Nov. 13, 1971 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 10,100
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| Southern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 04:57 | Scott Marcus 45-yard field goal |
| 2nd | 06:18 | Howard Stevens 1-yard rush (Scott Marcus kick missed) |
| 3rd | 14:17 | Howard Stevens 91-yard rush (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 4th | 01:02 | Joe Duganich 3-yard pass from Mike Campbell (Howard Stevens pass to Dale Kaminski) |
| Louisville | Southern Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 16 |
| Rushing | 11 | 10 |
| Passing | 6 | 6 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 311 | 168 |
| Rushing Attempts | 56 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.6 | 3.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 332 | 174 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 21 | 6 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 113 | 132 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-19-0 | 10-18-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.9 | 7.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.3 | 13.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 424 | 300 |
| Total offense plays | 75 | 67 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-24 | 1-8 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-229 | 5-197 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.2 | 39.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-30-0 | 3-56-1 |
| Average Per Return | 10.0 | 18.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-22-0 | 5-71-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.0 | 14.2 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-23-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Howard Stevens | 33 | 263 | 3 | 260 | 2 | 91 | 7.9 |
| Larry Griffin | 10 | 39 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 3.7 | |
| John Madeya | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| Tom Jesukaitis | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.2 | |
| Mel Jones | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.5 | |
| Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | |
| Mike Campbell | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | -2.5 | |
| Totals | 56 | 332 | 21 | 311 | 2 | 91 | 5.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Madeya | 9-16-0 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Mike Campbell | 2-3-0 | 16 | 1 | 13 | |
| Totals | 11-19-0 | 113 | 1 | 13 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Tony Burdock | 4 | 57 | 0 | |||
| Howard Stevens | 4 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Gary Barnes | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Larry Griffin | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Joe Duganich | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 113 | 1 | 18 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Scott Marcus | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | |||
| Totals | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Greg Campbell | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Calvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | ||
| Howard Stevens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Welch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 30 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 23 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 04:57 | 45 | Good |
| ? | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Howard Stevens | 260 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| Tony Burdock | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Larry Griffin | 37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Greg Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Ralph Calvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Gary Barnes | -1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| John Madeya | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tom Jesukaitis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mel Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Joe Duganich | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Campbell | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 1-0 Southern Illinois – 1-1 |
Gary Barnes, Tony Burdock, Ralph Calvin, Greg Campbell, Mike Campbell, Joe Duganich, Larry Griffin, Tom Jesukaitis, Mel Jones, Dale Kaminski, John Madeya, Scott Marcus, Howard Stevens, Joe Welch