LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - For the second time in nine months, the Wyoming Cowboys ran their ball control offense nearly to perfection against the Louisville Cardinals, keeping the ball out of the hands of the 20th ranked Cardinals' offensive play-makers almost the entire game, and winning 45 - 21 Saturday.

The Cowboys were helped by three turnovers by the Cardinals, including two first quarter fumbles that Wyoming converted into 14 of their 21 first quarter points, that set the tone for the remainder of the game. After that, it was simply a matter of holding onto the ball and running down the clock, which is exactly what the Cowboys did, carrying the ball 44 times for 184 yards and completing 24 of 33 passes for just over 300 yards, and converting 10 of 17 third down attempts.

"We never gave ourselves a chance to win," Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino said after the game. "We couldn't hold onto the ball early, and against a team like Wyoming, that is asking for trouble. When you don't get many chances with the football, you have to make the most of them, and we clearly failed to do that today."

The opportunities to score were certainly few and far between for Louisville, as Wyoming held onto the ball for almost three quarters of the game, finishing with 29:23 of possession time to Louisville's 10:37.

On offense, Wyoming got big performances from quarterback Kenneth Wingate, who threw for two scores and no interceptions, and freshman tailback Morris Latimer, who outran the Louisville defense for 115 yards on just 11 carries, including a 62 yard touchdown scamper when he broke one tackle, juked the safety and outran the rest of the defense into the end zone.

The Wyoming defense was only on the field for 42 plays, but the Cowboys got a monster game out of junior left end Zach Wilcox, who muscled his way into six tackles, four of them for a loss, two sacks and a forced fumble.

"Zach was simply a beast out there today," head coach Joe Glenn gushed after the game.

"This was a breakout game for him. I was impressed by the pressure he put on Bush all afternoon, and he even got to him twice. Most importantly, his first quarter hit on Bradshaw that knocked the ball loose not only gave us great field position, but really gave us confidence that we could win the game. If it were up to me, Zach would be the player of the game. Scratch that. It is up to me. Zach was definitely our player of the game today."

With the win, the Cowboys move to 2 - 1 on the year, and open conference play next week at home against Air Force. In his three years at Wyoming, Glenn is 2 - 1 against the option-oriented Falcons.