterback Brian Brohm made the difference. Brohm threw two of his five touchdowns in the opening threeminutes as eighth-ranked Louisville posted a 58-42 victory overMiddle Tennessee State on Thursday night. The win extended Louisville's home winning streak to 20 games -second in the country behind Southern California's 34-gamestreak. The Cardinals (2-0) have not lost here since a 37-7defeat by Memphis on November 15, 2003. Brohm went 25-of-39 for 401 yards, including a 22-yard touchdownstrike to Mario Urrutia to help Louisville create a 48-35 edgewith 2:51 left in the third quarter. It was the signal-caller's fifth consecutive game with at least300 yards through the air, dating to last season. Brohm hasthrown 17 touchdowns during this stretch. Louisville's Anthony Allen ran for a school-record 275 yards andtwo scores on 35 carries while Urrutia caught seven passes for140 yards. Brohm completed his impressive performance with a 10-yard scoreto Harry Douglas at the 11:20 mark in the fourth quarter to pushthe lead to 58-42. Louisville found the end zone three times in the opening quarterfor a 21-7 edge, highlighted by an 81-yard pass from Brohm toGary Barnidge just 18 seconds into the contest. Phillip Tanner scored on a 23-yard run and Joe Craddock hookedup with Bobby Williams for a 24-yard touchdown in betweenBrohm's third touchdown pass of the quarter as Middle TennesseeState sliced the deficit to 28-21 with 3:17 left. Allen capped a 15-play, 82-yard drive for the Cardinals with his1-yard plunge with 4:08 remaining. But Tanner reached the endzone once again with his own 1-yard run to help the Blue Raiders(0-2) close to 38-35 at intermission. Craddock completed 14-of-27 passes for 291 yards with twotouchdowns and two interceptions and Tanner finished with 144yards on nine attempts.
NCAAF: MIDDLE TENN at LOUISVILLE <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NCAAF MIDDLE TENN 42 LOUISVILLE (8) 58 FINAL</div>
NCAAF: MIDDLE TENN at LOUISVILLE <div class="pre">CORRECTION NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MIDDLE TENN 21 14 0 7 42 LOUISVILLE (8) 28 10 13 7 58 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: LOUISVILLE - TD, GARY BARNIDGE 81 YD PASS FROM BRIAN BROHM (ARTHUR CARMODY KICK), 0:18. LOUISVILLE 7-0 MIDDLE TENN - TD, DEMARCO MCNAIR 78 YD PASS FROM JOE CRADDOCK (MATT KING KICK), 1:31. MIDDLE TENN 7-7 LOUISVILLE - TD, MARIO URRUTIA 71 YD PASS FROM BRIAN BROHM (ARTHUR CARMODY KICK), 2:23. LOUISVILLE 14-7 LOUISVILLE - TD, ANTHONY ALLEN 5 YD RUN (ARTHUR CARMODY KICK), 3:40. LOUISVILLE 21-7 MIDDLE TENN - TD, PHILLIP TANNER 23 YD RUN (MATT KING KICK), 4:23. LOUISVILLE 21-14 LOUISVILLE - TD, GARY BARNIDGE RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (ARTHUR CARMODY KICK), 9:12. LOUISVILLE 28-14 MIDDLE TENN - TD, BOBBY WILLIAMS 24 YD PASS FROM JOE CRADDOCK (MATT KING KICK), 12:38. LOUISVILLE 28-21 2ND QUARTER: LOUISVILLE - FG, ARTHUR CARMODY 31 YD, 3:02. LOUISVILLE 31-21 MIDDLE TENN - TD, DEMARCO MCNAIR 39 YD RUN (MATT KING KICK), 3:50. LOUISVILLE 31-28 LOUISVILLE - TD, ANTHONY ALLEN 1 YD RUN (ARTHUR CARMODY KICK), 10:52. LOUISVILLE 38-28 MIDDLE TENN - TD, PHILLIP TANNER 1 YD RUN (MATT KING KICK), 13:26. LOUISVILLE 38-35 3RD QUARTER: LOUISVILLE - FG, ARTHUR CARMODY 30 YD, 8:41. LOUISVILLE 41-35 LOUISVILLE - TD, MARIO URRUTIA 22 YD PASS FROM BRIAN BROHM (ARTHUR CARMODY KICK), 12:09. LOUISVILLE 48-35 LOUISVILLE - FG, ARTHUR CARMODY 30 YD, 14:32. LOUISVILLE 51-35 4TH QUARTER: MIDDLE TENN - TD, PHILLIP TANNER 79 YD KICKOFF RETURN (MATT KING KICK), 0:14. LOUISVILLE 51-42 LOUISVILLE - TD, HARRY DOUGLAS 10 YD PASS FROM BRIAN BROHM (ARTHUR CARMODY KICK), 3:40. LOUISVILLE 58-42</div>
NCAAF: MIDDLE TENN at LOUISVILLE <div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MIDDLE TENN 21 14 0 7 42 LOUISVILLE (8) 28 10 13 7 58 FINAL LOUISVILLE-TD, G Barnidge 81 YD PASS FROM B Brohm (A Carmody KICK) 0:18 1st Qtr MIDDLE TENN-TD, D McNair 78 YD PASS FROM J Craddock (M King KICK) 1:31 1st Qtr LOUISVILLE-TD, M Urrutia 71 YD PASS FROM B Brohm (A Carmody KICK) 2:23 1st Qtr LOUISVILLE-TD, A Allen 5 YD RUN (A Carmody KICK) 3:40 1st Qtr MIDDLE TENN-TD, P Tanner 23 YD RUN (M King KICK) 4:23 1st Qtr LOUISVILLE-TD, G Barnidge RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (A Carmody KICK) 9:12 1st Qtr MIDDLE TENN-TD, B Williams 24 YD PASS FROM J Craddock (M King KICK) 12:38 1st Qtr LOUISVILLE-FG, A Carmody 31 YD 3:02 2nd Qtr MIDDLE TENN-TD, D McNair 39 YD RUN (M King KICK) 3:50 2nd Qtr LOUISVILLE-TD, A Allen 1 YD RUN (A Carmody KICK) 10:52 2nd Qtr MIDDLE TENN-TD, P Tanner 1 YD RUN (M King KICK) 13:26 2nd Qtr LOUISVILLE-FG, A Carmody 30 YD 8:41 3rd Qtr LOUISVILLE-TD, M Urrutia 22 YD PASS FROM B Brohm (A Carmody KICK) 12:09 3rd Qtr LOUISVILLE-FG, A