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472:Game summary
458:
432:in the 1981
427:
412:
355:
353:
339:
331:
154:
132:
96:
89:Larry Fedora
87:
68:
61:
15:
1235:(2008–2017)
1147:Senior Bowl
1013:Capital One
989:Chick-fil-A
837:New Orleans
632:First Downs
627:Louisville
582:4th Quarter
573:No scoring
567:3rd Quarter
524:2nd Quarter
493:1st Quarter
461:Orange Bowl
343:>
332: <
315:2.0 / 2.99M
1727:Categories
997:TicketCity
949:Music City
861:Poinsettia
821:New Mexico
703:References
621:Statistics
614:Statistics
607:LOU 31–28
599:TIE 28–28
591:USM 28–21
576:TIE 21–21
561:TIE 21–21
549:USM 21–14
453:See also:
449:Louisville
422:See also:
292:Rece Davis
287:Announcers
250:Attendance
155:Louisville
1150:(Jan. 29)
1140:(Jan. 23)
1130:(Jan. 22)
1109:(Jan. 10)
991:(Dec. 31)
983:(Dec. 31)
975:(Dec. 31)
967:(Dec. 31)
959:(Dec. 30)
951:(Dec. 30)
943:(Dec. 30)
941:Pinstripe
935:(Dec. 30)
927:(Dec. 29)
919:(Dec. 29)
911:(Dec. 29)
903:(Dec. 28)
895:(Dec. 28)
887:(Dec. 27)
879:(Dec. 26)
871:(Dec. 24)
863:(Dec. 23)
855:(Dec. 22)
847:(Dec. 21)
839:(Dec. 18)
831:(Dec. 18)
823:(Dec. 18)
767:Box score
541:USM 21–7
533:USM 14–7
518:USM 14–0
401:from the
363:bowl game
304:Rob Stone
296:Lou Holtz
264:1 million
1170:(Feb. 5)
1160:(Feb. 5)
1101:(Jan. 4)
1093:(Jan. 3)
1085:(Jan. 1)
1077:(Jan. 1)
1055:(Jan. 9)
1047:(Jan. 8)
1039:(Jan. 7)
1031:(Jan. 6)
1023:(Jan. 1)
1015:(Jan. 1)
1007:(Jan. 1)
999:(Jan. 1)
909:Military
699:Source:
682:20-32-0
510:USM 7–0
430:Missouri
300:Mark May
243:Sun Belt
227:Favorite
208:Location
70:Big East
1228:History
1221:History
1005:Outback
981:Liberty
957:Holiday
901:Insight
679:21-33-0
660:29-110
649:61-286
477:Scoring
465:Rutgers
439:Houston
275:Network
237:Referee
198:Stadium
1091:Orange
1083:Fiesta
1072:games:
1037:Cotton
869:Hawaii
693:31:13
657:41-159
646:74-386
554:LOU –
499:USM –
487:Score
258:Payout
253:20,017
188:Season
1395:1946
1254:Games
1099:Sugar
1021:Gator
925:Alamo
917:Texas
746:(PDF)
690:28:47
443:Tulsa
409:Teams
393:from
127:Total
63:C-USA
56:(6–6)
53:(8–4)
1341:2024
1336:2023
1331:2022
1326:2021
1321:2020
1316:2019
1311:2018
1306:2017
1301:2016
1296:2015
1291:2014
1286:2013
1281:2012
1276:2011
1271:2010
1266:2009
1261:2008
1075:Rose
771:ESPN
671:176
387:ESPN
383:2010
354:The
341:2011
334:2009
302:and
280:ESPN
262:US$
192:2010
180:Date
25:2010
973:Sun
769:at
668:227
638:15
377:in
218:MVP
1729::
748:.
635:24
445:.
405:.
298:,
294:,
171:31
168:10
162:21
149:28
137:14
80:31
77:28
1566:e
1559:t
1552:v
1375:e
1368:t
1361:v
1204:e
1197:t
1190:v
799:e
792:t
785:v
752:.
245:)
165:0
159:0
146:7
143:0
140:7
124:4
121:3
118:2
115:1
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