Nov. 14, 1959 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 5,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| Ohio | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Ernie Green 6-yard pass from John Giles (Don Rossoll kick) | |
| 4th | Dale Orem 1-yard rush (Pat Barbato run) |
| Louisville | Ohio | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 11 | 13 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 142 | 207 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 47 | 32 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-15-1 | 1-3-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 3.1 | 10.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 7.8 | 32.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 189 | 239 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 0-14 | 0-10 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-177 | 4-154 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.4 | 38.5 |
| 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 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| John Giles | 5 | 40 | 0 | 8.0 | |||
| John Hunt | 10 | 26 | 0 | 2.6 | |||
| Ken Porco | 16 | 23 | 0 | 1.4 | |||
| Dale Orem | 3 | 18 | 1 | 6.0 | |||
| Pat Barbato | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | |||
| Ernie Green | 4 | -3 | 0 | -0.8 | |||
| Bob Starnes | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 142 | 1 | -4 | 3.4 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Giles | 3-7-1 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Dan Walker | 1-1-0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ken Porco | 0-2-1 | -2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4-10-2 | 33 | 1 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Pete Bryant | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Howard Turley | 2 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Don Hockensmith | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Lee Calland | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Green | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 73 | 1 | 32 | ||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| John Giles | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Pete Bryant | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| John Hunt | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Ken Porco | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Howard Turley | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Dale Orem | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Don Hockensmith | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Pat Barbato | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Lee Calland | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ernie Green | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Starnes | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-1 |
Pat Barbato, Pete Bryant, Lee Calland, John Giles, Ernie Green, Don Hockensmith, John Hunt, Dale Orem, Ken Porco, Don Rossoll, Bob Starnes, Howard Turley, Dan Walker