Carmody 30 YD 14:32 3rd Qtr MIDDLE TENN-TD, P Tanner 79 YD KICKOFF RETURN (M King KICK) 0:14 4th Qtr LOUISVILLE-TD, H Douglas 10 YD PASS FROM B Brohm (A Carmody KICK) 3:40 4th Qtr MIDDLE TENN LOUISVILLE First downs 20 35 Rushed-yards 29-274 53-339 Passing yards 290 401 Sacked-yards lost 1-2 0-0 Return yards 14 4 Passes 14-26-2 25-39-0 Punts 2-39 1-53 Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-1 Penalties-yards 5-69 9-8 Time of possession 21:02 38:58 Individual Statistics RUSHING: MIDDLE TENN-Phillip Tanner 9-144, DeMarco McNair 7-72, Joe Craddock 12-58, Desmond Gee 1-0. LOUISVILLE-Anthony Allen 35-278, George Stripling 6-31, Brian Brohm 6-25, Sergio Spencer 4-5, - Team 1-0, Harry Douglas 1-0. PASSING: MIDDLE TENN-Joe Craddock 14-26-290- 2. LOUISVILLE-Brian Brohm 25-39-401- 0. RECEIVING: MIDDLE TENN-DeMarco McNair 3-92, Patrick Honeycutt 2-87, Bobby Williams 3-39, Stephen Chicola 2-31, Desmond Gee 2-21, Taron Henry 2-20. LOUISVILLE-Mario Urrutia 7-142, Gary Barnidge 4-126, Harry Douglas 8-100, JaJuan Spillman 3-24, Scott Kuhn 1-12, Anthony Allen 2-MINUS 3. Att: 40,882</div>
NCAAF: MIDDLE TENN at LOUISVILLE <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NCAAF MIDDLE TENN 42 LOUISVILLE (8) 58 FINAL</div>
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Ticker) -- Both teams had their offenseson display, but quarterback Brian Brohm made the difference. Brohm threw two of his five touchdowns in the opening threeminutes as eighth-ranked Louisville posted a 58-42 victory overMiddle Tennessee State on Thursday night. The win extended Louisville's home winning streak to 20 games -second in the country behind Southern California's 34-gamestreak. The Cardinals (2-0) have not lost here since a 37-7defeat by Memphis on November 15, 2003. "It's good to get a win," Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpesaid. "It's not exactly the way we wanted to play in everyphase, but the bottom line is winning. There are certainly somethings we need to improve upon, but when we take the field, theultimate goal is to win the football game." Brohm went 25-of-39 for a career-high 401 yards, including a22-yard touchdown strike to Mario Urrutia to help Louisvillecreate a 48-35 edge with 2:51 left in the third quarter. "That's how it turned out to be, that's how we go into a gameanticipating as an offense every game," Brohm said. "We can'treally worry about what is going on, we need to score when wehave the ball and take care of our business." It was the signal-caller's fifth consecutive game with at least300 yards through the air, dating to last season. Brohm hasthrown 17 touchdowns during this stretch. "I thought we did well on offense as a whole group," Brohm said."We executed our game plan well. We came in and did what wethought we were going to do. We got the right checks and theline did a good job of blocking and receivers did a good job ofmaking plays. Overall, offensively we did a good job." Louisville's Anthony Allen ran for a school-record 275 yards andtwo scores on 35 carries while Urrutia caught seven passes for142 yards. "Of course I am tired and sore," Allen said. "In practice wehave to be in good condition. In case it were to happen again,we can come in and carry the load. It (the record) hasn't sunkin yet." Brohm completed his impressive performance with a 10-yard scoreto Harry Douglas at the 11:20 mark in the fourth quarter to pushthe lead to 58-42. Louisville found the end zone three times in the opening quarterfor a 21-7 edge, highlighted by an 81-yard pass from Brohm toGary Barnidge just 18 seconds into the contest. Phillip Tanner scored on a 23-yard run and Joe Craddock hookedup with Bobby Williams for a 24-yard TD in between Brohm's thirdtouchdown pass of the quarter as Middle Tennessee State slicedthe deficit to 28-21 with 3:17 left. Allen capped a 15-play, 82-yard drive for the Cardinals with his1-yard plunge with 4:08 remaining. But Tanner reached the endzone once again with his own 1-yard run to help the Blue Raiders(0-2) close to 38-35 at intermission. "We just go out there and fight and play as hard as we can,"Middle Tennessee State coach Rick Stockstill said. "I neverthough the game was away from us. They scored on their firstplay. It could be easy, maybe to hang our head, but we're notgoing to do that." Craddock completed 14-of-26 passes for 290 yards with twotouchdowns and two interceptions and Tanner finished with 144yards on nine attempts. "This is something we were working for throughout the wholesummer," Tanner said. "When Coach first came in he said we weregoing to focus on speed and that's exactly what we focused on.I feel like everybody got faster. It showed a lot more so thanspeed, it was our conditioning."
