Nov. 23, 1968 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 6,110
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 37 |
| Drake | 7 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Wally Oyler 1-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 1st | Mike Blakey 100-yard kickoff return (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 2nd | Herbie Phelps 3-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 3rd | Herbie Phelps 2-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 4th | Safety | |
| 4th | Johnnie Godbolt 19-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) |
| Louisville | Drake | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 26 |
| Rushing | 12 | 6 |
| Passing | 10 | 18 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 246 | 108 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 37 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.6 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 258 | 150 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 12 | 42 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 208 | 385 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-37-4 | 28-42-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.6 | 9.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.2 | 13.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 454 | 493 |
| Total offense plays | 81 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-66 | 9-67 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-181 | 8-340 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 36.2 | 42.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-28-0 | 3-37-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.6 | 12.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-231-1 | 5-120-0 |
| Average Per Return | 38.5 | 24.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-116-0 | 4-69-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-5 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Jim Stallings | 16 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 5.5 | |
| Herbie Phelps | 10 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 6.3 | |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 9 | 51 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| Wally Oyler | 7 | 48 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 6.0 | |
| Oscar Brohm | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| John Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 44 | 258 | 12 | 246 | 4 | 8 | 5.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Wally Oyler | 17-34-4 | 208 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Brohm | 0-3-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 17-37-4 | 208 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Larry Hart | 7 | 84 | 0 | |||
| Lonny Gilbert | 4 | 66 | 0 | |||
| Herbie Phelps | 3 | 45 | 0 | |||
| Johnnie Godbolt | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Rick Getch | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Michael Marion | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 208 | 0 | 8 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| John Waller | 5 | 181 | 36.2 | |||
| Totals | 5 | 181 | 36.2 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Mike Blakey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herbie Phelps | 2 | 10 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Detenber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 63 | ||
| Dave Norris | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | ||
| Wally Oyler | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Frame | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Compise | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 231 | 100 | 3 | 116 | 63 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ? | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Herbie Phelps | 63 | 45 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 218 |
| Mike Blakey | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
| Jim Stallings | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Larry Hart | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Lonny Gilbert | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Mike Detenber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| Dave Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 58 |
| Wally Oyler | 42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 55 |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Oscar Brohm | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rick Getch | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Michael Marion | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
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| Louisville – 2-1 |
Mike Blakey, Oscar Brohm, Pete Compise, John Copeland, Mike Detenber, Jim Frame, Rick Getch, Lonny Gilbert, Johnnie Godbolt, Larry Hart, Michael Marion, Dave Norris, Wally Oyler, Herbie Phelps, Jim Stallings, John Waller