Oct. 2, 1971 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 17,511
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| Dayton | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:53 | Gary Barnes 4-yard pass from John Madeya (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 2nd | 12:40 | Gary Barnes 9-yard pass from John Madeya (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 2nd | 08:49 | Howard Stevens 66-yard rush (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 3rd | 01:28 | Tom Jesukaitis 20-yard rush (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 4th | 07:39 | Tom Jesukaitis 1-yard rush (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 4th | 00:00 | Howard Stevens 33-yard rush (Pete DeLuca run failed) |
| Louisville | Dayton | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 16 |
| Rushing | 11 | 11 |
| Passing | 6 | 4 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 288 | 186 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 51 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.3 | 3.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 302 | 217 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 14 | 31 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 125 | 74 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-22-0 | 5-19-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 14.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 413 | 260 |
| Total offense plays | 68 | 70 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.1 | 3.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-83 | 4-28 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-234 | 6-225 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.0 | 37.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-2-0 | 3-54-0 |
| Average Per Return | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-11-0 | 6-32-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 4-89-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-5 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Howard Stevens | 14 | 156 | 0 | 156 | 2 | 66 | 11.1 |
| Tom Jesukaitis | 19 | 91 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 4.7 | |
| Larry Griffin | 9 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5.2 | |
| John Madeya | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 8 | -0.5 |
| Mike Campbell | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | -2.0 | |
| Totals | 46 | 302 | 14 | 288 | 4 | 66 | 6.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Madeya | 10-19-0 | 113 | 2 | ||
| Mike Campbell | 1-3-0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 11-22-0 | 125 | 2 | 12 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Gary Barnes | 4 | 50 | 2 | |||
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Dale Kaminski | 2 | 20 | 0 | |||
| John Gorman | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tony Burdock | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 125 | 2 | 12 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Scott Marcus | 6 | 234 | 39.0 | 72 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 234 | 39.0 | 72 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ed Long | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 36 | |
| Joe Welch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29 | ||
| Paul Mattingly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | |||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 89 | 36 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Howard Stevens | 156 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 207 |
| Tom Jesukaitis | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Gary Barnes | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Larry Griffin | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Ed Long | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 37 |
| Joe Welch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Paul Mattingly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Dale Kaminski | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| John Gorman | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Tony Burdock | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Mel Jones | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| John Madeya | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Mike Campbell | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 3-2 Dayton – 1-0 |
Gary Barnes, Tony Burdock, Mike Campbell, John Gorman, Larry Griffin, Tom Jesukaitis, Mel Jones, Dale Kaminski, Ed Long, John Madeya, Scott Marcus, Tom Martin, Paul Mattingly, Howard Stevens, Joe Welch