Nov. 30, 1968 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 5,024
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Memphis | 7 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 44 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Wally Oyler 2-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 4th | Wally Oyler 1-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) |
| Louisville | Memphis | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 28 |
| Rushing | 6 | 16 |
| Passing | 6 | 8 |
| Penalty | 2 | 4 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 121 | 296 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 62 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 5 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 142 | 305 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 21 | 9 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 123 | 241 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-29-4 | 10-27-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.2 | 8.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.7 | 24.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 244 | 537 |
| Total offense plays | 67 | 89 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 6.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-86 | 6-67 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-187 | 1-33 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 31.2 | 33.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 8-151-0 | 3-38-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.9 | 12.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-45-0 | 4-36-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 5-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Wally Oyler | 12 | 44 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 2.4 | |
| Herbie Phelps | 9 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 3.2 | |
| Larry Hart | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14.0 | |
| Ira Glass | 8 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2.9 | |
| Pete Compise | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.7 | |
| Jim Stallings | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 38 | 142 | 21 | 121 | 2 | 1 | 3.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Wally Oyler | 6-20-2 | 81 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Brohm | 2-5-0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hart | 1-2-1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| Ira Glass | 0-2-1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 9-29-4 | 123 | 0 | 20 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Herbie Phelps | 3 | 37 | 0 | |||
| Larry Hart | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Cookie Brinkman | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Michael Marion | 2 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Rick Getch | 2 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 9 | 123 | 0 | 34 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| John Waller | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | |||
| Cookie Brinkman | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 187 | 31.2 | 56 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ira Glass | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Blakey | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26 | ||
| Roger Gruneisen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | ||
| Jim Stallings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 151 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 26 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 52 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ira Glass | 23 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| Herbie Phelps | 29 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Larry Hart | 28 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Mike Blakey | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Wally Oyler | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Richard Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Cookie Brinkman | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Roger Gruneisen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Michael Marion | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Rick Getch | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jim Stallings | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Pete Compise | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 1-0 Memphis – 3-1 |
Mike Blakey, Cookie Brinkman, Oscar Brohm, Charles Collins, Pete Compise, Rick Getch, Ira Glass, Johnnie Godbolt, Roger Gruneisen, Larry Hart, Michael Marion, Wally Oyler, Herbie Phelps, Jim Stallings, John Waller, Richard Watson