Oct. 14, 1972 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 18,041
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:10 | Larry Griffin 57-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 13:18 | Howard Stevens 11-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 04:49 | Tony Burdock 1-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 04:29 | John Gorman 7-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 00:03 | Harry Trimble 47-yard pass from Len DePaola (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 3rd | 12:48 | Howard Stevens 2-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 3rd | 04:35 | Howard Stevens 1-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 4th | 10:16 | Reneau Simpson 3-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| Louisville | North Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 13 |
| Rushing | 14 | 2 |
| Passing | 8 | 9 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 253 | 110 |
| Rushing Attempts | 51 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.0 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 277 | 128 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 24 | 18 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 216 | 138 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-33-1 | 10-35-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.5 | 3.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 13.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 469 | 248 |
| Total offense plays | 84 | 73 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 3.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 5-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 12-95 | 8-62 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-278 | 9-367 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.7 | 40.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 6-68-0 | 5-4-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.3 | 0.8 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-19-0 | 6-125-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.0 | 20.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-4-0 | 1-10-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 8-8 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Larry Griffin | 12 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 1 | 57 | 10.2 |
| Howard Stevens | 18 | 97 | 0 | 97 | 2 | 30 | 5.4 |
| Reneau Simpson | 9 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 2.9 |
| Steve Jewell | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 3.5 |
| John McConnell | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Porter | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Walter Peacock | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Len DePaola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Paul Mascenik | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 |
| John Madeya | 1 | 0 | 15 | -15 | 0 | -15 | -15.0 |
| Totals | 51 | 277 | 24 | 253 | 4 | 57 | 5.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Madeya | 12-23-0 | 123 | 3 | 25 | |
| Len DePaola | 4-6-1 | 71 | 1 | 47 | |
| Paul Mascenik | 2-3-0 | 18 | 0 | 16 | |
| Jim Wagoner | 1-1-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 19-33-1 | 216 | 4 | 47 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Harry Trimble | 2 | 55 | 1 | 47 | ||
| Tony Burdock | 5 | 43 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Gary Barnes | 2 | 43 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Howard Stevens | 4 | 38 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Don Dobina | 2 | 20 | 0 | 16 | ||
| John Gorman | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Larry Griffin | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Jewell | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John McConnell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 216 | 4 | 47 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Scott Marcus | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 60 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 60 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Howard Stevens | 4 | 61 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Peacock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Wagoner | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 68 | 30 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Howard Stevens | 97 | 38 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 196 |
| Larry Griffin | 122 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| Harry Trimble | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Gary Barnes | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Tony Burdock | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Reneau Simpson | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Walter Peacock | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Don Dobina | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Steve Jewell | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Jim Wagoner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| John Gorman | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| John McConnell | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Porter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jerome Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Len DePaola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Mascenik | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| John Madeya | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -15 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 North Texas – 5-4 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 71 | Marty Smith | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1.0-10 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Tom Jackson | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Tom Martin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Ed Long | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jim Wagoner | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Ron Russell | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Israel Roman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Jelinek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ranftl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sanford Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Welch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 36 | 1.0-10 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 4-0 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
16-Jim Wagoner, 23-Israel Roman, 36-Ed Long, 50-Tom Jackson, 61-Tom Martin, 62-Ron Russell, 71-Marty Smith, Gary Barnes, Jerome Berry, Richard Bishop, Tom Bishop, Reggie Brown, Tony Burdock, Len DePaola, Don Dobina, John Gorman, Larry Griffin, Steve Jelinek, Steve Jewell, Dale Kaminski, John Madeya, Scott Marcus, Paul Mascenik, John McConnell, Morton, Walter Peacock, Porter, Jim Ranftl, Bob Riser, Reneau Simpson, Howard Stevens, Wilbur Summers, Harry Trimble, Sanford Walker, Joe Welch