Nov. 10, 1973 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 10,821
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Dayton | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:53 | Wilbur Summers 37-yard field goal |
| 2nd | 05:31 | Wilbur Summers 37-yard field goal |
| 3rd | 04:14 | Wilbur Summers 23-yard field goal |
| Louisville | Dayton | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 13 |
| Rushing | 10 | 5 |
| Passing | 3 | 7 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 184 | 98 |
| Rushing Attempts | 56 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 230 | 137 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 46 | 39 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 81 | 127 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 4-18-3 | 12-32-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 20.3 | 10.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 265 | 225 |
| Total offense plays | 74 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 3.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 6-4 | 5-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-59 | 7-80 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-168 | 8-289 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.0 | 36.1 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-57-0 | 4-26-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.4 | 6.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-60-0 | 4-81-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.0 | 20.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 3-7-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 3-5 | 1-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Walter Peacock | 32 | 122 | 19 | 103 | 0 | 18 | 3.2 |
| Jim Wagoner | 18 | 78 | 27 | 51 | 0 | 29 | 2.8 |
| Steve Jewell | 5 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 5.8 |
| Rich Kirbus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Totals | 56 | 230 | 46 | 184 | 0 | 29 | 3.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jim Wagoner | 4-15-0 | 81 | 0 | 32 | |
| Paul Mascenik | 0-3-3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4-18-3 | 81 | 0 | 32 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Dale Kaminski | 2 | 50 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Steve Jewell | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Bruce Barnes | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 81 | 0 | 32 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Wilbur Summers | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 52 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 52 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Bruce Barnes | 3 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 60 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Wagoner | 2 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Florence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 57 | 28 | 3 | 60 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 02:53 | 37 | Good |
| 2nd | 05:31 | 37 | Good |
| 3rd | 04:14 | 23 | Good |
| 46 | Missed | ||
| 27 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Walter Peacock | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Bruce Barnes | 0 | 9 | 60 | 29 | 0 | 98 |
| Jim Wagoner | 51 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 79 |
| Steve Jewell | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Dale Kaminski | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Rich Kirbus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Rich Kirbus 1-1, Walter Peacock 3-1, Jim Wagoner 3-2 Dayton – 5-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 89 | Sanford Walker | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Marty Smith | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Norman Heard | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-9 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Lonnie Schuler | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Nunery | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Tom Hickey | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Lee Phillips | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bill Florence | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Reggie Brown | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 17 | 60 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-9 | 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
27-Bill Florence, 28-Norman Heard, 30-Lonnie Schuler, 40-Joe Lee Phillips, 65-Nunery, 66-Tom Hickey, 71-Marty Smith, 77-Reggie Brown, 89-Sanford Walker, Bruce Barnes, Ron Ellington, Larry Fluellen, John Gorman, Rick Hornsby, A.J. Jacobs, Steve Jewell, Dale Kaminski, Rich Kirbus, Paul Mascenik, Walter Peacock, Ron Russell, Wilbur Summers, Jim Wagoner