Oct. 13, 1973 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 15,072
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 04:43 | Walter Peacock 9-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick missed wide) |
| Louisville | North Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 8 |
| Rushing | 6 | 4 |
| Passing | 9 | 3 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 77 | 71 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 134 | 111 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 57 | 40 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 135 | 99 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 12-33-4 | 8-23-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.3 | 12.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 212 | 170 |
| Total offense plays | 72 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-93 | 5-41 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-347 | 12-429 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.6 | 35.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-35-0 | 4-22-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.8 | 5.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-45-0 | 2-36-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.5 | 18.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-5-0 | 4-22-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Walter Peacock | 24 | 96 | 7 | 89 | 1 | 13 | 3.7 |
| Steve Jewell | 7 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 3.3 |
| Bruce Barnes | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Len DePaola | 7 | 0 | 46 | -46 | 0 | -2 | -6.6 |
| Totals | 39 | 134 | 57 | 77 | 1 | 19 | 2.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Len DePaola | 12-32-4 | 135 | 0 | 16 | |
| Rich Kirbus | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 12-33-4 | 135 | 0 | 16 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| John Gorman | 5 | 59 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Dale Kaminski | 3 | 34 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Steve Jewell | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Walter Peacock | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Bruce Barnes | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 135 | 0 | 16 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Wilbur Summers | 9 | 347 | 38.6 | 57 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 347 | 38.6 | 57 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Walter Peacock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wagoner | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Bruce Barnes | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 45 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 50 | Missed | ||
| 50 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Walter Peacock | 89 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| John Gorman | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Steve Jewell | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Jim Wagoner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 35 |
| Dale Kaminski | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Bruce Barnes | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| Len DePaola | -46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -46 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 North Texas – 9-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 77 | Reggie Brown | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Lee Phillips | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 1.5-4 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Marty Smith | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Richard Bishop | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Ron Russell | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bill Florence | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Norman Heard | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Rick Hornsby | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 17 | 60 | 1.0-6 | 3.5-11 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
27-Bill Florence, 28-Norman Heard, 33-Rick Hornsby, 40-Joe Lee Phillips, 71-Marty Smith, 77-Reggie Brown, 82-Ron Russell, 90-Richard Bishop, Bruce Barnes, Len DePaola, John Gorman, Steve Jewell, Dale Kaminski, Rich Kirbus, Bruce Nickerson, Walter Peacock, Wilbur Summers, Harry Trimble, Jim Wagoner, Sanford Walker