Sept. 18, 1965 – Away – Waldo Stadium – Kalamazoo, Mich. – Attendance 13,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Western Michigan | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Dennis 58-yard pass from Benny Russell (Jerry Buffone kick) | |
| 4th | Jerry Buffone 19-yard pass from Ken Eggleston (kick missed) |
| Louisville | Western Michigan | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 14 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 10 | 126 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 238 | 118 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-39-2 | 8-16-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.1 | 7.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.9 | 14.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 248 | 244 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-3 | 0-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 0-88 | 0-90 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-210 | 7-217 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.0 | 31.0 |
| 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 | 1-0-0 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ed Harmon | 9 | 25 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Al MacFarlane | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2.1 | |||
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
| Jerry Buffone | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | |||
| Ken Eggleston | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.8 | |||
| Ron Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Andy Williams | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | ||
| Benny Russell | 9 | -29 | 0 | -3.2 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0.3 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Benny Russell | 16-31-0 | 186 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 16-31-0 | 186 | 1 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mike Dennis | 3 | 104 | 1 | |||
| Ed Harmon | 2 | 82 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Buffone | 2 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Clarence Spencer | 2 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Jim Zamberlan | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Al MacFarlane | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Bill McMahon | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Bernahl | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 273 | 2 | 12 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Al MacFarlane | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | |||
| Totals | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Andy Williams | 11 | 90 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Harmon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Neidert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | |||
| Clarence Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Charlie Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Buffone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 90 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 4 | 49 | 15 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ed Harmon | 25 | 82 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
| Andy Williams | -1 | 0 | 16 | 90 | 0 | 105 |
| Mike Dennis | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| Jerry Buffone | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Clarence Spencer | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| John Neidert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| Al MacFarlane | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Wayne Patrick | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Jim Zamberlan | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Bill McMahon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ken Eggleston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Bernahl | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| Benny Russell | -29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -29 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-3 Western Michigan – 0-2 |
Dave Bernahl, Jerry Buffone, Mike Dennis, Ken Eggleston, Ron Hall, Ed Harmon, Charlie Johnson, Al MacFarlane, Bill McMahon, John Neidert, Wayne Patrick, Benny Russell, Clarence Spencer, Andy Williams, Jim Zamberlan