Louisville 29, Tennessee Tech 13
Sept. 16, 1961 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 6,148
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
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| Louisville | 0 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 29 |
| Tennessee Tech | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Louisville Scoring Summary
Team Statistics
| Louisville | Tennessee Tech |
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| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 12 |
| Rushing | 9 | 8 |
| Passing | 6 | 3 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 233 | 195 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 147 | 92 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-16-2 | 4-8-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.2 | 11.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.3 | 23.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 380 | 287 |
| Total offense plays | 55 | 56 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.9 | 5.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-40 | 7-46 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-87 | 4-140 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 29.0 | 35.0 |
| 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 | 2-0-1 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING |
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| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg |
|---|
| TEAM | 39 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Totals | 39 | | | 233 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| FIELD GOALS |
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| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
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| 3rd | | 13 | Good |
| FUMBLES |
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Louisville – 0-1
Tennessee Tech – 0-2 |
Louisville Participation
Larry Compton, Tom LaFramboise, Tanny Phelps