Oct. 6, 1956 – Home – Parkway Field – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 3,500
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 41 |
| Evansville | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Gatewood 25-yard rush (kick missed) | ||
| Elmer Collina 25-yard rush (kick missed) | ||
| Elmer Collina 74-yard rush (kick missed) | ||
| Ken Porco 4-yard rush (kick missed) | ||
| Ken Porco 22-yard rush (kick missed) | ||
| John Mooney 15-yard rush (kick missed) |
| Louisville | Evansville | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 18 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 320 | 176 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 6 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 36 | 163 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 2-4-1 | 16-38-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.0 | 4.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 18.0 | 10.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 356 | 339 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 0-28 | 0-85 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-6 | 1-2 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Elmer Collina | 6 | 125 | 2 | 20.8 | |||
| George Cain | 7 | 52 | 0 | 7.4 | |||
| Ken Porco | 7 | 48 | 2 | 6.9 | |||
| John Mooney | 5 | 48 | 1 | 9.6 | |||
| Jim Gatewood | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | ||
| Don Boyd | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Harold Striegel | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Pat Barbato | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1.4 | |||
| Bill Lange | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| Dale Orem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Buddy Hestand | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | -5.0 | ||
| I.J. Mallory | 3 | -10 | 0 | -3.3 | |||
| Totals | 45 | 320 | 6 | 25 | 7.1 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Bob Williams | 1-1-0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| I.J. Mallory | 1-2-0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dale Orem | 0-1-1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2-4-1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| George Cain | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Howard Turley | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 36 | 0 | 29 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Ken Porco | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | |||
| Jim Gatewood | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | |||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Elmer Collina | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| George Cain | 52 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| John Mooney | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Ken Porco | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Jim Gatewood | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Don Boyd | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Harold Striegel | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Howard Turley | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pat Barbato | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bill Lange | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Buddy Hestand | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| I.J. Mallory | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 |
Pat Barbato, Don Boyd, George Cain, Elmer Collina, Jim Gatewood, Buddy Hestand, Bill Lange, I.J. Mallory, John Mooney, Dale Orem, Ken Porco, Harold Striegel, Howard Turley, Bob Williams