Dec. 14, 1963 – Away – Rice Stadium – Houston, Texas – Attendance 5,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Houston | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Tom LaFramboise 4-yard rush (Tanny Phelps kick) |
| Louisville | Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 12 | 23 |
| Rushing | 8 | 18 |
| Passing | 4 | 3 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 82 | 287 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 155 | 320 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 73 | 33 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 84 | 80 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-12-1 | 8-17-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.0 | 4.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.0 | 10.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 166 | 367 |
| Total offense plays | 52 | 66 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.2 | 5.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 7-1 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-40 | 8-59 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-196 | 3-90 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.7 | 30.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-14-0 | 3-34-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | 11.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-39-0 | 2-65-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.8 | 32.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-13-0 | 1-22-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Larry Compton | 12 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 2.3 | |
| Toby Hartman | 8 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.3 | |
| Tom LaFramboise | 15 | 66 | 47 | 19 | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Charlie Mudd | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Jerry Buffone | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| Al MacFarlane | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Hall | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| L.E. Conner | 1 | 2 | 18 | -16 | 0 | -16.0 | |
| Totals | 40 | 155 | 73 | 82 | 1 | 12 | 2.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Tom LaFramboise | 6-12-1 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6-12-1 | 84 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Dick Boarman | 3 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Joe Peterson | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Larry Compton | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| L.E. Conner | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 84 | 0 | 24 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Al MacFarlane | 6 | 196 | 32.7 | |||
| Totals | 6 | 196 | 32.7 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Dick Boarman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Al MacFarlane | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Mudd | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Peterson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Dick Boarman | 0 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 62 |
| Larry Compton | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Joe Peterson | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Al MacFarlane | 5 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| Toby Hartman | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Charlie Mudd | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| Tom LaFramboise | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Jerry Buffone | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ron Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| L.E. Conner | -16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 7-1 Houston – 4-2 |
Dick Boarman, Jerry Buffone, Larry Compton, L.E. Conner, Ron Hall, Toby Hartman, Tom LaFramboise, Al MacFarlane, Charlie Mudd, Joe Peterson, Tanny Phelps