▁Kansas ▁State ▁Wild c ats ▁on ▁the ▁road . ▁The ▁Wild c ats , ▁led ▁by ▁first - year ▁head ▁coach ▁Ron ▁Prince ▁and ▁quarter back ▁du o ▁Josh ▁Fre eman ▁and ▁D yl an ▁Me ier , ▁were ▁ 3 - 0 . ▁They ▁had ▁the ▁number ▁ 1 4 th ▁ranked ▁defense ▁in ▁total ▁yards ▁in ▁the ▁nation ▁and ▁had ▁not ▁given ▁up ▁an ▁off ensive ▁touch down ▁since ▁their ▁first ▁game . ▁However , ▁the ▁Card inals ▁first ▁possession , ▁a ▁ 9 7 - yard ▁drive ▁that ▁ended ▁with ▁Cant well ▁throwing ▁a ▁ 1 9 - yard ▁touch down ▁pass , ▁ended ▁the ▁stre ak . ▁Though ▁the ▁Card inals ▁strugg led ▁moving ▁the ▁ball ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁half , ▁even ▁turning ▁the ▁ball ▁over ▁a ▁few ▁times , ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁score ▁on ▁a ▁field ▁goal ▁by ▁Art ▁Car m ody ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁ 1 0 - 0 ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁half . ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁half , ▁Louis ville ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁score ▁on ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁runs ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁ 2 4 - 0 ▁lead , ▁but ▁Kansas ▁State ▁finally ▁got ▁on ▁the ▁board ▁with ▁a ▁ 6 9 - yard ▁run ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Clay ton . ▁After ▁a ▁failed ▁two - point ▁conversion ▁attempt , ▁neither ▁team ▁could ▁score ▁again ▁and ▁Louis ville ▁won ▁ 2 4 - 6 . ▁Their ▁off ense , ▁ranked ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁nation ▁in ▁total ▁yards ▁with ▁ 5 6 3 ▁per ▁game